The inclusion of a novel complementary feedstuff in canine diets decreased breath odour, flatulence and faecal odour in dogs.
Pollution relative to phosphorus excretion in poultry manure, as well as the soaring prices of phosphate, a non-renewable resource, remain of major importance.
The inclusion of inulin in pig finisher diets had no effect on phosphorus, calcium or nitrogen digestibility and there was no effect of inulin supplementation on proximal colon bacterial populations of bifidobacteria and lactobacilli spp.
It is more effective to treat herds with a high prevalence of digital dermatitis with a 5% rather than a 2% copper sulphate solution in a weekly footbathing regime.
The environmental assessment of the raising of fattening pigs on the welfare-friendly straw-flow system seems to conflict, with lower manure N content and lower greenhouse gas emissions but higher NH3 emissions in comparison with the conventional slatted-floor system.
Dietary inclusion of benzoic acid linearly reduced urinary nitrogen and total nitrogen excretion, as well as linearly reduced manure ammonia emissions.
Global warming is predicted to have a negative impact on the welfare of UK livestock.
In terms of trace gases, indirect N2O emissions sourced from ammonia losses comprised the largest proportion of land-spreading emissions when slurry was spread in warm conditions
Take Home Message: Use B-xylanase enzymes in barley-based diets to improve the performance of broilers to similar levels as birds fed wheat-based diets.
Enzymes have the potential to improve the utilisation of barley-based diets – increasing bird performance and reducing the cost of broiler production.
Some good news from researchers in the UK and Pakistan, who’ve completed [...]
The proportion of S. typhimurium-shedding chickens was decreased significantly in both chickens fed fermented liquid feed and acidified feed.
