Microalgae to replace fish oil for sustainable fish diets
US researchers found that replacing fish oil with Schizochytrium in Tilapia feed actually improved the feed for the fish and also increased certain healthy...
INNOVATION MAY CUT FISH FEED COSTS BY 25%
India is the world's second largest producer of both litchi and fish. Pisciculture gets a fillip as scientists from the College of Fisheries in...
Insect meal could be the future of animal feed
The costs of conventional feed resources are high, and their availability in the future will be limited. Insect rearing could be a part of...
Plant oil supplementation can reduce GHG emission in ruminants
Plant oil supplements reduce methane emissions and improve milk fatty acid composition in dairy cows fed grass silage-based diets without affecting milk yield.
Ruminants contribute...
Amaranthus – An ingredient for dairy cows nutrition
The foxtail amaranth (Amaranthus caudatus L.) is one of the most popular species of domesticated amaranths. It has been cultivated for a long time...
Microbes to produce superior feed crops
Australian Scientists have identified two microbes that build bigger and more resilient feed crops.
The biotechnology research conducted at Flinders University in South Australia identified...
Natural gas based animal feed
Pellets made using methane-eating bacteria — methanotrophs — that are found naturally in soil and lakes can be converted into animal feed. These are...
Palm kernel waste – A potential poultry feed in Malaysia
The plantation industries and commodities ministry will increase efforts to promote the use of palm kernel waste as animal feed to ensure a more...
New sensor system sniffs out mycotoxins in wheat
Mycotoxins - produced by fungi contaminate about 25 % of food crops worldwide, according to the latest estimates. Detecting contamination quickly and reliably is...
Dietary choline supplementation in dairy cows
Choline, a trimethylated quarternary amine involved in transport of fat from liver, provides labile methyl groups for transmethylation reactions and is required for the...
