Cereals and oilseeds, which provide nutrients at a reasonable cost for animal production, are the main macro ingredients of feeds.
Methionine is one of main limiting amino acids in growing-finishing pig diets, and the inclusion of synthetic methionine sources is a standard nutritional procedure.
Heat stress is responsible for large economic losses in the world’s poultry industry each year.
Mycotoxins are toxic metabolites, produced by fungi, that can develop in grains and forages.
In nature, weaning in pigs is a gradual process that occurs at about 3 months of age and represent the shift from the piglet’s reliance on sow’s milk to other food sources.
Diseases are a major concern in aquaculture production globally.
Pigs are generally the most sensitive farm animals to mycotoxins.
As average, feed costs account for about two-thirds of total animal farming costs, ratio that can vary in function of the animal species, of the region the feed mills are operating in, and particularly nowadays due to high variation of both availability and prices of feed raw materials.