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Feeding Tilapia by growth stage: ingredients for an efficient diet
Proper nutrition is essential for the healthy development of tilapia, one of the most farmed species worldwide.

Digestibility and Palatability of Chicken Protein Hydrolysate
Animal nutrition is an ever-evolving field, always seeking to offer more efficient and healthy solutions for different species.

How precision nutrition contributes to animal welfare
Animal well-being is a growing concern in current society and a consolidated tendency in the Animal Nutrition industry.

The benefits of BioActio in High-Performance Formulations
Hydrolysed proteins are a nutritional support highly used in the food industry to enrich food...

Innovation is a foundation stone in Animal Nutrition
Ananda Portella Felix has a doctoral degree in Animal Nutrition at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)...

Shrimp farming: how palatability influences breeding
Shrimp feed palatability is a very important aspect for the quality of nutrition. Read more to know how it can directly influence shrimp farming.

Protein Sources in Animal Nutrition: Uses and Trends
Production animals need to be nourished with balanced nutrition to achieve proper development levels. Feed (or nutrition) is the most expensive part of the...

Alternatives to improve digestibility of pet food
The pet industry in Brazil is one of the fastest-growing markets, with pet food products accounting for more than 73% of its income. In 2020, the sector as a...

What is digestibility in aquaculture and how to improve it
In order to formulate feed and choose ingredients for fish farming nutrition it is essential to consider not only the quantity of protein necessary for a...

What are the factors that affect animal digestibility?
When formulating feed and foods for animals certain important factors must be considered in order to maintain the efficiency of the product and a good uptake...

Animal Flour: How to potentialize ration formulation for pets?
Ensuring quality food for domestic animals is an increasingly important concern for both pet owners and producers. Between 2013 and 2018, almost 7 million...

How to increase digestibility in pet food
Another factor that must be considered when choosing an ingredient is information about its digestibility. This is an essential element to provide quality...

What are the essential amino acids aquaculture?
For aquatic animals, more important than the protein content required in the diet, is its quality. But how do you measure the quality of a protein to use in...

How palatability impacts acquaculture?
In aqua nutrition, palatability is an important aspect to be taken into account when formulating feeds, considering that this characteristic is intrinsically...

What advantages does incorporating Feather Flour offer when formulating ration for fish?
The profitability of aquaculture, especially the fish segment, is deeply related to the type of feed used. A balanced diet rich in proteins that contain...

Animal Nutrition: how to choose the right protein for pets
When choosing pet food, most pet owners have one focus in mind: protein. And actually, it could not be otherwise. Balanced protein intake is an essential part...

Poultry Oil: How this source of lipids can benefit the pork production
The success of pig farming is closely related to the efficiency of animal weight gain. For the weight gain to occur with a healthy development of the pigs, it...

How the nutritional phases in dogs can impact their ration formulations?
Dogs have very specific nutritional demands for healthy growth and development. From puppies to old dogs, every life phase will bring with it...

Feline nutrition: how to create a complete and healthy formulation
Cat owners sometimes get lost among the different cat food options available in the market. Which one will be the most pleasing to the feline palate? Which...

How temperature affects pig farming
Pig farming is one of the most profitable areas of animal husbandry. The low initial investment needed, the high meat performance and the pigs ability to...

Palatability: Fundamental Concept for Pet Food
The food taste is one of the main characteristics that determine our choice of purchase. Often, we stop consuming extremely nutritious products because they...

How different diets can impact the weaning process of pigs?
Whoever works in the swine industry knows that the weaning phase is one of the most delicate ones during the life cycle of pigs. Weaning is a transitional...

Major diseases in swine farming: how to avoid them
That Swine Farming has expressive money transactions, job opportunities and other numbers that are related to the production chain, we’ve already heard many...

The importance of Oils and Animal Fat in Pet Feed
No leftover food! Modern consumers seek differentiated food for their pets, with good palatability, presence of essential nutrients, quality ingredients and...

Swine nutrition: 6 variables to pay attention to
Within a productive system of animal husbandry, food management corresponds to the greater part of the costs. Specifically in the pork production , the...

What ingredients to avoid in pet nutrition?
Thinking about better alternatives to improve animal performance and quality of life from feeding is essential. Therefore, it is necessary to consider the...