Improving feed efficiency: a key strategy for reducing livestock’s Environmental impact Mitigating livestock’s environmental footprint is an important pillar for building sustainable animal production. This could be done by improving feed efficiency of livestock animals. More efficient feed conversion reduces the demand for feed crops, leading to lower land use, water consumption, and energy input …
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Standardized Citrus Extract supplementation increases endogenous butyric acid concentration in the gut
The importance of butyric acid for animals’ gut health and Feed efficiency Intestinal health plays a vital role in ensuring the optimal development of animals. Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), such as butyric acid, are particularly important due to their beneficial impact on the intestinal microbiota. These compounds help preserve intestinal integrity and enhance feed digestibility, …
Citrus extract to improve zootechnical performances of broiler chickens
The interest of citrus extracts as a prebiotic in Animal nutrition There is a growing interest for citrus extracts in the field of animal nutrition, thanks to their ability to modulate animals’ microbiota, and thus improve feed efficacy. However, the effect of citrus extracts supplementation through the feed can differ a lot, depending on the …
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Nor-Spice AB® improves piglets’ performances when supplemented in sows
The impact of gut health on Performances Sow’s performances depend on many parameters such as gut health: microbiota balance and gut integrity. The intestinal microbiota refers to the microorganisms (including 70-80% of bacteria) that are living in the gastrointestinal tract. It is considered as an organ itself and recent studies show that a balanced microbiota …
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Unveiling the Life Cycle Assessment of our Citrus Extract
Making animal production more Sustainable Sustainability is at the heart of our purpose and activities. The Nor-Feed concept was born with the vision that synthetic growth promoters used in animal nutrition would be challenged in the future for environmental and safety reasons, and that natural and efficient alternatives would have to be offered to breeders …
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New peer review article on the interest of Nor-Feed Citrus limon extract on nile Tilapia performances.
Not all plant extracts have the same efficiency in Animal Nutrition Plant extracts such as citrus extracts have more and more interest in animal nutrition, for example as growth performances enhancer. However, their effects on animals’ growth performances vary, depending on the product that is used. A possible explanation of these variation may be the …
Fine Characterization of a Standardized Citrus Extract
Not all plant extracts have the same efficiency in Animal Nutrition Plant extracts such as citrus extracts have more and more interest in animal nutrition, for example as growth performances enhancer. However, their effects on animals’ growth performances vary, depending on the product that is used. A possible explanation of these variation may be the …
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Constipation, cause or consequence of dysbiosis?
A risk factor for sow breeding: Constipation Constipation affects between 20 and 30% of sows in intensive breeding. It is a risk factor for urinary tract infections, cystitis and pyelonephritis and can also cause dehydration and atrophy of intestinal villi, which in turn may facilitate bacterial, viral and parasitic infections (Ramonet et al., 2017). The …
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Standardized Natural Citrus Extract supplementation influences sows’ microbiota welfare and piglets’ performances
Publication of a Peer Review Article In 2020, Doctor Sekhou Cisse (Nor-Feed, R&D Team) published a peer review article, in Transnational Animal Science journal, about the effect of the Standardized Natural Citrus Extract (SNCE; Nor-Spice AB®, Nor-Feed SAS, France) on the microbiota of the sows and on the weight gain of their piglets. Fifty sows …