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ChallengesIn all parts of the food chain businesses are becoming more aware of the environmental impact of their activities. Society and ngo’s demand actions to mitigate global warming and to reduce detrimental effects on ecosystems worldwide.  And in the same time consumers ask for organic milk, meat and eggs, poultry from slow growing broilers, pork…

Many participants from various countries attended the Feeds and Nutrition Course, organized in June 2023 by Schothorst Feed Research. In just one week, the course offers a full overview of nutrient evaluation, animal requirements, feed and ingredient composition, processing, nutritional management and feed formulation for dairy, poultry and swine. Setup The course is divided into…

Schothorst Feed Research (SFR) is pleased to announce the appointment of Jan Kamphof as its new director. He will succeed Lieuwe Roosenschoon, who has led SFR for over 8 years and has expressed his intention to retire, effective from September 1st. With the appointment of Jan Kamphof (1964), SFR brings on board an experienced executive…

In feeding trials with broilers, measuring water intake is very useful: experimental diets may influence water intake, and, thereby, affect production performance. The water-to-feed ratio is an important parameter in nutritional studies. When birds do not drink, they eat less, and vice versa. Monitoring both feed intake and water intake enables researchers to detect possible…

In February Matthias Schilde has started as a Researcher in the R&D Ruminant Nutrition team of Schothorst Feed Research. Matthias is a native German. Following his passion about cattle, he completed his apprenticeship as a dairy farmer in 2012. In 2015, he graduated with a B.Sc.agr in Animal Science at the Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany, and…

BASF and Schothorst Feed Research (SFR) signed an agreement granting SFR certain non-exclusive licensing rights to Opteinics™, BASF’s digital solution for environmental footprinting of feed and animal protein. SFR will integrate the digital sustainability platform Opteinics™ into its global animal nutrition consultancy services, thereby adding a new dimension focused on sustainability within its Advanced Feed…

In the EU, processed animal protein (PAPs) have been readmitted as a nutrient-rich and sustainable feed ingredient in monogastric diets, but the animal nutrition industry has outdated knowledge on how to utilize them.. Read this artikel on FeedNavigator

Coccidiosis is a major health problem in poultry, caused by infections with a very contagious intestinal parasite (Eimeria species). Coccidiosis causes disease in broilers, affecting the welfare of the chickens. In addition, infection results in reduced production performance (higher feed conversion ratio and lower growth rate). This reduces the economic result of the farm and…

In September, Francesc Molist and Anouschka Middelkoop attended the annual Alternatives to Veterinary ANTimicrobials (AVANT) EU project meeting, which this year was held in Montenegro. In this project, we are investigating strategies to reduce weaning diarrhoea in piglets. Our feeding strategy with fibre – one of the 3 strategies alongside faecal microbiota transplantation and synbiotics…

On 23 March 2022, SFR attended the 64th Intercoop Animal Feed Congress in Salzburg, Austria. One of the speakers was Professor Wilhelm Windisch, Chair of Animal Nutrition, Technical University of Munich. He gave a presentation entitled: “Challenges faced by compound feed producers in ‘sustainable’ livestock production – Which short, medium, and long-term measures need to…