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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…