Module 4 | Recent developments in animal nutrition
WEDNESDAY 5 JUNE
Two recent developments in animal nutrition will be presented in this module.
The first topic is sustainable production of animal products (milk, eggs and meat) that is rapidly gaining attention from consumers and supermarkets. Targets are defined by governments and turned into key performance parameters for livestock and feed production. Therefore, knowledge about sustainability parameters of raw materials and compound feeds, and how these can be improved by changes in diet formulation and innovative feed production processes, are required for the future of feed production.
The second recent development is the use of minerals in livestock nutrition. Minerals take a key position in animal nutrition. There is a direct requirement for health, welfare and production, and indirect effects on physiological parameters. We learn from new technologies and developments from human medicine research to measure digesta developments and composition in the rumen of cows and stomach of pigs.
Learning objectives
- To obtain know-how on the definition of sustainability (environmental impact parameters) and understanding of the differences between raw materials for feed production.
- To obtain know-how on the rules by the European Union how to allocate greenhouse gas emissions from a raw material to different productions in food processing industries, like potato’s into starch and protein.
- To obtain know-how on possibilities to improve the sustainability of compound feed and livestock production.
- To obtain know-how on mineral evaluation to optimize the rumen physiology and metabolism in cows and stomach retention time in pigs and poultry.
- To obtain know-how on the indirect effects of dietary mineral composition on amino acid digestion.
- To obtain know-how on technologies how to measure the effects of mineral balance on rumen and stomach physiology and how the mineral balance can be used when formulating diets.
Remarks
- Please be aware that SFR recommendations will not be presented during this module.
MODULE 4: WEDNESDAY 5 JUNE
Recent developments in animal nutrition
Welcome and introduction
Developments in the application of sustainability parameters in animal feed production
There is not one definition of sustainable production of animal products. This module will explain the different environmental impact parameters that are used to define sustainability of feed and livestock production. We will explain the rules by the European Union, how to calculate greenhouse gas emissions of raw materials for diet composition and the information that is available in the GFLI database. Impact of different scenarios on diet composition will be presented and you will learn how you can improve the sustainability of compound feed and livestock production.
Mineral balance: measuring, calculating, and applying
This module includes the explanation of complex mineral nutrients in formulation of diets for cows, pigs and poultry. Differences and developments in nutrients involved in buffering capacity of the stomach and rumen will be explained. The effects of these nutrients on animal health, welfare and production will be discussed and the latest developments in technologies to measure mineral balance and pH-value in rumen and stomach will be explained.
Meet the trainers
Wilfried van Straalen
Roger Davin
