Why We Don’t Use Hormones in Poultry Feeds!

Why We Don’t Use Hormones in Poultry Feeds!

By Rick Kleyn, SPESFEED (Pty) Ltd. I am in a fairly unique situation. I deal with feed, farmers and agriculture in my professional life but I live amongst affluent consumers. When I meet people at a braai or school function it does not take long for the subject of...
Protein and Energy Levels of Broiler Breeder Diets?

Protein and Energy Levels of Broiler Breeder Diets?

By Rick Kleyn,  Introduction The protein and energy levels that are recommended for use in broiler breeder diets represent an area that is filled with confusion and contradiction. The purpose of this paper is to highlight some of these differences and to attempt to...

Winter 2013

INSIDE THIS ISSUE General News  Broiler Master Class  Chicken Nutrition Book  Big Data  Format User Group  Protease Workshop 4 Feed Form of Broiler Diets 6 Protein and Energy Levels of Layer Diets   Welcome to the second edition of the SPESFEED News for...

Summer 2013

INSIDE THIS ISSUE General News  Broiler Master Class  Chicken Nutrition Book  Format User Group 4 Visit to the University of Georgia 5 The IPPE in Atlanta   My own records show that I have been publishing the SPESFEED News since the summer of 1997. In that...

Winter 2012

INSIDE THIS ISSUE General News  Course  Free Range Broilers  Amino Acid Digestibility  The Genetic basis of Nutrition.  Low-oil DDGS 5 Gut Health in Poultry   The maize harvest is in and despite expectations of a record crop in the USA it would appear that...