Animal welfare Animal performance Swine Managing animal behaviour on pig farms Faced with the constant challenges linked to animal nervousness in pig farming, TECHNA is innovating with ROBUS ZEN, a solution that tackles the root causes of…
Feed efficiency Environmental impact Reduce the environmental impact of animal productions How to reconcile livestock production with respect for the environment? Pollution generated by livestock farms is likely to increase due to growing meat…
Animal welfare Feed efficiency Periods at risk Swine How to Reduce the Impact of Extreme Heat and Avoid Heat Stress in Pigs As in poultry, pigs are incapable of sweating in order to cool off; this makes them acutely sensitive to heat stress. Heat stress results from the combination…
Feed efficiency Digestive safety Swine How to Succeed in Milling Piglet Feed Weaning piglets means, amongst other changes, a transition to a new diet. From a liquid diet of sow’s milk with lactose as an energy source, the piglet’s diet…
Animal welfare Feed performance Periods at risk Digestive safety Poultry How to Improve FCR and Reduce Feed Cost in Poultry? In poultry farming, feed efficiency is a major variable to determine the cost of a kilogram of poultry meat (chicken, turkey ...). Depending on the country and…
Animal performance Periods at risk Poultry Is a Good Brood Enough to Ensure the Success of a Turkey Flock? Compliance with the standards of comfort, feeding, and access to water is key to successful turkey farming. Turkeys are especially fragile in their early days…
Animal welfare Animal performance Poultry Observe to feed better : expertise at the service of poultry Because animals are at the core of our metiers, paying close attention to their behaviour is a key driver of optimised production. Ethology, which is the study…
Feed performance Poultry How to improve the physical quality of broiler feed? Broilers, which are granivorous birds, are quite susceptible to the sensory characteristics of the feed. The physical presentation, and more precisely, the…
Animal welfare Feed performance Periods at risk Digestive safety Poultry Broiler chickens: first days life management During the first week of rearing, a broiler chicken can gain up to five times its starting weight. This period corresponds to one-third of a standard broiler…
Animal welfare Feed efficiency Periods at risk Swine Improving Sows’ Feed Intake throughout Lactation The number of quality piglets sold per sow per year is a key component to the profitability of pig production. A piglet’s homogeneous weight gain throughout…
Animal performance Periods at risk Reduce the use of antibiotics while meeting the rising demand for meat 7 levers to limit the use of antibiotics Reducing antibiotic use in livestock and facing the increasing global demand for meat is a complex challenge. Experts…
Feed performance Animal performance Evaluate precisely the nutritional values of raw materials to ensure livestock performance A feed mainly consists of a mixture of raw materials. It is designed to satisfy an animal’s requirements, depending on the animal’s physiological stage or the…
