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Vitamins are key to animals’ health and performance, but knowing how to supplement is key. Understanding which vitamins to offer, and at which doses, can support productivity and profitability in animal operations.
In addition to supporting health and performance, the right vitamin levels can contribute to more sustainable agriculture. We at dsm-firmenich believe that the feed industry has a critical role in shaping a better world, and are guided by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
By giving every animal the right level of vitamins, we can support these four dsm-firmenich Sustainability Platforms, drawn from the SDGs:
Besides developing a complete line of high-quality vitamins, dsm-firmenich’s research and development has enabled us to establish our Vitamin Supplementation Guidelines – OVN Optimum Vitamin Nutrition®. Created in partnership with leading scientists, universities, genetics companies, independent research institutes and farmers, OVN is a tool that helps producers determine the right vitamin levels for optimum performance in their animals.
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| November 7th | What makes a good quality Premix? – Building blocks for nutritious animal feed |
Vitamins are essential for optimizing animal health and welfare, animal performance and food quality
The Vitamin Academy is a new platform for those in the feed industry to explore the benefits of vitamins and how to use them. Through classes, webinars, videos and other exclusive content, global experts will share the latest research as well as on-the-ground experience.
Vitamin Academy members will get up-to-date information on vitamin research, as well as tips on practical applications, product knowledge and vitamin market insights. Additionally, we’ll share information on how vitamins can be part of the solution to more sustainable farming.
Keep checking in with the Vitamin Academy as we continue to add content from our scientists, customers and partners.
Speakers: Tamara MacDonald & Erman Lermi
A premix is a blend of micro ingredients mixed into a carrier substance. Premixes are the smallest addition to the feed with some of the largest nutritional implications. The aim of a good premix is to evenly distribute micro ingredients and improve absorption.
Selecting a good carrier for the micro-ingredients can provide ideal characteristics for flowability and homogeneity. Additionally, using appropriate and stable forms of vitamins and minerals is important to ensure maximum bioavailability for the intended animal species.
You’ve received a result that the vitamin E in your premix is 85% of the expected level. What does this mean exactly? Is this a problem? Learn what factors can affect the analytical results for your premix and how you can minimize their effect.
This webinar will help you better understand how we interpret premix specification and turn it into a quality premix with excellent handling and homogeneity characteristics and what factors can affect analytical results of vitamins in premixes and how to minimize them.
Speakers: Elisa Folegatti & Douglas R. Korver
Poultry are highly efficient animals with a low feed intake and high production potential that require precise handling, effective nutrition, and optimal housing conditions.
Improving bone health and egg-shell quality are probably some of the most relevant aspects to grow healthy and highly performance birds which will produce quality eggs and nutritious meat, even more efficiently than today.
Speakers: Jose-Maria Hernandez & Gilberto Litta
You may be aware that vitamin D is a key nutrient for the health of our farm animals (and humans!) but do you know why? Besides being a critical factor in the formation and maintenance of the bone tissue, vitamin D plays important roles in many other physiological aspects like immunity, muscle development and reproduction.
This webinar will help you better understand the best way of using this super-vitamin in animal nutrition for a more sustainable farming.
Speakers: Jose-Maria Hernandez & Gilberto Litta
You may be aware that vitamin A is a key nutrient for the health of our farm animals (and humans!) but do you know why? And did you know that of all vitamins, vitamin A may well be one of the most challenging to produce and properly use in premix and feed?
This webinar will help you better understand the best way of using this super-vitamin in animal nutrition for a more sustainable farming.
Speakers: Ivan Gaytan-Perez & Pelin Kurk
During this webinar recording, dsm-firmenich vitamin product forms will be introduced by giving the overview of formulation technologies. dsm-firmenich product forms fulfil several functions when high quality ingredients and superior formulation technologies applied. Important properties of product forms such as handling, mixability, stability and bioavailability will be further explained, and relevant data will be presented.
Speakers: Jose-Maria Hernandez & Gilberto Litta
dsm-firmenich Vitamin Academy is a “one stop shop” platform where you will get regularly new information from global experts on how vitamins can make your feed business more profitable and sustainable.
Speakers Session 1: Fabio Cervellione & Thomas Wilson
As the industry and science progress, dsm-firmenich launches the new Vitamin Supplementation Guidelines for the Aquaculture industry
Speakers: Mark Engstrom and Bill Weiss
As the industry and science progress, dsm-firmenich launches the new Vitamin Supplementation Guidelines for the ruminants industry
Speaker: Edgar Orlando Oviedo Rondon
As the industry and science progress, dsm-firmenich launches the new Vitamin Supplementation Guidelines for the poultry industry
Speaker: Dr. Sergio Fernandez
As the industry and science progress, dsm-firmenich launches the new Vitamin Supplementation Guidelines for the poultry industry
Speakers: Danyel Bueno Dalto and Adsos Passos
As the industry and science progress, dsm-firmenich launches the new Vitamin Supplementation Guidelines for the swine industry
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