News and Events
Focus on Gut Health in Pigs and Poultry
7 February 2023
Saba Amir, IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Since the ban on the use of in-feed antibiotic growth promoters, gut health has been the focus of animal nutrition to improve performance and reduce the burden of enteric diseases...
The navel - a pathway for disease after birth: Managing livestock disease to improve welfare and production
25 January 2023
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Following birth, livestock are highly susceptible to diseases and mortality rates are high
- Management of the newborn’s navel region is important to prevent infections from tracking through to the...
Ready, steady, slow! Slow-growing broilers are healthier and have more positive welfare
14 November 2022
Saba Amir: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Consumer demand for high welfare meat promoted by animal welfare groups and NGOs is driving the market of slow-growing broilers
- Slower-growing breeds have better health and welfare than fast-growing ones...