Is dietary calcium intake necessary in fish and shrimp or deleterious?
Calcium (Ca) is an essential macro-mineral involved in many physiological processes including skeletal and exoskeleton mineralization, muscle contraction, nerve transmission, osmoregulation, and coagulation.
Intestinal Health: Keystone of Animal Performance & Welfare
The use of antimicrobials in farming has significantly contributed to the growth of intensive animal production, meeting the global demand for animal protein.
With climate change, heat stress episodes are forecast to increase in the next years. As heat stress can have severe consequences on animal health and welfare together with negative impacts on farm performance and economy, animal husbandry needs to adapt itself to this situation.
