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Natural ingredients for healthy piglets. Today, piglets are weaned at a much earlier stage than in the past. As this is a very stressful period for piglets, it’s important to get them the right feed in order to make the switch from milk to solid feed as smoothly as possible. Animal distress and intestinal problems can be avoided by giving the optimal feed. The different challenges this entails can be met with the specially designed ingredients from BENEO’s animal nutrition range. It is key to ensure optimal gut health after weaning. Where in the past antibiotics were employed to support digestive...

BENEO Vital Wheat Gluten is a vegetal protein source that is not limited to the nutritional benefit of amino acid content. With a high protein content of over 80 %, Vital Wheat Gluten is one of the most concentrated vegetal protein sources and a perfectly sustainable alternative to animal protein. In addition, it has a higher true digestibility than many of the commonly used vegetal protein concentrates. Vital Wheat Gluten has the special property that it forms a viscous matrix when in contact with water, increasing the viscosity of the digesta. In turn, this leads to a prolonged retention time...

Ingredients for optimal gut health after weaning. When the piglet is weaned, it must abruptly adapt from highly digestible and palatable liquid milk from its mother (consumed at equal intervals throughout the day) to a solid dry diet that tastes differently and is tough to break down. As a consequence, initial feed intake after weaning is usually reduced. There is a risk of the piglet becoming malnourished with a reduced transient growth rate. This impaired feed intake additionally has an effect on the gut development and health. To support gut development and health, BENEO offers three ingredients:...

The inclusion of prebiotics can be an alternative strategy to the use of in-feed antibiotics. As fermentation of inulin and oligofructose produces short chain fatty acids, this has an acidifying effect on the luminal environment. This strengthens the pH barrier with a reduced pathogen contamination as a consequence. Short chain fatty acids are widely known as a primary energy source for mucosal cells. Fructans are therefore beneficial for gut development. Various researchers have reported an increase of villus height and crypt depth when inulin or oligofructose is added to the diet, indicating...

Glutamine, fuel for gut mucosa cells. Vital Wheat Gluten is an important source of glutamine, with over 35 % of crude protein content being made up of this amino acid. Glutamine is widely recognised as a direct energy source for the gut mucosa cells. Despite the fact that glutamine is not an essential amino acid, it becomes vital after periods of stress. Various researchers have reported the beneficial effect of glutamine on the recovery of mucosal tissue after a stressful period. Just like short chain fatty acids, glutamine will contribute significantly to the development of the absorption surface...

High-digestible carbohydrates as direct energy source. After weaning, the main energy source for the piglet switches from rapidly digestible carbohydrates and fat from the sow’s milk to a more starch-based diet containing more complex carbohydrates. This is reflected in the enzymatic activity of the piglet, which changes from mainly fat digestion towards carbohydrate digestion. Therefore, nutritionists focus on the use of high-digestible carbohydrates. BENEO offers two unique ingredients that are highly suitable as energy sources for piglets: low glycaemic sugar syrup and highly digestible rice...

Highly digestible rice starch for a quick recovery. Compared to other starch sources, rice starch is characterised by its very small granular size. This small structure ensures good accessibility for digestive enzymes and results in a high digestibility of the starch. The high digestibility and the absence of anti-nutritional factors make rice flour an interesting energy source for young animals. The high amount of easily accessible energy can help young animals to recover more quickly after stressful events such as weaning. Depending on the variety, rice can contain higher or lower amounts of...

The right selection of premium ingredients is the key to successful piglet nutrition. BENEO offers high-digestible products that provide both energy and amino acids, to achieve maximum growth after weaning. Via the use of our selective ingredients, both the gut structure and microflora can be positively influenced. This will support the young piglet in the development of a good digestive system. Such a strategy with a combined effect of easily accessible nutrients and an optimised gut structure has been proven to boost young piglets’ performance and helps overcome the nutritional challenges of...

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