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Of the 13 commonly accepted vitamins, all except vitamin C are present in the egg. The lipid-rich yolk acts as a primary reservoir for fat-soluble vitamins, as well as their water-soluble counterparts.

Of the 13 commonly accepted vitamins, all except vitamin C are present in the egg. The lipid-rich yolk acts as a primary reservoir for fat-soluble vitamins, as well as their water-soluble counterparts.

Color is one of the most important factors affecting consumer choices through sensory evaluation of food, including egg yolks. In most countries, golden yolks have been traditionally associated with good health, and despite regional differences on the preferred shade of red and yellow; intense, bright colors are recognized as a sign of a healthy yolk.

With the global population set to increase to 10 billion by 2050, we can expect significant growth in the demand for protein. This includes plant-based protein as well as protein from animal sources. It is putting significant pressure on the environment and the resources of the planet.

Swine are considered more profitable when sows and gilts produce more, healthy piglets over their lifetime.

About 20 years ago, the use of feed antibiotics and some other antimicrobial compounds, used as performance enhancers became the target of increasing public criticism and a topic of political controversy (particularly in the EU countries). As the first country in Europe, Sweden banned the use of antimicrobial growth promoters as early as 1986.

Correct management and adapting diets to a dog’s changing nutritional requirements over their entire lifespan is essential for long-term health, wellness and longevity.

The chart below illustrates the progression of dental disease that is as common for dogs and cats as it is for humans.

Like humans, dogs are living longer and therefore spend a longer period of life as a senior. With this growth in the ageing dog population, more pet parents are experiencing the strain of having an older dog presenting with a decline in cognitive function. This condition is called Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome (CDS) and is compared to Alzheimer’s disease in humans.

Eggs are recognized as having a low greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint compared to meat and milk and offer an affordable, safe and accessible form of nutrition for populations worldwide.

The name “Vitamin” was created by research scientist Casimir Funk over 100 years where he identified that some dietary compounds, which if not present, led to the development of certain diseases. He believed these essential dietary compounds were amines and derived name “Vitamin” by combining the Latin word “vita” meaning “life” with the chemical term “amine”.

Feed additive cuts methane emissions from dairy cows by +/-30%, with its efficacy confirmed in 26 global peer-reviewed studies.

DSM Animal Nutrition & Health is taking part in “Farming for Generations” a new alliance of agricultural sector leaders who are coming together in a unique project to support farmers to adopt regenerative agricultural practices that preserve and renew our planet’s resources, respect animal welfare and ensure the long-term economic viability of farms for the next generations.

Considering the debate on the environmental cost of animal protein production, it is vitally important to consider ways of reducing loss and waste of this valuable protein source.

The environmental challenges are huge to meet the growing need for food worldwide. Rethinking the way the food system works is key to delivering healthy, sustainable food to a growing population and protecting the planet. While no single solution is sufficient, reducing food loss and waste is crucial.

Fueled by escalating population growth, global demand for sustainable animal protein is growing, placing increasing pressure on the planet’s finite resources. But what does ‘sustainable animal protein’ mean in practical terms, and how can it be transformed from a business value into a business driver?

Predictions from the World Resources Institute indicate that world demand for animal protein will swell to 445 million tons per year by 2050, or by 70% compared to today.

There is a growing body of evidence demonstrating that antioxidants benefit both man and animals. They manage the damaging impact of free radicals on the body.

One thing that still occurs in the swine industry sometimes is mulberry heart disease in the nursery pigs and it's not very common but when it does occur, it's a few pigs and it might be an indication that there's a need for improving supplementation levels to reduce the potential for losses due that mulberry heart disease, which is characteristic of either vitamin E or selenium deficiency.

Optimal gastrointestinal function is influenced by many factors, including gut microbiota and the way it interacts with the host. In fact, the gastrointestinal microbiota has proven to modulate the development of the gastrointestinal tract and improve its morphology, stimulating the development of the gastrointestinal immune system, promoting host nutrition and reducing gastrointestinal pathogens.

Just like human athletes, canine athletes need specialist nutrition, supported by appropriate training to perform at their very best. When considering the active dog, it is easy to think of the extremes, the Greyhound and endurance racing Husky, from which much information on canine nutritional requirements for activity have been generated.

Food quality is high on the consumers agenda, not only for themselves but also for their furry children due to highly publicized pet food fraud scandals, pet food recalls related to vitamins, an overall increase in nutritional health awareness, and pet humanization.

Pet food products are highly regulated, from the ingredients used, through to production, marketing and sales. This need for tight regulation and control is only right. Pets are important family members, and just like children, they depend on us to provide safe, nourishing food that supports their lifelong health and wellbeing.

Following the European ban of antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) in 2006, the use of organic acids in animal nutrition has gained significant importance in the feed industry.

The use of organic acids in pig farming is not as a new technology: it was early found that piglets have difficulty in digesting diets containing vegetable proteins, mainly because of insufficient stomach acidification.

With the world’s population expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050 and demand for more nutrient-dense, healthy nutrition increasing across geographies, it is estimated that aquaculture will need to increase production by 30–40 million tons by 2030 to keep up with the current rate of consumption.

Launched at the 22nd European Symposium in Poultry Nutrition (ESPN 2019), Balancius™ is now available in the EU.

DSM is the first to join the new International Egg Commission (IEC) partner program, as the sole IEC Value Chain Partner for Feed Additives and Sustainability.

Tina Wang wins 2019 World Veterinary Poultry Association (WVPA) – Zoetis Young Poultry Veterinarian of the Year.

At hatch, the chick is not adequately prepared to efficiently digest feed. This, plus the changing levels and composition of NSPs over the production period, necessitates an adjustment in enzyme supplementation.

The production of antibiotic-free (ABF) poultry is now a common trend worldwide, since growth promotant antibiotics (GPA) have been banned by some governments and because many consumers are increasingly avoiding food products that contain antibiotics.

The multiple essential functions of vitamin E in animal nutrition were reviewed in the article. Vitamin E is the most effective lipid-soluble chain-breaking antioxidant, it maintains the tissue’s structural integrity, supports neural growth and reproduction as well as modulating immunity.

The World Egg Day is a great opportunity to communicate the uniqueness of the humble egg, its unrivalled versatility as a protein source and its unbeatable sustainability credentials.

While gut health is an increasingly important and popular topic in animal nutrition, a clear scientific definition is still lacking (Kogut and Arsenault, 2016). A definition is needed in order to evaluate the effects of any nutritional intervention on animal health and performance.

Corn silage and corn grain inclusion rates in the daily ration of cows are on the rise. No other crop has such a high availability of supply, energy density and consistency.

PGN in the fragments of dead bacteria may constrain the performance of poultry, possibly by hindering gut functionality and lowering intestinal efficiencies.

Modern poultry breeds require diets that provide for rapid muscle development. Because of the extraordinary growth rates of today’s birds, even small deficits in amino acids can have severe consequences. Increasingly, we recognize that endogenous protein loss, or protein loss that is non-dietary in origin, plays an important role in this process. Endogenous protein loss refers to any protein, peptide, or amino acid of non-dietary origin that exits the terminal ileum.

The multiple essential functions of vitamin E in animal nutrition were reviewed in the article. Vitamin E is the most effective lipid-soluble chain-breaking antioxidant, it maintains the tissue’s structural integrity, supports neural growth and reproduction as well as modulating immunity.

As animal production becomes more and more sophisticated, previously unobserved factors that potentially hinder performance become a bigger issue. Intestinal commensal bacteria – bacteria that live together – fit this narrative.

Laying persistence, egg shell quality and gut health are still very hot topics in today’s layer production, where the cycle is getting longer and pressure on poultry producers to reduce the use of antibiotics is growing. But what does a healthy gut really mean in laying hens?

Exogenous phytases have been used commercially since the early 1990s as a successful tool for reducing the environmental impact of industrial livestock production and improving poultry and swine profitability (Selle & Ravindran, 2007).

In order for a yolk to present an attractive golden color, carotenoids have to be ingested in sufficient quantities, absorbed (via a healthy gut), not be used as antioxidants (low immunological challenges) and not be used as vitamin precursor (good vitamin status).

Vitamin E is essential for optimum functioning of many biological systems in animals. It has important functions in the muscular, nervous, circulatory, reproductive and immune system. This paper deals with the fundamental role of vitamin E in animal health, its outstanding effect on the immune system and on the prevention of mastitis in dairy cows.

Vitamin E is not synthesized by poultry and pigs and is therefore an essential micronutrient to consider in feed formulation. Being the nature’s most effective lipid-soluble, chain-breaking antioxidant, it protects cellular membranes from being attacked by lipid peroxyl radicals.

Glucose is central to energy metabolism in poultry and swine and is efficiently converted into ATP via the Citric Acid Cycle for use in various energy-demanding processes. The vast majority of glucose that is ingested by pigs and poultry is in the form of starch, usually from various cereal grains.

DSM pursues patent infringement law suit for misappropriation of intellectual property pertaining to the production of a key ingredient of Biotin (also known as Vitamin B7 or Vitamin H).

Pieter Nuboer will be appointed Asia Pacific Vice President of Animal Nutrition & Health.

DSM has announced the launch of its new Egg Yolk Pigmentation Guidelines and the addition of a new color to YolkFan™. YolkFan provides a simple means of measuring yolk color and the addition of a new shade will help producers to cover the demand for highly pigmented yolks in markets like Japan and the Middle East.

DSM announces the launch of a new app for its 2016 Vitamin Supplementation Guidelines, which help to define the right level of vitamins for 8 groups of farmed and companion animal species. The guidelines also reflect the many factors influencing animals’ feed requirements, ensuring that vitamin fortification does not limit performance.

DSM Animal Nutrition & Health, a leading supplier of vitamins, carotenoids, eubiotics and enzymes to the global feed industry, is pleased to announce that it will appoint David Blakemore as President Animal Nutrition & Health as of 1 May 2016.

AquaVision and DSM Nutritional Products (DSM) are delighted to confirm the ‘DSM Innovation Award’ in aquaculture will again be presented at AquaVision 2016. This special award honours transformative innovation within the aquaculture industry.

Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials, today provides an update on the development of its Nutrition organization and several key positions to further support its growth plans

Prof. Aaron Cowieson, Adjunct Professor at the University of Sydney and Principal Scientist at DSM Animal Nutrition and Health has been awarded the 2016 Poultry Nutrition Research Award by the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) in partnership with the Poultry Science Association (PSA).

DSM announces that it is increasing prices for the Vitamin C forms it produces in China by a minimum of 10% for non-contracted business, effective immediately.

Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, announced on 23 October 2016 that the DSM Science & Technology Award Asia in Animal Nutrition Science was awarded to Dr. Hongbo Yi from Zhejiang University, Zhejiang province, China.

DSM, a global leader in animal nutrition and health, will be showcasing its latest innovations for the feed industry at EuroTier 2016. Industry experts will be available at the interactive DSM Innovation Hub to discuss the latest studies on vitamins, enzymes, carotenoids, and eubiotics for optimized animal health and performance.

Following recent market concerns about quality of certain sources of Vitamin B2, demand for Rovimix® B2 80 SD from DSM has increased significantly. In response to this market need, DSM will be investing to expand the production capacity of its Grenzach, Germany B2 facility. It is expected that the new capacity will be available in 2016, further strengthening DSM’s leadership position for this important vitamin.

DSM Animal Nutrition & Health, a leading supplier of vitamins, carotenoids, eubiotics and enzymes to the global feed industry, hosted the 2nd global Eubiotics Focus Group meeting at its China Animal Nutrition Research Center in Bazhou, Hebei from 5-7 May 2015.

Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, today announced the winner of the DSM Nutritional Sciences Award 2015. Professor Dr. Hans H. Stein, from the University of Illinois (USA), has received the award in recognition of his outstanding research in swine nutrition, specifically helping to optimize the digestibility of nutrients contributing to sustainable food production.

As part of its special biennial maintenance program, DSM will temporarily suspend manufacturing of Vitamin E in Switzerland for 6 weeks starting September.

DSM Nutritional Products Ltd. (Kaiseraugst, Switzerland) and Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH (Essen, Germany) today announced they have entered into a joint development agreement for algae-based omega-3 fatty acid products for animal nutrition, in particular in aquaculture and pet food applications.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a letter (below) accepting DSM’s conclusion that canthaxanthin is GRAS (generally recognized as safe) as a nutritive antioxidant to support the development of chicken embryos at levels of 6 ppm of complete feed.

DSM has announced a global price increase for all its Feed, Food, Pharma and Personal Care Vitamin E forms by 10%, effective immediately. All existing contracts will be honored at the contracted price.

DSM announces that CRINA® Poultry Plus (a preparation of benzoic acid, thymol, eugenol and piperine) has been authorized under the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1426 as a safe and effective zootechnical feed additive to improve the performance of broilers.

DSM has been selected as the winner of the environment category at this year’s CEFIC European Responsible Care Awards. The award recognizes DSM’s success in implementing a sustainability program at its Dalry facility located on the west coast of Scotland, which is the only producer of vitamin C in the Western world and also manufactures vitamin B5.

Due to planned life-time extension projects in the Vitamin A plant in Switzerland, DSM has suspended manufacturing and will restart in February 2016.

DSM is to host a seminar entitled ‘Feed Enzymes – science into practice’ in collaboration with its strategic partner Novozymes on 8 May 2014. DSM’s ability to create valuable nutritional solutions is supported by a broad product portfolio and commitment to open collaboration between industry experts and customers.

DSM Nutritional Products announces structural adjustments in the region around Basel. These impact mainly headquarters in Kaiseraugst as well as, to a much lesser extent, the sites in Sisseln and Village-Neuf. This is the consequence of the almost concluded integration of a number of significant acquisitions and the associated strategic re-direction.

The safety and efficacy of CAROPHYLL® Red 10% for breeders has been confirmed, following a thorough evaluation, by the experts from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). The opinion has been recently published.

From late March DSM will temporarily suspend manufacturing Vitamin E in Switzerland for two weeks, and will perform plant maintenance during this period to ensure continued performance.

The price of ROVIMIX® Niacin will be increased by 20% with immediate effect for non-contracted business.

Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, announces today it is in exclusive discussions with Aland Nutraceutical Holding, Ltd. (“Aland”) that may or may not result in the acquisition of Aland, a China-based global producer of vitamin C. Further information will be announced in due course, if and when appropriate.

DSM has strengthened its leadership position in thermostable enzymes with the launch of RONOZYME® MultiGrain (GT), further expanding the innovative portfolio of feed enzymes created by the DSM-Novozymes Alliance.

DSM has announced the launch of its RONOZYME® ProAct Environmental Sustainability Calculator. The new web-based application allows direct customers and other stakeholders to quickly assess the environmental impact of using this protease in broiler production, helping them to increase their sustainability, productivity and profitability.

DSM has announced the opening of its China Animal Nutrition Center in the Chinese town of Bazhou, south of Beijing. With its focus on swine and poultry nutrition and the capabilities to conduct world-class scientific and application research, the facility will support the development of tailored solutions to meet the needs of the fast growing poultry and swine markets in China.

On 4 June 2014, a delegation led by Dongming Wang, Party Secretary of the Sichuan Provincial CPC Committee and President of the Standing Committee of Sichuan Provincial People’s Congress visited Royal DSM at the company’s headquarters in Heerlen, the Netherlands. The Party Secretary was welcomed by Dimitri de Vreeze, member of DSM’s Managing Board.

Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, announces today it has reached agreement to acquire Aland (HK) Holding Limited (“Aland”), a Hong Kong-based company producing vitamin C in mainland China. Financial details will not be disclosed at this time.

Exogenous phytases have been used commercially since the early 1990s as a successful tool for reducing the environmental impact of industrial livestock production and improving poultry and swine profitability (Selle & Ravindran, 2007). These cost-saving and sustainability benefits derive primarily from phytase’s ability to liberate phosphorus from phytate.

Following the publication of the European Commission Regulation No 684/2014 on the 20th of June 2014, DSM Nutritional Products announces that CAROPHYLL® Red 10%, a key ingredient in the innovative MaxiChick™ has been officially recognized as a zootechnical additive.

DSM will stop the manufacture of Vitamin B2 at its plant in Grenzach, Germany for a period of 4 weeks for feed grade and 6 weeks for food/pharma grade, starting 6th October, to perform the regular annual maintenance and to ensure continued performance.

DSM has launched an app to support its innovative MaxiChick™ productivity improvement solution for breeder flocks.

DSM Singapore has won the Singapore Sustainability Awards under the prestigious Sustainable Business Award category. DSM Singapore has been recognized for efforts in creating shared value for customers, employees, society and shareholders.

Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, announced today that the DSM Science & Technology Award Asia 2014 with emphasis on Animal Nutrition in China has been awarded to Dr. Na Dong from Northeast Agriculture University, Harbin, China, in recognition of the exceptional contribution that her Ph.D. research has made to the design of novel antimicrobial peptides potentially replacing the traditional antibiotics. The theme of this year’s award was “Quality - Ecology - Health”.

DSM held its first Swine Nutrition Science Seminar on 20 October 2014 in Bazhou, Hebei Province, China. Around 180 participants attended the seminar, including key customers and scientists from Chinese academic institutions. The high caliber of the attendees led to a successful event at DSM’s recently opened China Animal Nutrition Center.

DSM held its first Swine Nutrition Science Seminar on 20 October 2014 in Bazhou, Hebei Province, China. Around 180 participants attended the seminar, including key customers and scientists from Chinese academic institutions. The high caliber of the attendees led to a successful event at DSM’s recently opened China Animal Nutrition Center.

Global feed additive manufacturer, DSM, announces that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has recognized CRINA® Poultry Plus as a safe and effective zootechnical additive. Marking a milestone in the authorization process for additives in animal nutrition, this recent opinion validates the safety of CRINA Poultry Plus and its beneficial effects on gut health and growth rate in poultry.

Effectively immediately, the price of all Vitamin A and Vitamin B2 forms will increase by 12%, and the pricing of all Vitamin E forms by 15%.

DSM hosted the first ever Eubiotics Focus Group meeting at the Alumni Center of Kansas State University, Manhattan, from 16-19 April.

DSM announces the first ever global Feed Protease Dialogue – a workshop that will be staged in collaboration with its alliance partner Novozymes on 18-19 June 2013 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

DSM will host a symposium on possible substrates for exogenous enzymes during the 2013 meeting of the Poultry Science Association (PSA) to be held in San Diego, CA, USA from 22 to 25 July. Entitled ‘Possible Substrates for Exogenous Enzymes’ the event will be one of a number of symposia and workshops to be staged at PSA 2013 on 22 July at 1 pm.

Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, announces today that it has acquired Unitech Industries Limited (Unitech), a New Zealand based producer of nutritional products for both human and animal markets.

DSM Nutritional Products, Philippines, Inc., and Bayer Philippines, Inc., announce that DSM has acquired the industrial custom premix for feed millers business of Bayer in the Philippines. Both companies emphasise that current Bayer Animal Health industrial feed premix customers in the Philippines will continue to be supplied in future without interruption and at the highest level of quality and service from a newly built state-of-the-art facility, inaugurated by DSM in March 2013.

From late September DSM will temporarily stop manufacturing Vitamin E in Switzerland for six weeks, and will perform plant maintenance during this period to ensure continued performance.

Due to increased market demand and tightness in the supply chain for Vitamin D, the prices of Rovimix® D3 500 and Rovimix® AD3 1000/200 will increase by 50 and 17% respectively.

Due to increased market demand, the price of Rovimix® Calpan will increase by 15% with immediate effect for non-contracted business.

The price of ROVIMIX® Niacin will be increased by 8% with immediate effect for non-contracted business.

DSM, a leading supplier of vitamins, announced today that the price of all its Vitamin E forms will be increased by 16% with immediate effect for non-contracted business.

DSM, a leading supplier of vitamins, announced today that the price of all its Vitamin A forms will be increased by 12% with immediate effect for non-contracted business.

DSM’s patent application for the use of canthaxanthin in MaxiChick™ has been granted in Europe.