We are all familiar with the concept of chickens starting out on a farm and ending as a piece of meat on our forks, but what about everything occurring in between? The short cycle of broiler production renders the chain from farm to fork exposed to severe stressors that trigger oxidative stress. The main goal…
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This article by Dr Christof Rapp, a lead researcher in swine nutrition at Zinpro Corporation, first appeared in the November 2019 issue of Essential Feed and explains how selenium reduces oxidative stress and improves production. Livestock and poultry, just like humans, naturally produce toxic substances and reactive oxygen species – small and highly reactive molecules…