The highlight of day 2 at the 23rd European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition (ESPN) was the fantastic Dr Richard Ducatelle talking about feeding the microbiome. He proposed that, due to higher-yielding grains we are now using in animal feed, the starch content of the maize, soya bean, and wheat is increasing and, as a result, the crude…
The first session on day 1 of the 23rd European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition (ESPN) started with keynote lectures focusing on nutrition for sustainability in poultry production. The highlight was Dr Fifi Zaefarian, senior lecturer in poultry science at Massey University, who discussed the various opportunities and challenges we face in trying to improve energy…
Our technical team attending the 23rd European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition (ESPN) started their week with our partners at Zinpro for their 7th Pan-European poultry seminar in Bologna, Italy. The theme of the seminar was: “Be ready for change. The old broiler nutrition paradigm is on the hot seat”. Here is their first feedback from ESPN 2023!…
The 22nd European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition (ESPN), held from 10 to 13 June in Gdańsk, Poland, proved again that it is the premier poultry nutrition meeting with excellent speakers and contributions from delegates. The first plenary session dealt with European concerns regarding protein sources for the poultry industry. “Although this may not seem to…