Rising temperatures place strain on livestock metabolism, feed intake and performance. Functional botanicals derived from Capsicum annuum can help to stabilise animals’ metabolism under heat stress.
BEWI-FATRIX® Fortify combines Capsicum annuum with other functional botanicals and vegetable fats. Its special matrix technology effectively embeds the active ingredients in a fat matrix and enables their targeted release in the digestive tract.
The 24th BOKU Symposium on Animal Nutrition 2026 focused on the general topic of “Animal Nutrition in the Digital Age”. We were once again represented with a scientific contribution, this time together with our partner MartinBauer.
The title of our poster was: “Influence of a unique ingredient blend with functional botanicals on reproductive and weaning performance in sows”.
We are once again participating in the 24th BOKU Symposium on Animal Nutrition, which will take place on Thursday, 26 February, in Vienna. The general theme of the event is “Animal Nutrition in the Digital Age”.
Our colleagues Dr Ralph Schemmer and Burkhard Bohr will be there to present our latest research findings.
The Bavarian Working Group Animal Nutrition (BAT) organizes its 63th annual conference this year at the LfL in Poing/Grub. We are once again represented with scientific contributions.
At the event, we presented two recent studies on feeding strategies and metabolic health in sows around farrowing.
In aquaculture, efficient energy supply is a key factor for optimal growth, feed conversion and animal health. Fats are regarded as highly concentrated energy sources with potential additional functional benefits.
Modern technologies enable the production of differentiated specialty products, including pure fat powder, medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA) and combinations with phytogenic substances.
This year, we once again participated in the 23rd BOKU Symposium Animal Nutrition 2025, which took place on Thursday, February 27, in Vienna. The event focused on the general theme: “The Future of Protein Supply in Animal Nutrition.”
Our colleagues, Dr. Ralph Schemmer and Florian Mader, were on-site to present our latest experimental results.
High-yielding dairy cows have an increased energy requirement, especially after giving birth. The first third of lactation in particular requires a great deal of attention. Appropriate feeding strategies can therefor support sustainable milk production.
The use of rumen-stable fats has a positive effect on metabolic functions. The particle size of the fat powder is important for digestibility.
The Bavarian Working Group Animal Nutrition (BAT) organizes its 62th annual conference this year at the LfL in Poing/Grub. Again, we were represented with a scientific contribution.
The title of our poster was: “The use of a milk replacer with a high content of crude protein in the practical rearing of calves”.
A healthy gut is the key to a healthy pig. In order to give the piglet the best conditions for a successful start, it is important to support intestinal development as early as possible in a positive way – preferably even before birth through the mother sow’s diet. Promoting early feed intake also has a positive influence on the development of the intestinal microbiome and the intestinal barrier.
In this context, our feeding concepts offer suitable highly digestible energy concentrates, various feed supplements and a wide range of milk replacers and innovative special feed products.
The general topic of the 22nd BOKU Symposium Animal Nutrition 2024 was “Livestock in nutrient cycles: A dialogue between nutrition physiology and the environment“. We were again represented with a scientific contribution.
The title of our poster was: “Effects of a special feeding concept in sows and piglets on rearing performance in the suckling period”.
We are pleased to announce our participation in the 22st BOKU Symposium Animal Nutrition 2024. It will take place on Thursday, 29 February 2024 in Vienna. The general theme of this year’s event is: “Effects of a special feeding concept in sows and piglets on rearing performance in the suckling period”.
Our colleagues Dr Ralph Schemmer and Dr Michael Hovenjürgen will attend the conference.
The Bavarian Working Group Animal Nutrition (BAT) organizes its 61th annual conference this year at the LfL in Poing/Grub. The general topic is: “Successful young animal rearing for animal well-being and more sustainability”. Again, we were represented with a scientific contribution.
The title of our poster was: “Use of a rumen-stable combination of fat, lecithin and methionine in dairy cows in practice”.
Rumen-stable fats (BEWI-SPRAY®) allow an effective energetic enhancement of the ration without providing substrate for methanogenic microorganisms. Methane emission is even reduced in relation to the higher energy supply per unit of “milk volume produced“.
By using rumen-protected amino acids (BEWI-FATRIX®) and rumen-stable fats (BEWI-SPRAY®), dairy cow rations can be optimized in terms of protein and energy source use. At the same time, these products enable the targeted reduction of nitrogen, phosphorus and methane emission per kg of milk.
The general topic of the 21st BOKU symposium Animal Nutrition 2023 was “Feeding strategies in times of limited resources”. We were again represented with a scientific contribution.
The title of our poster was: “Effects of different fat sources on the apparent total tract digestibility of energy in piglets”.
We are pleased to announce our participation in the 21st BOKU Symposium Animal Nutrition 2023. It will take place on Thursday, 20 April 2023 in Vienna.
The general theme of this year’s event is: “Feeding strategies in times of limited resources”.
The Bavarian Working Group Animal Nutrition (BAT) organizes its 60th annual conference this year at the LfL in Poing/Grub. We were again represented with a scientific contribution.
The title of our poster was: “Effect of supplementing rumen-protected biotin in dairy cows – a practice test”.
The 19th BOKU symposium Animal Nutrition 2021 had the general topic “Animal Nutrition between animal welfare and environment protection”.
The symposium was held for the first time as a digital web conference. We were again represented with a scientific contribution.
Rumen-protected fats (BEWI-SPRAY®) allow an effective energy improvement of the ration without offering a substrate for methanogenic microorganisms. The methane emission is not increased despite a higher energy supply.
The 57th BAT conference took place in Grub (GER). The general topic was “Sustainable animal nutrition”.
Dr. Michael Hovenjürgen presented our latest study about: “Effects of rumen-stable amino acids”.
The 18th BOKU Symposium in Vienna (AT) was under the general theme “Feeding young livestock”.
We were again represented with a scientific poster: “Influence of quality and concentration of calf milk replacers on growth performance of beef calves”.
A combination of rumen-protected methionine and lysine makes it possible to optimise protein efficiency and to reduce common protein carriers without performance losses.
An addition of rumen-protected methionine shows positive effects on metabolism and liver health.
The 17th BOKU-Symposium in Vienna (AUT) was under the headline of the “carbohydrates in animal nutrition”.
With our study by Dr. Jan Voss and Dr. Michael Hovenjürgen we were again able to win the 2nd poster price.
The 16th BOKU-Symposium in Vienna (AUT) was under the headline of the “healthy intestinal tract”.
Dr. Michael Hovenjürgen won the 2nd price for his poster. The study was conducted in cooperation with VBZL Haus Riswick, Germany, and the agricultural university of Osnabrück.