Lecithin in rearing and feeding livestock and pets

Lecithin has become an integral part of pet food. The special properties promote the health of the animals and increase the profitability of agricultural animal husbandry. Optimized feed conversion results in faster and stronger growth with improved meat quality and animal health, which is characterized by higher resistance to infections and other diseases and a lower mortality rate.

Lecithin in pet food stands for, among other things

• improved digestibility of fat
• and thus an increase in growth and weight
• reducing indigestion
• a strengthening of the immune system
• an improvement in metabolism

But lecithin does not only play a major role in livestock farming. Lecithin is also an important component in feed for pets - from dogs to cats and small animals to ornamental birds - where it ensures, among other things, good digestibility and usability, an animal-friendly texture and a robust immune system.

Lecithin as part of the feed shows positive effects in a wide variety of animal species:

pigs

Whether piglets, breeding sows or fattening pigs - the many positive properties of feed that has been upgraded with lecithin are good for husbandry and profitability. For example, lecithin acts as a source of choline and can significantly reduce indigestion.

PIGLET REARING

• improves feed conversion
• reduces indigestion
• increases body weight gain
• strengthens vitality
• Reduces stress after changing the diet or location
• reduces the mortality rate
• increases protection against infection

BREEDING SOWS

• stabilizes health and willingness to perform
• saves feed due to better feed conversion
• increases litter size
• increases the birth and weaning weight of the piglets
• increases the number of piglets weaned
• reduces idle time
• increases the contribution margin per sow

FINISHERS

• increases body weight gain
• improves feed conversion
• increases carcass and meat quality
• reduces absenteeism from illness or death
• increases the contribution margin per pig

calves

Lecithin also plays an important role in calf rearing and fattening:

• reduces indigestion
• increases feed intake
• increases body weight gain
• increases the digestibility of nutrients
• increases the intake of nutrients and energy
• promotes resistance to diseases and infections
• increases vitality
• strengthens the constitution and condition

chick

Lecithin is also an important factor in chick rearing:

• improves feed conversion
• increases body weight gain
• reduces absenteeism from illness or death
• favors the carcass texture
• improves nutrient digestibility

laying hens

Layers produce more efficiently:

• improves nutrient digestibility
• reduces the amount of feed required per egg
• reduces absenteeism from illness or death
• prevents fatty liver syndrome
• stabilizes the laying curve

Turkeys, other poultry and birds in general

Birds benefit from adding lecithin to their feed in a number of ways:

• improves nutrient digestibility
• improves growth rate and feed conversion
• reduces absenteeism from illness or death
• activates the metabolism
• strengthens convalescence

Rabbits

Lecithin can also be added to the feed of small animals such as rabbits, hares and chinchillas:

• increases feed intake
• increases the digestibility of nutrients
• intensifies the metabolism
• increases body weight gain
• ensures a dense, full and supple coat of hair
• strengthens the constitution and condition
• increases fertility in breeding

horses

In sports and racing horses and their foals, lecithin strengthens the immune system and improves the metabolism, among other things:

• improves the absorption and conversion of energy
• shortens the recovery phase after muscular exertion
• reduces the stress syndrome
• increases vitality, condition and constitution
• ensures a smooth and shiny coat
• stimulates the metabolism

fish (aquaculture)

Fish farming can also benefit in many ways from lecithin in the feed mix or as an additive in fat:

• improves growth rate and feed conversion
• promotes the development of the fingerstalls
• reduces losses
• strengthens fertility
• intensifies liver metabolism
• increases the rearing rate of young fish

Shrimp, crayfish and other crustaceans (aquaculture)

The rearing of many animal species that are commercially available as seafood is favored by the addition of lecithin:

• stable metabolic processes
• improved nutrient absorption
• better feed conversion and greater weight gain
• reduced failure rate

dogs and cats

Lecithin not only plays an important role in livestock farming. Lecithin is also an important component in feed for pets - from dogs to cats and small animals to ornamental birds - where it ensures, among other things, good digestibility and usability, an animal-friendly texture and a robust immune system:

• strengthens health, well-being and vitality
• shortens the regeneration time after physical exertion
• improves the skin
• ensures a dense, shiny and supple coat
• strengthens protection against infection

zoo animals

Of course, the quality of the feed also plays an important role for zoo animals. As with domestic and farm animals, lecithin can bring about a whole range of improvements:

• strengthens health, well-being and vitality
• improves nutrient digestibility
• improves growth rate and feed conversion
• ensures dense, shiny and supple fur or a fine plumage
• strengthens protection against infection