Essential micronutrient for optimizing the nutritional quality of animal feeds
Animal Nutrition
BASF is a leading global producer of vitamin E oil and powders for animal nutrition. Our commitment is to support our customers by concentrating on quality, performance, reliability and sustainability.
Vitamin E is an essential micronutrient for all animals. It is a potent lipid-soluble antioxidant and the importance of maintaining an adequate intake of vitamin E is generally recognized.
BASF provides high-quality vitamin E acetate for use in vitamin blends, premixes and feeds. A water-dispersible formulation is available for use in milk replacers, and for multivitamin mixtures, which are administered directly by means of the drinking water. A vitamin E acetate oil is available for the preparation of liquid vitamin E solutions for oral use.
The milk yield of our dairy cows has continuously risen over the last five decades. Aside from this impressive gain in performance, the susceptibility for diseases has increased at the same time. This is where higher doses of vitamin E at the start of lactation can make an important contribution in improving animal health.
Vitamin E is the most important antioxidant of the animal organism and can capture free oxygen radicals, from which its main metabolic properties in the dairy cow can be deduced. In addition to safeguarding animal health by improving immunity, it is well-known for its positive impact on fertility and stress sensitivity to which dairy cows are very susceptible at the start of lactation in particular.
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Vitamin E is necessary for maintaining body functions of all animal species. Thus, our vitamin E covers all major species of livestock, companion animals as well as aquaculture.
Vitamin E occurs in a biologically highly active form. The product should be processed with all due care and attention to occupational hygiene following the instructions in the safety data sheet.
| Pigs (per kg complete feed (88% dry matter)) | |
| Piglets, prestarter1 | 100-150 mg |
| Piglets, starter | 80-120 mg |
| Grower | 60-80 mg |
| Finisher1 | 40-60 mg |
| Breeding sows | 60-80 mg |
| Breeding boars | 140-160 mg |
| 1 up to 250 mg to increase immunity and improve meat quality |
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| Poultry (per kg complete feed (88% dry matter)) | |
| Chickens, starter1 | 40-60 mg |
| Chickens, pullets | 20-30 mg |
| Laying hens2 | 20-30 mg |
| Breeding hens | 40-60 mg |
| Broilers1 | 30-50 mg |
| Turkeys, starter1 | 40-60 mg |
| Turkeys, grower | 30-50 mg |
| Turkeys, finisher1 | 30-40 mg |
| Turkeys, breeding animals2 | 40-60 mg |
| Ducks/geese | 40-60 mg |
| 1 up to 200 mg to increase immunity and improve meat quality 2 up to 100 mg under stress conditions, heat related stress and to increase reproductive performance of breeding animals |
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Dr. Wolf Pelletier, BASF SE, Germany
