Alfred Blanch

Alfred Blanch, DVM and PhD from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), is a technical and marketing professional in the field of animal nutrition and health. He began his professional career developing several poultry research projects at the UAB, the University of Nottingham (UK) and the University of Hohenheim (Stuttgart, Germany). After an initial period in the world of research, his career evolved towards strategic and operational marketing in the field of feed additives and ingredients, globally. Thus, he is an internationally-minded advisor with scientific and technical education but also with a strong sense of business in animal nutrition and health.

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If you reduce the content of soybean meal in your starter feed, be careful what you replace it with!

7 May 2021 Sponsored

We have recently highlighted the need to reduce the content of soybean meal (SBM) in broiler starter diets below 30% in order not to exceed the upper limits of antinutritional factors (ANFs) that can compromise the intes…

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March 2021

Enzyme-treated soy protein in broiler (pre-) starter feed helps alleviate footpad dermatitis on farm

1 Mar 2021 Sponsored

The dark side of soybean meal in chicken feed In several articles recently published on this website (Blanch, 2020 a, b; Blanch, 2021), it has been shown that some anti-nutritional factors (ANF’s) in soybean meal (SBM) …

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February 2021

Bird welfare in poultry production: dietary soy α-galactosides do play a role!

1 Feb 2021 Sponsored

Bird welfare in the spotlight around the World Nowadays, bird welfare in the intensive poultry production has become a central issue for authorities, producers, and consumer associations in the most demanding markets and…

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January 2021

No AGP or coccidiostat in your chicken feed? A low content soy anti-nutritional factors in the starter diet is crucial for good results.

7 Jan 2021 Sponsored

Introduction There is sufficient evidence on the negative effects of soy anti-nutritional factors (ANF) on the development and growth of broiler chickens, as has been previously addressed on this website (Blanch, 2020 a…

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December 2020

Feed-induced gut inflammation and oxidative stress in chickens; what antibiotic growth promoters actually hide

1 Dec 2020 Sponsored

Introduction The ban or rejection of the use of antibiotic growth promoters (AGP) in poultry feed in many countries as well as the increasing restrictions on the use of antibiotics therapeutically are leading to a new pa…

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November 2020

Soy oligosaccharides and beta-conglycinin, behind gut inflammations, wet droppings and footpad dermatitis in chickens

2 Nov 2020 Sponsored

In this article the impact of soy oligosaccharides and the antigen beta-conglycinin on the productive performance and intestinal health of broiler chickens is reviewed.

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October 2020

Soy trypsin inhibitors do affect the growth and gut health of chickens

6 Oct 2020 Sponsored

Introduction As global animal production has rapidly shifted towards antibiotic free, “Gut health” has become a popular expression and all-encompassing concept in the scientific community. Pluske et al. (2018) defined gu…