The benefits of yeast in ruminant nutrition

Some 300 delegates from 40 countries went to Lille in France to attend the first global symposium organised by LeSaffre Feed Additives on “Yeast solutions – The benefit of using live yeasts in ruminant nutrition”. Five renowned speakers talked about the latest developments in this field. By Dick Ziggers A number of strategies have been used to enhance ruminal fermentation. Antibiotics and ionophores have been effective but were banned in the EU at the beginning of 2006 for safety reasons