LifeStart
Worldwide, animals produce 30 to 40% below their genetic potential. How an animal is handled during the first few weeks of life has a profound and long-lasting effect on its health and ability to grow to its fullest potential. During critical transition periods – such as weaning, reproductive periods and relocation to other environments – young or gestative animals are especially sensitive to the conditions around them. Investing in the young animal and pre-birth periods helps to maximise their potential, which enables farmers to achieve the highest financial result possible, promotes sustainable farming and helps us feed our growing population.
Swine
The early life stage of a pig offers a remarkable window of opportunity to optimise the animal’s lifelong potential. The first 70 days of life — from conception through the nursery period — establishes the foundation for an animal’s health, growth and performance across its lifetime.
LifeStart Swine is a knowledge platform offering the latest scientific insights, proven practices and expert perspectives, aimed to empower the industry to navigate this critical period of development with the best possible results.
Dairy
Sustainably feeding an expanding world population requires utilising the full potential of all our resources. For dairy cows, this means optimising their daily milk production. Trouw Nutrition’s science-based LifeStart programme focuses on metabolic programming during a dairy calf’s critical first weeks and months of life, to ensure proper development into a robust, high-performing cow.
Beef
The first period of life is a critical stage during which calves face many challenges, but farmers have the first and most important opportunity to implement the right care and management to unlock the full potential of the animal, supporting its future development. Trouw Nutrition’s programmes and solutions will give your animals the best start in life.
Layers
Across the globe, layers are producing below their genetic potential. Yet, we know from years of research that the way a pullet is handled during the first days of life profoundly affects the bird’s health and long-term ability to grow to its fullest potential.
This period is crucial, as the longer it takes for pullets to receive their first feed and water, the lower their growth rate and the higher the mortality rate. Investing in sound nutritional management with Trouw Nutrition’s LifeStart approach for the young animal can significantly maximise their lifetime potential. As a result, farmers are able to optimise their revenues while practicing sustainable farming, ultimately helping to feed our rapidly growing world population.
Broilers
The way a day-old-chick is handled during the first days of life has a positive effect on its health and is key to grow to its fullest potential.
This period is crucial, as the longer it takes for chicks to receive their first feed and water, the lower their growth rate and the higher the mortality rate. Investing in sound nutritional management for the young animal can significantly maximise their lifetime production. Trouw Nutrition’s ChickCare products, backed by our extensive LifeStart research, offers solutions to unlock the broiler’s potential in these critical first days of life. As a result, farmers are able to optimise their revenues while practicing sustainable farming, ultimately helping to feed our rapidly growing world population.