20 years of expertise in gut health and the feed additive industry. Your one stop research partner.
Alimetrics Research specializes in delivering comprehensive Animal gut health contract research and diagnostic services that support companies worldwide in developing innovative products aimed at improving animal health and performance. Read more about us
Research is a forerunner in science of intestinal microbiology. We offer comprehensive research projects by using laboratory models like In Vitro and Ex Vivo. All our projects are tailored according to customer needs.
A trusted lab for feed additive companies and livestock producers around the world, we analyze feeding trial samples for intestinal biomarkers. Our unique BioFreeze™ solution ensures sample handling and logistics without cold storage.
We have own animal trial facilities (In vivo) for broilers and piglets. We offer performance, challenge, behavioral and EFSA registration trials. Our advanced feed mill enhances our research capabilities by providing precise and efficient feed formulation.
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We offer advanced diagnostic services and a state-of-the-art research facility for tailored trials across poultry lines, including layers, broiler breeders, and turkeys.
Our cutting-edge facilities and expertise provide reliable insights to drive innovation in poultry nutrition and gut health.
Our swine research facility is equipped to handle a wide range of studies, from growth performance trials to in-depth mechanistic investigations. With up to 32 pens, we provide flexible and reliable solutions tailored to your research needs.
Our expertise in ruminant research includes advanced ex vivo models and the flexibility to combine these with feeding trials, providing a comprehensive approach to studying ruminant nutrition and gut health.
We offer advanced analytical tools for aqua, fish, and companion animal health monitoring.
At Alimetrics, we provide fully controlled and well-equipped facilities designed for conducting trials with broilers and piglets. We follow the ethical principles agreed by European Union and the National Animal Experiment Board of Finland. Extensive sampling is characteristic of our trials to extract all possible information in each trial.
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Increased protein fermentation in the caecum and colon indicates poor ileal protein digestibility and produces harmful metabolites. Whenever there are negative performance effects with a new diet component, the quantification of protein fermentation biomarkers reveals whether the issue is connected to poor protein digestion.
Butyrate, a short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) of 4-carbon atoms, is generally considered to be the preferred energy source of epithelial cells in the large intestine. Once produced by bacterial metabolism in the intestinal lumen, much of the butyrate is absorbed, to benefit the host animal’s energy status.
A wide diversity of intestinal biogenic amines (BA) -producing and biogenic amines -degrading bacterial species have recently been identified. In short, undigested dietary protein that reaches the colon is fermented by microbes possessing amino acid decarboxylase activity into a range of BAs, along with other degradation products such as phenol, […]
When studying intestinal processes and microbe-mediated gut health, the first step is collection of digesta and/or feces specimens. Standardised sample collection and easy-to-use materials are critical when streamlining the sampling process, to generate reliable scientific data. Immediate freezing of samples is regarded as the gold standard of intestinal sample storage, […]
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