Food-borne infectious agents can affect the health of pets, while mycotoxins are also a hazard in the global pet food supply chain. Fats, protein meals, meat slurries and other ingredients added during pet food manufacturing can be prone to cross-contamination...
Is the trend toward humanization expected to continue, whereby pet owners seek products that mirror those they eat themselves or is inflationary pressure putting a stop to such developments?
Minimal impact ingredient sourcing along with alternative protein inclusion are hot topics in the pet food sustainability space. Ingredients represent the highest portion of pet food manufacturers’ carbon emissions, far outpacing any other contributor...
Scientists are digging deeper in their quest to understand the influence of diet and nutrition on pet gut health as the evidence grows that developing a stable and beneficial microbiome early on has long-term benefits.
Consumers and brand owners are increasingly seeking transparent, functional, and natural ingredients, with a clear mode of action. Manufacturers though need to be mindful of formulation challenges linked to novel inputs such as their viability through...
The Animal AgTech Innovation Summit in San Francisco is the vital hub for the North American dairy, livestock and poultry value chain bringing together 600 industry leaders discussing how to accelerate and invest in animal agriculture.
On May 23-24, 2023, the Blue Food Innovation Summit returns to London to delve deeper into the fast-developing landscape of ocean health and blue food production.
As the world’s demand for plant oils and protein continues to increase and outstrip production at an unprecedented pace, yield alone will no longer be sufficient to sustainably meet that demand, innovation to increase protein levels in plants is required....
Antibiotics at sub-therapeutic doses have been added to poultry diets as growth promoters for many years. However, the overuse of antibiotics as feed additives have played a major role in the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The hunt has long...
Industry is trying to determine how to effectively remove zinc oxide from piglet diets.
A ban on the use of zinc oxide in feed for weaned pigs in the European Union, due to its negative environmental impact, will come into effect in June...
In-ovo feeding is becoming a key issue in poultry. The industry is looking to see how it can boost the quality and liveability of the day-old chick through improving embryonic stage nutritional approaches.
Recent data has shown the potential of nutrition and management during the first few months of life to influence metabolic programming and, consequently, the future performance of dairy cattle.
We will get the view of dairy nutrition experts...