A potential candidate in the hunt for effective alternatives to in-feed antibiotics in pig and poultry feed is resistant starch (RS) due to its prebiotic effect, say the authors of a review in Animal Nutrition.
Amlan International says it has secured patents in China for several of its feed additives aimed at supporting intestinal health in poultry and post-weaning piglets.
A refurbished button factory in Connecticut may not be the obvious choice for an aquaculture facility to raise European Seabass, but it is the site of Great American Aquaculture LLC's Ideal Fish project.
Several feed additives may be effective in regulating intestinal environments and improving pig growth performance if diets without antibiotic growth promoters are fed, but results in terms of their various attributes are variable and further research...
Alltech says its European Bioscience Centre, located in Ireland, has been nominated for a US-Ireland Research Innovation Award in relation to its work on how reduced diversity among intestinal gut microbes can affect animal health and can lead to the...
As the EU Commission, EU agencies and member states provide clearer indications about the directions research and development (R&D) into antimicrobial resistance (AMR) will take, concerns are growing among feed groups that insufficient public research...
Sarena Lin, who, up to recently, oversaw Cargill's global animal feed and nutrition business, has moved to Elanco Animal Health, a division of Eli Lilly and Company.
Minneapolis headquartered agribusiness giant, Cargill, reported profits were down as it announced its 2018 Q2 financial results yesterday; however, it said its animal nutrition and protein segment was the largest contributor to adjusted operating earnings...
Marks & Spencer (M&S) was the first major UK retailer to publish antibiotic data from its supply chain. It did so in December. Waitrose and ASDA quickly followed suit.
Poultry Partners says its goal is to provide poultry producers with a way to better address marketplace concerns, while improving production practices.
Vitamin shortage, feed’s role in the circular economy, future EU protein policy and the public image of the sector will be some of the dominant themes of 2018 for the European feed sector.
The EU Commission's proposal to deny authorization of formaldehyde as a feed additive for use as a preservative and hygiene condition enhancer has been backed by a qualified majority of EU countries.
A Polish PhD thesis focused on the effect polyphenol supplementation in poultry diets has on meat oxidative stability has taken top honors in the third edition of the Nor Feed Award.
The sale and distribution of antibiotics approved for use in food-producing animals in the US decreased by 10% from 2015 to 2016, according to a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report released on Thursday.
Pew Charitable Trusts needs support to improve the understanding of methods to reduce the use of antibiotics in animal production, says senior officer.
Cargill is starting site work on its first feed facility dedicated to manufacturing non-medicated, antibiotic-free products, says director of operations.
The WHO is recommending that animal producers cease feeding or using medically important antibiotics to prevent potential disease or as growth promoters.
US researchers say bioactive phenolic extracts (BPE) from blueberry and blackberry pomaces could work as antibiotic growth promoter (AGP) alternatives in broilers.
A new poultry research unit has opened at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) in the UK, with increased feed manufacture capability and equipment for high-end nutritional analysis.
Poultry producers wanting to limit their use of antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) need to maximize the performance of gut health feed additives by selecting ones that have been proven in vivo and that guarantee delivery to all parts of the intestinal...
Aqua-Spark, the investment fund for sustainable aquaculture, has backed two technology providers it says will make fish healthier and farming more efficient.
Elanco Animal Health shifts dairy portfolio work to cover microbiome-based products, ways to protect or support animal health and a focus on addressing disease challenges.
Profitability, in general, is back in French dairy farming, and the sector is becoming increasingly concentrated, a trend that is supporting Lallemand’s business strategy.
Sanders, the animal feed business of French agri group, Avril, in conjunction with the cooperative, Euralis, are backing French protein production through the opening of a soybean crushing facility in Vic-en-Bigorre, in the southwest of France.
The FDA said a new analytical method will support its ongoing efforts to encourage the judicious use of antimicrobials in US food-producing animals, in its bid to help ensure the continued availability of safe and effective antimicrobials for animals...
A study evaluating the use of dry whey, chitosan, a mixture of both, and inulin in wheat based broiler diets found reduced bird growth due to lower feed intake.
Some perspective is required when evaluating the results of the recently published Chinse study identifying antibiotic resistant genes in fishmeal, argues the IFFO.
Use of clove and rosemary essential oils with encapsulated active principles in feed may reduce oxidation of meat and improve shelf life, say researchers.
UK poultry farmers not only halved antibiotic usage during the year to 2016 and eliminated the prophylactic use of antibiotics altogether, they did this as part of a 71% reduction in use since 2012, over a five-year period when poultry meat production...
In its Q2 financial results, Evonik reported good demand and improved market sentiment in its animal nutrition business towards the end of the quarter.
Innovations in trout feed, work improving feed efficiency and investigations targeted at antibiotic replacement products were among the projects highlighted by the USDA in a report on department research, says undersecretary.
A US feed ingredient company is offering identity-preserved, antibiotic-free lipid product to address feed energy needs and downstream customer demands, says VP.
