Probiotics/prebiotics

DuPont’s nutrition division merges with IFF to create company valued at over $45bn

16-Dec-2019 By Jane Byrne

A merger has been announced between International Flavors & Fragrance (IFF) and DuPont’s Nutrition & Biosciences (N&B) business. The combined company is valued at more than $45 billion.

Inulin supplement provides antibiotic alternative, supports broiler meat quality

03-Dec-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Supplemental inulin can replace antibiotic use for growth promotion in broilers without altering the physiochemical properties of the meat produced, researchers say.

Next generation probiotics in monogastrics

25-Nov-2019 By Jane Byrne

A researcher in the Czech Republic has been examining chicken and pig gut microbiota with special emphasis on the identification of chicken gut microbiota bacteria that restrict Salmonella and Campylobacter colonization and pig microbiota bacteria that...

Evonik to manufacture milk oligosaccharide product for Swiss startup

22-Nov-2019 By Jane Byrne

Swiss biotech, GNUbiotics, has signed a manufacturing agreement with Evonik Nutrition and Care, whereby the German specialty chemicals group will manufacture its milk oligosaccharide product, branded as AMObiome.

US feed testing process to see increased FDA oversight

15-Nov-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is working to establish a new testing program using accredited laboratories to examine the safety of animal feed and food in specific circumstances.

Feeding fiber promotes the growth performance of piglets, say researchers

08-Nov-2019 By Jane Byrne

Feeding insoluble fiber better promotes growth performance and nutrient digestibility in piglets in the first two weeks post-weaning compared to soluble fiber, found China based animal scientists, in a new paper.

special edition: aqua feed innovation

Highlights of aqua feed innovation in 2019

28-Oct-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Throughout October, we’ve been focusing on feed innovation in the aquaculture industry; the gallery covers farmed fish feed industry developments that we reported on earlier in the year.

Fungal fermented rye may reduce reliance on antibiotics in pigs

17-Oct-2019 By Jane Byrne

A product, based on proprietary fungal fermented rye, is aimed at supporting pig farmers as they move away from a reliance on antibiotics for herd management in that it reduces the animal’s exposure to harmful pathogens, says Trouw Nutrition.

Commonality in homogeneity testing - bid to facilitate free and fair trade of feed ingredients

17-Oct-2019 By Jane Byrne

An international team of experts, drawn from founding members of the ICCF, is seeking industry feedback on a draft guidance document on a study on homogeneity testing in support of a safety evaluation of feed ingredients.

Layn starts animal nutrition unit, launches antioxidant line for use in feed

10-Oct-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Layn Corp’s expansion into feed additives and antibiotic alternatives spurs the development of a new business unit for the company and the start of a new antioxidant line.

Nutreco seeks animal nutrition, health research in new competition

10-Oct-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Nutreco is seeking research projects from PhD and post-doctoral researchers aimed at addressing challenges to precision farming, young animal nutrition or animal health and welfare.

special edition: aqua feed innovation

Study: Fish fed yeast had better growth performance and feeding behaviour in fresh- and post seawater transfer

04-Oct-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Adding yeast as a protein to salmon feeds may improve fish growth, production and feed intake even during the transition from freshwater to saltwater environments, researchers say.

'IP is a very big deal for a technology company like ours, it’s essentially our currency in many ways,' says KnipBio

27-Sep-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

The EU Patent Office has granted US innovator, KnipBio, a patent on the company’s intellectual property relating to the production of its single-cell protein for use in aquaculture and animal feeds, says CEO.

Potential job losses as Cargill restructures its animal nutrition and feed business for continued growth

25-Sep-2019 By Jane Byrne

Cargill revamps its animal nutrition division, shuffling leadership and realigning its business units to maintain its double-digit growth.

Finnish team evaluating optimal sow feeding strategies, how to cut farrowing time

16-Sep-2019 By Jane Byrne

Following the release of their findings on some of the factors affecting sow colostrum yield and composition, an academic team is now concentrating on studying farrowing management, more precisely how to reduce farrowing duration, improve hormonal balance...

Coalition asks FDA to boost livestock-focused antibiotic stewardship efforts

06-Sep-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

A US group, The Keep Antibiotics Working coalition, is exhorting US regulators to improve stewardship efforts linked with antibiotic use in animal feed, water and production.

Canada highlights intention to revamp feed regulations

27-Aug-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Canadian authorities are working to repeal and replace current feed regulations with a system providing greater flexibility, clarity and transparency to industry members.

Elanco seeks to expand global presence, market with Bayer tie-up

23-Aug-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Elanco Animal Health looks to expand its animal health product range, innovation, development capabilities and presence in emerging markets with proposed Bayer animal health buy.

Antibiotic reduction: Exploring nutritional building blocks not silver bullets

22-Aug-2019 By Lynda Searby

Nutrition has an important role to play in reducing antibiotic use on UK farms – but it’s not all about innovation and ‘silver bullet’ ingredients, says the Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture (RUMA) alliance.

US, Pakistani researchers team up to design antibiotic-free poultry support

19-Aug-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

An international research partnership is seeking to reduce the reliance on antibiotics by developing novel alternatives using a combination of bacteriophage and plant compounds.

Land O’Lakes' nonprofit rebrands to highlight global focus, support

16-Aug-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Land O’Lakes' nonprofit is rebranding and focusing its efforts on supporting global livestock ventures, dairy ventures and work with feed and food crops while addressing soil health and the environment to support the growing global population.

Broilers, turkey see fewer antimicrobials at hatch, in feed

08-Aug-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

The amount of antimicrobials added to the feed and water of broiler chickens and turkeys fell in the US from 2013 to 2017.

'We now understand at a molecular level how these probiotic strains can kill these pathogenic species'

31-Jul-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Adding select probiotics to the diets of farmed catfish may improve both fish growth performance and the water quality of production ponds, says researcher.

Investors plough over $16m into proteobiotics developer

30-Jul-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

MicroSintesis is looking to expand globally and to develop new microbiome-influencing products for livestock following investment, says CEO.

Oklahoma State University invests $7.1m in animal feed, health research center

26-Jul-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Animal nutrition and feed research are set to be a major focus for the new animal nutrition and physiology center at Oklahoma State University.

EFSA weighs up efficacy of probiotic, phytase and selenium products

23-Jul-2019 By Jane Byrne

The EU risk assessor for feed and food has released three new opinions linked to animal feed this week.

Strategy to reduce the immunotoxic effects of aflatoxins in broiler chicks

19-Jul-2019 By Jane Byrne

Diet supplementation with mannanoligosaccharide (MOS) improved immunological responses and increased humoral immunity in aflatoxin-challenge broilers, finds a study from Iran.

Evonik and Perstorp in antibiotic alternatives research tie-up

18-Jul-2019 By Jane Byrne

Amino acid and probiotic producer, Evonik, has signed a research agreement for the development of new animal nutrition products with Perstorp, a producer of feed raw materials like propionic, formic, butyric and valeric acid.

No nutritional silver bullet for zinc oxide replacement in piglet diets

02-Jul-2019 By Jane Byrne

In a published summary of the Zero Zinc Summit, held last month in Copenhagen in Denmark, a Danish animal nutrition consultant said there was a general agreement at the event that no single tool can replace medicinal zinc oxide.

Elanco, AgBiome partner on microbe-based swine gut health project

01-Jul-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Elanco Animal Health and AgBiome's research collaboration focuses on finding novel ways to develop probiotic, gut health products for swine and improve antibiotic stewardship.

Evonik eyes US antibiotic alternatives market with Perdue partnership

28-Jun-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Evonik is partnering with a US agricultural commodity merchandiser to expand market share and recognition for its gut health-focused probiotic.

Probiotic gives growth, immune response in farmed carp

27-Jun-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Supplementing carp diets with B. subtilis may improve fish growth performance and support fish health and intestinal antioxidant capacity while reducing reliance on antibiotics, say researchers.

Special Edition: Gut health in pigs and poultry

Strengths and weaknesses of probiotic use in piglet rearing

24-Jun-2019 By Jane Byrne

There is a vast amount of research supporting the use of many different probiotic strains at the nursery stage in pig production, but there is still great variability in the results, finds a review published in Livestock Science.

Engineered probiotic designed to provide antibiotic alternative

21-Jun-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Pando Nutrition is looking to provide an antibiotic alternative to poultry producers by genetically engineering a probiotic-secreted enzyme, says CEO.

Job losses likely in ADM’s newly acquired Neovia business

20-Jun-2019 By Jane Byrne

Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is gearing up to let 127 staff go at its Neovia business, which it recently acquired for €1.54bn ($1.73bn).

special edition: poultry and pig gut health

Dietary fiber may improve layer microflora, cut noxious gas emissions

20-Jun-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Adding sunflower meal to layer diets may lower manure-based emissions of hydrogen sulfide, and improve intestinal microflora, say researchers.

special edition: pig and poultry gut health

Gut heath: you are what you feed

19-Jun-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Kemin: New plan lays the groundwork for strategic growth

17-Jun-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Kemin looks to new generation feed additives, data assessment and improved production practices as part of its sustainable transformation focus.

Special Edition: Pig and Poultry Gut Health

Blended feed additive sees microbial revamp

13-Jun-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Swine gut health feed additives may also have a role to play in swine manure management, says nutritionist.

Dispatches from One: The Alltech Idea's Conference

Spanish pig sector focusing on gut health

13-Jun-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Supporting the development of a healthy gut in pigs does not rely on antibiotic use, but changes in nutrition and management may be needed, says expert.

Slow sales, rising costs may limit investment in livestock antibiotics

12-Jun-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

The decline of antibiotic use in livestock feed or production may shift the pharma industry focus away from new antibiotic product development, with ramifications for agriculture, say analysts.

Dispatches from One: The Alltech Idea's Conference

Investment in feed, genetics research has role in advancing shrimp production

10-Jun-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Investing in feed research, production, market improvements and genetics could help develop and expand the current shrimp industry, says expert.

Dispatches from One: the Alltech Ideas Conference

Artificial salmon gut developed to ease cost, time in feed trials

04-Jun-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

SalmoSim has produced an artificial salmon gut as a way to reduce feeding trial costs and examine prebiotic and probiotic efficacy for the salmon industry.

special edition: Pig and poultry gut health

Folium looks to target bacteria with ‘guided biotic’

03-Jun-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Folium Science is working to address unwanted bacteria in poultry guts using a guided biotic to trigger self digestion in pathogens like salmonella.

Blended feed additives may provide antibiotic alternative for growing cattle

31-May-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Probiotic feed additives and enzymes support weight gain and feed efficiency for growing cattle, and may provide an alternative to antibiotic use during the early production stage, say researchers.

special edition: dairy feed trends

Supplementing diets for pastured-raised dairy cows may boost milk yields

06-May-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

A blended, yeast-based additive may improve dry matter intake and milk production for pasture-raised dairy cows facing heat stress conditions, say researchers.

Can fermented rye work as a substitute for antibiotics in broilers?

25-Apr-2019 By Jane Byrne

Fermented rye may inhibit pathogens and deliver immunomodulatory properties, thus providing a potential alternative for antibiotics in broiler diets, says Trouw Nutrition.

Will the revised EU feed additives legislation be fit for purpose?

17-Apr-2019 By Jane Byrne

The European Commission (EU) is still evaluating the legislation on additives for use in animal nutrition as part of its fitness check of general food law, REFIT.

Strain selection and mode of action: Evonik lifts the lid on its probiotic work

11-Apr-2019 By Jane Byrne

Ensuring the consistency of its probiotics in the field and being able to explain the mode of action behind the strains, why they work, are some of the fundamentals behind Evonik’s probiotic R&D work, according to a research lead.

Moisture control in feed mills could result in real savings

05-Apr-2019 By Jane Byrne

Managing the moisture content in feed formulations is critical as it can compensate for weight losses during feed processing, it can also preserve the shelf life of products and allow for uniform quality of finished feed, says Trouw Nutrition.