Anatara has submitted an application to register a product, which is based on a natural extract from pineapple roots called bromelain, to control diarrhea in piglets, with the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA).
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Boosting animal health, management, nutrition and genetics are factors in reducing the need to use antibiotics in animal production, say industry leaders.
There is limited data available on antibiotic resistance strains of pathogenic bacteria in meat products in the UK, says a campaigner seeking curbs to antibiotic usage in farmed animals.
Fermented feed is becoming increasingly attractive, with some pig producers seeing a return in investment in as little as a year, thanks to refinements and improvements to ForFarmers’ fermented feed concept.
The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) and National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) want the FDA to remove "an unnecessary and costly regulatory reporting burden" in a manner they said would be consistent with other recent agency decisions.
A leading researcher says by using omics techniques and non-invasive fecal biomarkers in vivo, it is now very easy to successfully select effective feed additive alternatives to antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) in pigs.
A Canadian biotech company is working to develop an oral single-domain antibody supplement to reduce salmonella and campylobacter in poultry, says company CEO.
Health Canada is looking to revise rules governing the import, sale and use of antimicrobial drugs in livestock in a move aimed at tackling antimicrobial resistance.
MiXscience , which is the animal nutrition division of the Avril Group, has formed a “strategic alliance” with Brazilian feed additive and premix player, Salus Group, to leverage the continuing growth in the livestock sector in the Latin American powerhouse.
Despite the imminent start date, there are ongoing concerns about how the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) will take effect, say US feed industry experts.
Feed makers must focus on preventative health as part of a global and collaborative effort in tackling the rise of antimicrobial resistance, say experts.
A study by US, UK, Finnish and Swedish researchers is said to provide the first demonstration that antibiotics can increase dung emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas (GHG).
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While a sea change is expected in the future application of antibiotics in US animal production, more usage data is require to further optimize their benefits for farming, say experts.
The move by the British Poultry Council (BPC) to reveal antibiotic usage data across 90% of domestic broiler, turkey and duck production is a game changer, says an antimicrobial resistance expert.
As a UK institute's field trial to test GM Camelina plants that produce DHA and EPA rich oils and astaxanthin gets green-lighted, the lead researcher defends the environmental robustness of using such crops as the key components in farmed fish diets.
Secondary plant compound producer, EW Nutrition, says animals will indicate when all is not well and such signals should be analyzed carefully to determine the multiple parameters undermining performance.
Researchers studying the impact of adding two yeast products to dairy cattle diets, found no evidence to suggest a ruminal effect but they saw increased energetic output with the cultures, suggesting higher absorption efficiency.
FEFANA has questioned the conclusion of a systematic literature review (SLR) by Belgian academics that did not rule out a correlation between copper additives and antibiotic resistance in pigs.
A German government funded initiative, EsRAM, aims at reducing antimicrobial resistant (AMR) pathogens in broilers and will look at how feed additives can contribute to this goal.
The Canadian producer has recently developed a synergistic alliance of inactivated yeast strains, from Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Cyberlindnera jadinii called Yang that is said to help with piglet weaning and pathogen challenges.
