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Reports from EuroTier 2022

Balchem: Supplementation of cows with choline benefits the calf

By Jane Byrne

Researchers are seeing benefits for the calf from the supplementation of the diets of the cow with choline, according to Balchem Corporation, which has been working with choline for the past 25 years, for both ruminant and monogastric application.

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Investigating how maternal nutrition can impact offspring

By Jane Byrne

A US animal scientist, based at the University of Connecticut, will examine how over-feeding of the mother during gestation causes epigenetic changes in offspring liver that ultimately affect growth, metabolism, and inflammation.

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Compound feed production volumes for EU and UK better than forecast

By Jane Byrne

Industrial compound feed production in the EU and UK remained stable in 2020 despite the combined effect of the spread of animal diseases including African swine fever (ASF) and Avian influenza (HPAI) along with the disruption brought on by the COVID-19...