The increased litter size in today’s hyper-prolific sows is resulting in the birth of small and/or underdeveloped piglets, which have a higher mortality and slower growth rate, says Anja Varmløse Strathe, assistant professor, University of Copenhagen,...
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.
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.
Dutch group, Nutreco, has acquired the South African premix company, Animal Nutrition and Health (ANH), from Kaonne Investments, for an undisclosed price.
Abandoning sub-therapeutic doses of antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) makes no sense if replaced by therapeutic doses in medicated feed, says a Danish expert.
Dietary valine supplementation can decrease the negative effect of feeding low crude protein (CP) diets to broiler chickens, but during the starter and growing periods only, said an Iranian team of animal scientists.
Adding choice white grease may improve weaned-pig feed efficiency during normal and heat-stressed conditions, while feeding supplemental copper may boost growth performance and blood elements, says researcher.
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...
Danish fishmeal and fish oil producer, TripleNine, says it is forced to make redundancies at two of its factories in Denmark due to raw material supply issues.
Revenues for UK agriculture business, AB Agri, will be well ahead of last year, driven by higher feed volumes and higher feed prices, reflecting an increase in raw material costs, according to a pre-close trading update from parent group, Associated British...
Adding nucleotides or glutamic acid to the diets of weaned piglets may encourage growth performance, while nucleotide supplementation may improve gut development, researchers say.
A short-term delay in the provision of feed increased piglets’ body weight three weeks after weaning, while an effect on feed intake was visible during the five-week post-weaning period, found a new paper.
Danish companies, fish feed manufacturer, Aller Aqua, and fishmeal and fish oil producer, TripleNine, have entered a research collaboration to identify components of marine raw materials that may benefit fish health and growth.
Supplemental taurine in farmed yellowtail diets may increase spawning rate, total egg production and improve young fish’s survival rate, say researchers.
The use of protected benzoic acid feed in piglets in a zinc oxide (ZnO) replacement trial involving four mid-sized commercial farms in Spain resulted in a reduction in medication costs and improvement in performance, said Novus International, Inc.
Diet supplementation with mannanoligosaccharide (MOS) improved immunological responses and increased humoral immunity in aflatoxin-challenge broilers, finds a study from Iran.
The hunt is on to find an alternative to zinc oxide in young pig diets given regulatory developments in the EU and China, Danish company Hamlet Protein, in that context, is looking at the use of fiber additives in feed.
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.
A recent meta-analysis has identified potential dietary feed additives that could contribute to a reduction in dependency on antibiotics in piglet diets post-weaning.
Global expansion plans and interest in supporting a developing dairy sector are spurring a dairy-focused joint venture for two international cooperatives.
O&T Farms is tracking the use of omega-3-based feed additives in breeding poultry feeds to understand what implications maternal nutrition may have for offspring.
Cargill and French insect protein producer, InnovaFeed, have entered into an alliance to jointly market fish feed that includes insect protein, a move the partners said will enable them to support the growth of sustainable aquaculture.
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.
Cargill is working to acquire a Brazil-based producer of swine feed and nutritional products as part of an ongoing focus covering both the region and industry.
Lallemand Animal Nutrition says the addition of its yeast derivative product in post-weaning diets improves piglet performance, and it is an interesting tool alongside other strategies to replace the pharmacological doses of zinc oxide (ZnO) in feed.
Spray dried porcine plasma (SDPP) producer, Darling Ingredients, continually runs tests to ensure virus inactivation through processing of that ingredient.
Novus International Inc. presented at the Zero Zinc Summit in Copenhagen in Denmark earlier this week on the efficacy of chelated trace minerals as a reliable alternative to zinc oxide (ZnO).
Fermentation of plant-derived proteins can enhance food safety, improve protein digestibility and beneficially affect the intestinal microbiota and animal health, says Jürgen Zentek, professor at the Institute of Animal Nutrition, the Free University...
ForFarmers has been shortlisted for this year’s Antibiotic Guardian Awards in the UK under the animal health, agriculture and food supply category, as a result of the work it has done on antibiotic reduction in that country’s pig sector.
Alfalfa polysaccharides improved the production performance of piglets, enhancing the beneficial microbial populations and intestinal morphological development, finds a new study.
US not for profit group, the Nature Conservancy (TNC), and New York based impact investment firm, Encourage Capital, have released a guide to impact investing in sustainable aquaculture.
Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition Europe (AANE), along with dropping the Eurolysine name, has changed its EMEA business model; the company is increasingly focusing on a more customized approach in terms of its amino acid portfolio.
Austria headquartered, Biomin, said its phytogenic feed additive for weaned piglets, branded as Digestarom DC, is edging closer to attaining EU zootechnical feed additive registration following a positive EFSA opinion, published on Tuesday [April 16].
The Norwegian authorities have decided to allow the commercial harvesting of the zooplankter, Calanus finmarchicus, setting a quota at 254,000 tons per year.
Ireland based researchers have found that xylanase or xylanase + β-glucanase dietary supplementation does not seem to improve feed efficiency in grow-finisher pigs.
Biomin has added to its range of water-soluble probiotic gel drops that protect chicks in their first days and stimulates feeding behavior. Earliest-stage nutrition promises healthier chicks and reduced mortality, says the supplier.
Trade conditions are gradually improving for global poultry, according to a Rabobank report, while an analyst with the Dutch bank notes the eastward migration trend of European feed, poultry production
Understanding producer challenges and efforts to develop responses in areas like gut health, maternal nutrition, ingredient quality and immune functioning drive Novus forward, say executives.
Danish fish feed maker, BioMar, has acquired the 50% remaining shares in the Chilean factory, APSA, ending what is said was over 10 years of successful collaboration with salmon, trout and tilapia producer, AquaChile, in the operation of that facility....
Phileo Lesaffre Animal Care said the recent EFSA opinion questioning the efficacy of its Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-4407 product in ruminant production was unexpected.
Focusing on young animal nutrition, boosting gut health and the sustainability of the livestock and poultry sectors are some of the ways Cargill is seeking to address current and future industry challenges, says managing director.
New research has shown that adding a lysophospholipid (LPL) complex to the diet during lactation improved performance, colostrum and milk immunoglobulins, serum immunoglobulins and blood metabolites, nutrient digestibility and litter weight gain of lactating...
Skretting, Nutreco’s aqua feed division, has 'expanded the functionality' of its SHIELD diet for Mediterranean sea bream to offer protection against gill as well as intestinal parasites.
