The US National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NFIA), a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) agency, has awarded Purdue University three grants totaling more than $1.4m.
Understanding the roles of intestinal microbiota and their interaction with the host is essential in feed formulation and dietary supplementation in the swine industry.
Pan-European private equity firm, IK Investment Partners (IK), is to acquire a majority stake in Antwerp, Belgium headquartered, Innovad, a specialty blended animal feed and drinking water additive producer.
Yeast culture supplementation improved the performance of aged laying hens, potentially through the upregulation of intestinal digestive enzyme activities and intestinal health-related gene expression, finds a study.
A research project looking at combating weaning stress in piglets with next-generation probiotics and antimicrobial peptides has won Nutreco’s inaugural Young Researchers Prize.
