Dietary supplementation of benzoic acid to nursery and grower-finisher pigs
Benzoic acid supplementation in weanling diets linearly increase performance up to 0.5% while for growing pigs the optimum inclusion level is estimated at 0.36%
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Benzoic acid and essential oils on sows and piglets performance
Dietary supplementation of benzoic acid combined with essential oils does not affect sow and litter performance during lactation.
Dr. Ajay Awati enters EW Nutrition product management team
Dr. Ajay Awati joined the company’s product management team as Global Category Manager Enzymes.
Perstorp substantially increases its focus on Feed & Food and appoints Roger Mann as new EVP
Feed & Food becomes a separate Business Area within Perstorp and Roger Mann is appointed Executive Vice President for the new BA.
New EU reference laboratories in the field of contaminants in feed and food
Fødevareinstituttet (Denmark) and RIKILT (The Netherlands) will be the new reference laboratories for metals and nitrogenous compounds and for mycotoxins and plant toxins in feed and food.
AB Vista IPPE Tech Talk – Feed Intelligence and the role of NIR in identifying incremental gains
The AB Vista Tech Talk at IPPE focuses on the use of NIR to identify as much value from feed as possible to deliver those all-important incremental gains, as well as more novel applications in the feed mill.
How to reduce the risk of boar taint in carcasses from entire males?
The compounds responsible of boar taint can be reduced through feeding strategies, genetic selection and good management practices.
Stability of EU compound feed production in 2017
The industrial compound feed production for farmed animals in the EU-28 in 2017 reached an estimated level of 156.7 mio. t, i.e. 0.2% more than in 2016, according to data provided by FEFAC members.
Glutamine, glutamic acid and nucleotide supplementation in weanling diets piglets
Glutamine, glutamic acid and nucleotide affect carbon turnover on stomach of weaned piglets.
Enterprise merit award in Export Category
This award is given by the Castilla La Mancha regional Government (Spain) to the companies having proved an export activity and trajectory.
Thailand: new regulations that restrict imports of feed and feed ingredients
Thailand has enacted several new regulations that restrict imports of feed and feed ingredients containing certain animal proteins.
EFSA Public consultation: guidance on the assessment of the efficacy of feed additives
EFSA has launched a public consultation on its draft guidance on the assessment of the efficacy of feed additives.
FAO: Higher cereal production and inventories
Surge in maize output on course to lift cereals stock-to-use ratio to highest level since 2002.
Use of digestible rather than total amino acid affects nitrogen balance in pigs
The use of digestible rather than total amino acid in diet formulation clearly improve N retention and reduces N excretion.
Evaluating low-protein diets for heavy pigs on quality characteristics of dry-cured ham
Environmental impact of heavy pig may be reduced by lowering CP content diets with balanced AA profile without affection ham quality.
Inexpensive feed scoop
This article offers a new alternative to plastic feed scoops, the use of a 5/10-liter can made of strong plastic and with a built-in handle.