Thompson’s tip: Check the basics to save feed
With the high price of feed focusing attention on feed conversion, ACMC veterinary consultant, Paul Thompson, advises pig producers to check that the basics are correct.
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Russia imposed temporary restrictions on importation of US pork and beef
Rosselkhoznadzor considered it necessary to impose temporary restrictions on importation of pork and beef from the USA to Russia. The restrictions will be imposed from February 11, current year.
European Union: pig feed production dropped by 2%
While pig feed production dropped by 2%, cattle and poultry feed have seen their production grow respectively by +1.5 and +1%.
Executive appointments at Anitox underpin company's plans for growth
Anitox has announced a number of key appointments to its Senior Executive Team to further enable the company to develop new global markets, expand into exciting new sectors and further enhance customer service.
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NewsIFIF/FAO: ‘Feed Manual of Good Practices for the Feed Industry’ published in Chinese
The Feed Manual is designed to increase safety and feed quality at the production level both for industrial production and on farm mixing.
United States: APHIS opens export feed market to Russia
The feed can go for cattle, pigs, poultry, sheep, goats, horses or other animals.
Split-suckling and feeding coconut oil on piglet performance and survival
Split-suckling twice improves piglet growth performance whereas coconut oil administration did not provide any benefits on performance.
United States: crop production down in 2012 due to drought
Corn for grain production is estimated 13 percent below 2011.
Multi-carbohydrase enzyme affects ileal amino acid digestibility in extruded full fat soybeans
Dietary supplementation of multi-carbohyrases in the diet may increase the nutritive value of extruded full fat soybeans for finishing pigs.
Spray-dried porcine plasma administered as an oral gavage affects pre-weaning growth performance in piglets
SDPP oral supplementation does not improve pre-weaning growth performance in piglets.
Spain: the production of compound feeds rose by 3% in 2011
The production of compound feeds for swine has undergone an increase slightly higher than a 4%.
Thailand to raise feed prices
Animal feed prices in Thailand are likely to increase by 7-8% this year.
China's grain output grows for ninth consecutive year
China's grain output rose 3.2 percent year on year to hit 589.57 million tonnes in 2012, marking the ninth consecutive year of growth.
IFIF signs Cooperation Agreement with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)
The agreement aims to facilitate and strengthen cooperation between the two organizations, in particular with the regards to the prevention and management of infectious diseases, including zoonotic disease.
Handling practices that have a bearing on the conversion index (2/2)
If the animals fast for some 12 hours before their loading onto the lorry we will reduce the compound feed consumption and we will improve the conditions of the transport to the abattoir. Nevertheless, adding up the transport and the waiting time at the abattoir we should not exceed 24 hours of fasting in total.
Mycotoxin binder used in contaminated diets on growing pig performance
The use of a commercial mycotoxin binder improves growth performance of pigs fed contaminated diets with deoxynivalenol.