Effects of adding cracked corn to a pelleted supplement for nursery and finishing pigs
The use of cracked corn in pelleted diets may improve performance and reduce gastric ulcer scores in fattening pigs.
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DELACON appoints Head of Communications
Markus Dedl, CEO of DELACON, is pleased to announce the appointment of Gernot Ortmann as Head of Communications.
The Danish Salmonella control program - lessons learnt
Interventions can only reduce but not eradicate Salmonella from the herd. This emphasises the importance of trying to avoid introduction especially Salmonella Typhimurium or Salmonella Derby.
Plant additives as an alternative to feed antimicrobials in the prevention of postweaning diarrhoea in pigs
Both plants, Eugenia and Pterocarya can represent effective alternatives to feed antimicrobials for the use in prevention of PWD in pigs, but further studies are necessary.
FAO Food Price Index falls again
The FAO Food Price Index fell for the third consecutive month in June 2012, dipping 1.8 percent from May to its lowest level since September 2010.
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NewsNutrient Requirements of Swine: Eleventh Revised Edition
The eleventh revised edition of the Nutrient Requirements of Swine builds on the previous editions published by the National Research Council.
U.S. farmers plant the largest corn crop since 1937
U.S. farmers planted 96.4 million acres of corn, up 5 percent from last year, making it the highest corn acreage in the last 75 years.
Commission approves acquisition of joint control over Danish animal by-products company Daka by SARIA and Danish Crown
The proposed transaction would not raise any horizontal competition concerns as the parties mostly operate in different Member States. In those markets where the parties' activities do overlap, namely certain markets for the supply of category 3 animal fats and proteins and the supply of category 2 animal meals, they will still face sufficiently strong competition after the merger to exclude competitive concerns.
European Union compound feed production down
The total production estimate is now set at 151 mio. t, i.e. 0.3% below the figure for 2010.
UE: minimum share of feed produced in the own holding for organic porcine and poultry species
In case of pigs and poultry, at least 20 % of the feed shall come from the farm unit itself.
Dietary long-chain n-3 PUFA, gut microbiota and fat mass in early postnatal piglet development
n-3 LCPUFA can have a detrimental impact on the cecum Bacteroidetes community in piglets
Determination and prediction of digestible and metabolizable energy of corn coproducts fed to finishing pigs
Digestible and Metabolisable energy of corn coproducts for finishing pigs can be accurately predicted by using different nutrient components.
USA: USDA predicts record corn harvest
Corn production for 2012/13 is projected at a record 14.8 billion bushels, up 2.4 billion from 2011/12.
Effects of high dietary fibre from by-products diets on plasma metabolites in gestating sows
Replacing starch by dietary fibre changes plasma metabolites profile in gestating sows.
Green kiwifruit modulates the colonic microbiota in growing pigs
Gastrointestinal disorders in pigs could be discouraged by green kiwifruit consumption
Use estimates of in-feed antimicrobials in swine production in the United States
As an annual industry estimate for all phases, chlortetracycline had the highest estimated use. The second and third highest estimates were tylosin and oxytetracycline.