The good taste of pigs (part II): let it be umami
The taste system senses the nutritional value of foods through the taste buds defined as clusters of taste sensory cells present in the tongue
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Australia - New test to improve feed for pig industry
Scientists at the Department of Agriculture and Food in Western Australia are close to developing a new rapid computerised screening tool for pork producers to measure protein quality in imported soybean meal.
European Union - EFSA publishes first practical guidance for assessing nano applications in food & feed
The European Food Safety Authority has published a guidance document for the risk assessment of engineered nanomaterial (ENM) applications in food and feed. The guidance is the work of the Authority’s Scientific Committee and is the first of its kind to give practical guidance for addressing potential risks arising from applications of nanoscience and nanotechnologies in the food and feed chain.
Mexico, among the world’s principal feed producers
Mexico is found to be among the 10 main producers of feed, worldwide. This year production is estimated at29,4 million tons, the concentration of which is mainly poultry, followed by pork, milk, and beef.
Work routines. Weaning
In the last decades the degree of technification and evolution of the productive systems at all levels has been constant.
European Union - GMOs: Environment Committee strengthens legal grounds for cultivation bans
EU Member States should be able to state environmental grounds, such as pesticide resistance, for restricting or banning the cultivation of EU-approved genetically-modified crops, said the Environment Committee on Tuesday. Stating these grounds could strengthen legal protection against possible WTO challenges to GMO bans, it added.
Ukraine - Cabinet extends grain export quotas until July
The Cabinet of Ministers extended the quotas of exportation of grain crops until July 1, Agrarian Policy and Food Supplies Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk has told journalists.
European Union - Meat-and-bonemeal moves closer
The European Parliament would support a Commission proposal to lift the ban on the use of meat-and-bonemeal in pig and poultry feed but only if the strictest testing and surveillance mechanisms are enforced, according to a draft report.
China - Soybean self-sufficiency could be raised, says expert
With enormous potential and a growing market, China will be able to raise its self-sufficiency rate in soybeans to 30 percent within three years, said Liu Denggao, vice-president of the China Soybean Industry Association.
Link between Hemorrhagic Bowel Syndrome (HBS) and liquid feed
Sudden death due to HBS is a devastating, stealthy phenomenon that affects pigs in growth and finishing phases. The heaviest animals die, sometimes a few over several days, or a few per week, but in a constant succession that can last (up to nine months in Italy’s case, where heavier animals are killed).
Statement by North American hog producers on the availability of feed grain
Leaders of Hog farmer organizations in Canada, the United States and Mexico have a major concern in common regarding the availability of feed grain.
Europe's protein deficit under spotlight
Total EU protein crop production (dried pulses, soybeans etc) currently occupies only 3% of the Union's arable land and supplies only 30% of the protein crops consumed as animal feed in the EU, with a trend over the past decade towards an increase in this deficit.
The effects of feeder space and adjustment on growth performance of finishing pigs
Feed waste is independent of the through space, but it is seriously affected by feeder adjustment.
Evaluation of an aluminosilicate to decrease the toxic effects of Aflatoxin B1 in swine
AFB1, at the concentrations used for this experiment, affects the animals as shown by the increase in alkaline phosphates and GGT enzymes. Also, the decrease of these enzymes in the group that received the diet containing the absorbent proves the protections of these absorbents.
Quality Equipment: New feeders for piglets and weaners
Two new models have been added to the extensive range of pig feeders supplied by Suffolk manufacturing company, G E Baker Ltd, which trades as Quality Equipment.
European Union - Compound feed production estimates for 2010
According to the preliminary statistical data provided by FEFAC members, the compound feed production in the EU-271 in 2010 may have reached a level of 149 mio. t, i.e. 0.5% above the figure for 2009 (148.2 mio. t).