Australia- Healthy outcome for pork industry
Australia’s Pork Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) has found a positive link between feeding encapsulated Zinc oxide and reducing post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD) in piglets.
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Performance of growing–finishing pigs fed diets containing a transgenic wheat, a non-transgenic genetically similar wheat, or conventional wheat varieties
Pig performance is not affected by the wheat variety used in the growing-finishing diets
European Union- EFSA: Database of guidance on different toxicity end-points, risk assessment methodologies and data collection related to food, feed, animal health and welfare and plant health
The purpose of this document is to provide an inventory of guidance and test methodologies that have been developed or are in the process of being developed on risk assessment related to food and feed safety.
Effects of meal or pellet diet form on finishing pig performance and carcass characteristics
Diet pelleting improves pig performance during the finishing period; however, pellet quality may strongly depend on diet composition
New feed supplement boosts piglet production
Following recognition under the UFAS feed approval scheme UK pig farmers now have access to a new product, Digeston-K, a feed supplement that can improve sow productivity by at least one pig per sow a year.
Efficacy of different commercial phytase sources and development of a phosphorus release curve
Dietary available phosphorous may be predicted taking into account the phytase level in the diet
Different feed withdrawal times before slaughter influence caecal fermentation and faecal Salmonella shedding in pigs
The effects of different pre-slaughter feed withdrawal times (FWT) on the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) weight and the gut environment of pigs and Salmonella shedding were investigated.
United Kingdom - Statistics on GB animal feed
The latest national statistics produced by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on GB Animal Feed were released on 11th March 2010 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
Statistics on GB Animal Feed include data for the period November 2009, December 2009 and January 2010 with percentage change for corresponding period last year.
United Kingdom - Board agrees single front-of-pack label plan
The Agency's Board agreed to the implementation of a single approach to front-of-pack (FOP) nutrition labelling that will best help consumers make healthier choices when they buy food.
The effect of dietary laminarin and fucoidan in the diet of the weanling piglet on performance, selected faecal microbial populations and volatile fatty acid concentrations
An experiment was performed to investigate the effects of seaweed extracts, laminarin (derived ß-glucans) and fucoidan (sulphated polysaccharides) independently or in combination on post-weaning piglet performance and selected microbial populations.
Canadian government launches food-safety web site
The site provides Canadians valuable tips and tools to help them reduce the risk of foodborne illness and acts as a gateway to important information during foodborne illness emergencies.
Linseed oil in the maternal diet during gestation and lactation modifies fatty acid composition, mucosal architecture, and mast cell regulation of the ileal barrier in piglets
Linseed oil supplementation of sow diets during gestation and lactation modifies piglet ileal structure and physiology
Philippines - Dry spell causes chicken, pork prices to rise
Aside from causing daily power outages in parts of the Philippines, the ongoing dry spell is also causing the prices of chicken and pork to increase. A party-list representative estimates retail prices of the two types of meat typically bought by Filipino households may go up by $0.10 a kilo (5 pesos) by April of May.
Effect of lecithin with or without chitooligosaccharide on the growth performance, nutrient digestibility, blood metabolites and pork quality of finishing pigs
The use of lecithin in finishing diets may improve the growth performance of pigs
USA - Swine feed ingredient composition data sought
A committee has been formed to revise the National Research Council (NRC) publication "Nutrient Requirements of Swine."
Mycotoxin binders and a liquid immunity enhancer: effects on the growth performance of wean-to-finish pigs
The use of mycotoxin binders on diets with a mycotoxin concentration below the practical quantitation limit does not improve growth performance