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USA - NIFA awards funding for animal health and production research

USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced $24 million in grants to study animal heath, reproduction, breeding, genetics and nutrition. The agriculture animal industry plays a crucial role in the success and growth of the nation’s economy, accounting for 42 percent of forecast U.S. agricultural receipts in 2009.

EU steps up border controls on imports of non-animal origin

All EU Member States will step up their border controls on a number of pre-listed products -ranging from peanuts to fruit and vegetables- originating from outside the EU in an effort to limit possible harm to human and animal health. These controls are foreseen in Regulation (EC) No. 669/2009 which enters into application and provides, for the first time ever, for a set of common rules for official controls on imports of certain feed and food of non-animal origin.

Trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food-borne outbreaks in the European Union in 2008

In 2008, 27 Member States submitted information on the occurrence of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food-borne outbreaks to the European Commission and the European Food Safety Authority.

NutritionAbstract

Estimation of the metabolizable energy content of meat and bone meal for swine

The energy value of meat and bone meal for swine may be predicted taking into account the proximate composition

Latin American Network for improving pig production

109 researchers from 14 countries will take part in this network funded by CYTED and intended for improving pigmeat production through innovative, sustainable production systems.

Establishment and maintenance of routine analysis of data from the Rapid Alert System on Food and Feed

The Emerging Risks Unit (EMRISK) was requested by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to develop a system for the routine monitoring of data from the Rapid Alert System on Food and Feed (RASFF), with the main objective of describing potentially relevant patterns of notifications for the detection of emerging risks and a timely reporting.

NutritionAbstract

Dietary conjugated linoleic acid changes belly and bacon quality from pigs fed varied lipid sources

Dietary CLA inclusion during the fattening period may improve bacon firmness and stability

NutritionAbstract

Development and in vitro evaluation of an Escherichia coli probiotic able to inhibit the growth of pathogenic Escherichia coli K88

An E. coli based probiotic may produce inhibitory activity against enterotoxigenic strains for swine

Alltech opens new office in Spain

As part of its ongoing global expansion, animal health and nutrition company, Alltech, has announced the opening of its first office in Spain.

NutritionAbstract

Feeding a diet with decreased protein content reduces indices of protein fermentation and the incidence of postweaning diarrhoea in weaned pigs challenged with an enterotoxigenic strain of Escherichia coli (ETEC)

Feeding a diet decreased in CP for 7 or 14 days can achieve a reduction in PWD and not cause any loss in production in postweaning period.

New feeder saves piglets’ lives

Known as Milkiwean feeder, it is a special adaptation of the company’s successful Transition feeder enabling it to dispense warm milk and early weaning feed so that very young and surplus piglets can be reared.

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NutritionArticle

Water quality in pigs

Water is the most essential nutrient to livestock nutrition and must be considered as much as possible. It should be drinkable, it should not contain harmful substances and should be readily available for the animals concerned.

NutritionAbstract

Determining an optimum lysine:calorie ratio for barrows and gilts in a commercial finishing facility

The dietary lysine optimization may reduce feed cost per kilogram of gain in pigs during the growing-finishing phase

USA - 2009 crop year is one for the record books, USDA reports

U.S. farmers produced the largest corn and soybean crops on record in 2009, according to the Crop Production 2009 Summary released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

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ManagementArticle

Management of dry-wet hoppers

Since concentrated feeds were first used it has been possible to see that mixing them with water has certain advantages. Probably the most important are a higher consumption and an improved exploitation.

France – Decrease in feed production

According to figures from Coop de France Nutrition animale/Snia, the production of animal feed has suffered a reduction of 5.6% during the third quarter of 2009, although this reduction is not as big as that observed in the two previous quarters in which the decreases were by 7.7% and 7.2%.