Uganda - Turning banana peels into feed
The banana peel bran is a good substitute to maize bran which is becoming very expensive for farmers because it is highly nutritious.
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EU – Checks for melamine can be reduced
Systematic checks on all consignments originating in or consigned from China of feed and food containing milk, milk products, soya or soya products and of ammonium bicarbonate intended for food and feed are no longer necessary given the significant decrease in RASFF notifications, so the intensity of physical checks should be reduced.
USA - Vomitoxin, a concern for ethanol producers
In response to concerns about vomitoxin levels, the CME Group said last week it may add vomitoxin specifications to its corn contracts.
Tryptophan in swine nutrition
Tryptophan has positive effects on voluntary feed intake. This greater feed intake leads to increased growth performance and improved feed conversion ratio in piglets, and to lower body weight losses in sows during lactation.
MFeed , The Natural Growth Promoter
MFeed primarily improves feed conversion and liveweight gain in growing / finishing pigs, broilers, layers (hens and ducks) and cattle. MFeed is made up of Activated Montmorillonite, Diatomaceous earth, Clinoptilolite, yeast cell walls, Seaweed extract, Essential oils and copper and is currently sold in the USA, Asia and Eastern Europe.
Ileal digestibility and endogenous flow of minerals and amino acids: responses to dietary phytic acid in piglets
Dietary phytic acid content may affect mineral digestibility and availability in piglets
Decreasing dietary particle size of lupins increases apparent ileal amino acid digestibility and alters fermentation characteristics in the gastrointestinal tract of pigs
Particle size after grinding may be a critic factor for lupin AA digestibility in growing pigs
Effect of supplementing zinc oxide and biotin with or without carbadox on nursery pig performance
D-biotin supplementation of piglet diets may improve growth performance in early weaned piglets
Dietary and endogenous amino acids are the main contributors to microbial protein in the upper gut of normally nourished pigs
The contribution of de novo synthesis to microbial AA in pigs does not represent a substantial AA supply for the host
Maternal Nutrition and Foetal Development
Low maternal feed levels cause a reduction in muscle fibre numbers, whereas enhanced maternal nutrition resulted in a higher number of muscle fibres in specific muscles.
European Union - Development of web monitoring systems for the detection of emerging risks
The Emerging Risks Unit (EMRISK) has the mandate to assess and develop IT tools to detect and monitor food and feed emerging risks. For media-scanning systems, it has received a request to evaluate the Medical Information System (MedISys) developed by the Joint Research Centre (JRC).
Industry profits from pork CRC research
Australia’s pork industry is finally enjoying better times with rising pig prices, falling grain prices and a very welcome return to profitability, a situation that’s been enhanced by some vitally important research from the Pork Cooperative Research Centre (CRC).
Delacon Performing Nature Symposium in Crete/Greece
The Performing Nature Symposium was successfully held last week on the Greece island Crete, where Delacon gathered 250 people from more than 25 countries. In these two days 18 speakers held lectures on the following topics: Trends in animal production and nutrition, Immunity and Environment.
United Kingdom - Code of Practice for Salmonella control
The Code brings together in one document advice that was previously dispersed in three codes and the guidance it contains has been revised to reflect best practice and recent legislative developments.
Amino acid digestibility of distillers dried grains with solubles produced from sorghum, a sorghum-corn blend, and corn fed to growing pigs
Distillers dried grains from sorghum or sorghum-corn blend showed the same SID for CP and Lys but lower for the rest of AA than those obtained from corn
Effect of feeding fermentable fibre-rich feedstuffs on meat quality with emphasis on chemical and sensory boar taint in entire male and female pigs
Boar taint in male and female pigs may be reduced by the inclusion of specific ingredients in the finishing diets