SCA NuTec has completed a £2 million development in a new blending facility for the animal feed industry at its Dalton site, Thirsk, North Yorkshire. The investment includes a dedicated tote production plant for specialist high value products for the pet and equine sectors and a new dry powder blending plant that will produce premixes and minerals for inclusion in pig and ruminant diets.

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Global agribusiness leaders at Agri Vision 2009 identify ways to double food production by 2050

Expanding populations and increasing incomes are main drivers of the need to double global food and fuel production by 2050, while halving greenhouse gas emissions. Demand is surging but supplies struggle to keep up as markets are volatile and there are limited supplies of land and water - is it possible?

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Protein structure: Implications in Animal Nutrition

An understanding of the molecular structure of the whole protein is vital to understanding its digestive behavior and nutritive value in animals. However, studies on protein internal structures at molecular and cellular levels in relation to nutritive value and digestive behaviors of protein in animals are extremely rarely.

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Effect of barley and oat cultivars with different carbohydrate compositions on the intestinal bacterial communities in weaned piglets

Cereal carbohydrate compositon depends on cereal cultivar and may affect gut microbiota in piglets

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Belgian VITAMEX group reaches agreement with INVE Group on acquisition of premix activity in Spain

The VITAMEX and the INVE group have reached an agreement on the sale of all shares of Premix Iberica, the Spanish premix activity of the INVE group, located near Toledo, Spain.

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Pregnant pig computer hackers

Clever pigs show how they have learnt how to beat the food system in farms around the UK. Interesting animal video from BBC show 'Clever Critters'.

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Lupins in pig diets: competent alternative to soybean meal (2/2)

Hulls and kernels of Australian sweet lupins are durable and hard to break, which means without reasonable mechanical grinding nutrients in lupins would not be digested and absorbed efficiently.

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Effects of coextrusion of flaxseed and field pea on the digestibility of energy, ether extract, fatty acids, protein, and amino acids in grower-finisher pigs

Feed extrusion increased dietary nutrient digestibility in gowing pigs

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Dietary fibre in nutrition and health of piglets

Dietary fibre (DF) is an important component of all but a few feedstuffs used in the feeding of pigs. It is resistant to digestion by endogenous enzymes in the small intestine thereby becoming the main substrate for bacterial fermentation, particularly in the large intestine.

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Effect of type and timing of oil supplements to sows during pregnancy on the growth performance and endocrine profile of low and normal birth weight offspring

The MUFA dietary supplementation during the first half of gestation may reduce the incidence of low birth weight

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Neogen acquires International Diagnostic Systems

Neogen Corporation has acquired International Diagnostic Systems Corp (IDS), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of test kits to detect drug residues in food and animal feed, and drugs in forensic and animal samples.

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Dietary vitamin A concentration alters fatty acid composition in pigs

Dietary vitamin A supplementation does not affect major fatty acid composition of intramuscular lipids, but leads to a higher C16:0 and total SFA concentration in liver lipids.

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The effect of heated mash on performance and feeding behaviour on newly weaned piglets

Dietary heating may enhance piglet performance by increasing feed consumption just after weaning