EFSA clarifies data requirements for GM plant risk assessment
This approach will further strengthen risk assessment in this area, making it more comprehensive, consistent and more efficient.
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Effect of different dietary energy levels in reared gilts until the first parity
The use of different dietary energy levels during gilt rearing affects the level of body reserves but not productive and reproductive performance.
European Union: Ban not just animal cloning, but cloned food, feed and imports too, say MEPs
A draft law to ban the cloning of all farm animals, their descendants and products derived from them, including imports, in the EU was voted by the Environment and Agriculture committees on Wednesday.
Resveratrol supplementation on meat quality of finishing pigs
The use of resveratrol in growing diets may enhance muscle antioxidative capacity.
Compound feed production in 2014 vs 2013: -0.5%
While pig feed and cattle feed production dropped by 1.2%, poultry feed has seen its volume of production grow by +0.3%.
Post-weaning E.coli enterotoxaemia: nutrition as a predisposing factor
Interactions between nutritional strategies and prevalence / severity of GI clinical pictures caused by E. coli after weaning.
The P digestibility is higher in the low than normal phytate pea-based diet
Phytase supplementation increased P and amino acid digestibility in low and normal phytic P pea cultivars.
Fiber type and nutrient digestion and fermentation
Inulin reduces nutrient digestion in the upper gut and increases hindgut fermentation.
Dietary Ferulic Acid and Vitamin E can improve meat quality
The antioxidant capacity of Ferulic Acid and Vitamin E supplemented to pig diets can improve meat quality.
Particle size
The difference in the conversion rate expected within a practical range of average particle sizes between 600 and 1000 microns can be of up to 2-4% between both ends.
Magnesium supplementation improves digestibility and reproductive parameters in sows
Magnesium supplementation can increase reproductive performance in adult sows.
Russia lifted duties on wheat exports
The Russian Government lifted duties on wheat exports beginning May 15, 2015.
Dietary cellulose affected the digestibility of energy and nutrients
Digestibility of nutrients are decreased by increasing levels of inclusion of cellulose.
FAO predicts world food import bill to fall to five-year low
"The world food import bill is forecast to reach a five-year low in 2015", the report says, mainly driven by a decline in international prices, low freight rates and a strong US dollar.
Low dietary protein decreases ETEC proliferation and attachment in the intestinal mucosa
Low-protein diets with balances amino acid profile decrease ETEC colonization in jejunal mucosa.
China: soybean imports to jump by 2024
China's imports of soybeans will continue to grow in the coming decade because of limited farmland and a rising population.