Hydrolyzed feather meal with blood as amino acid source for growing pigs
Hydrolyzed feather meal is a good AA source for growing pigs but, has to supplemented with Lys and Trp to alleviate their deficiency.
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Citric acid supplementation on performance, digestibility and milk composition in sows
Supplementation of citric acid improves the absorption of dietary Ca, P and protein.
United Kingdom: since 2010 there has been an improvement in the FCR
According to DEFRA, following improvements during the early 1990s, the FCR for the pig fattening herd increased (i.e. more feed required per unit increase in pig weight), albeit with some fluctuations, particularly in recent years.
Holland: feeds contaminated with furazolidone detected
The NVWA has closed off the cattle and pig farms on which the contaminated feeds have been found.
China: new biotech certification requirements for DDGS
The new requirements effectively call for a certificate from the point of origin - in the case of U.S. shipments, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - guaranteeing that the shipment is free of the biotech trait.
Feeding behavior of newly weaned piglets: implications for weaning practices?
Piglets have little difficulty finding the feeder but piglets that were not exposed to creep feed during lactation do not recognize the feed as food when weaned.
European Union: Commission denies authorisation of Pediococcus pentosaceus as feed additives
Since further use of Pediococcus pentosaceus (NCIMB 30068) and Pediococcus pentosaceus (NCIMB 30044) as feed additives may cause a risk to human and animal health, those feed additives should be withdrawn from the market as soon as possible.
Gut digestion of different starch sources affects backfat thickness and growth performance
Pig performance an carcass quality are not affected by the source of starch used in growing diets.
Clinical case: Mycotoxin poisoning
Fertility problems with variable reproductive performances were detected. Also, ear and tail necroses appear in nurseries, and continuous diarrhoea cases and rectal prolapses in the fattenings.
European Union sets import duty above zero for maize, sorghum and rye
The European Commission has announced that the import duty on maize, sorghum and rye is to be set at 5.32 EUR/tonne.
Ad libitum feeding during the peripartal period maximizes lactational feed intake
Ad libitum feeding during the peripartal period limits excessive loss of body reserves improving litter growth and weaning weight.
Commission publishes cereals farm report on developments for 2004-2011
Estimates for 2012 showed a further improvement in the profitability of cereal crops.
Control of the feed weight
We need to know, at all moments, which amount of feed are the sows eating, so we will weigh the feed at least once per week.
Novel fiber ingredients affect AID of DM, CP, GE and TDF
The use of new fibre sources may reduce the dry matter and energy digestibility in pigs.
FAO: the outlook for global production of cereals improved
FAO's latest forecast for world cereal production in 2014 now stands at 2 498 million tonnes (including rice in milled terms), 18 million tonnes up from the previous figure in June.
Plant extracts improves gut health by reducing the severity of E. coli challenge
Use plant extract could enable piglets to better withstand the infections that are often associated with weaning.