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European Union: Council's political agreement to allow the prohibition of GMO cultivation

The Environment Council has reached a political agreement that moves towards a new legal basis giving Member States the choice to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of GMOs on their territory.

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Multiphase feeding on performance, body composition, nutrient excretion and feed costs in pigs

Daily multiphase feeding may be a useful tool to reduce nutrient excretion in manure in growing-finishing pigs.

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China: all eyes on pig exchange rate

The hog-to-corn ratio rebounded to 5.29 after it fell to a five-year low of 4.6 in April. When the ratio is above 6, pig farmers can start thinking about profits.

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Dietary Lactobacillus brevis supplement on the performance and immune function of piglets

L. Brevis has intestinal immunomodulatory effects although the low capacity to colonize the porcine gut.

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Chinese gov't urges food safety

More efforts will be made to improve food safety in meat products and punish those who illegally purchase, produce or sell sick or dead animals.

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Russia imposes temporary restrictions on import of pigs from the USA

Rosselkhoznadzor imposes temporary restrictions on import of breeding and commercial pigs as well as not-heat-treated blood products used for manufacturing feeds for food-producing animals from May 30, 2014.

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Saccharomyces cerevisiae affects postweaning diarrhea, immune response, and growth performance in weaned piglets

S. cerevisiae should be considered as a successful alternative for the prevention and treatment of diarrhoea in piglets caused by ETEC.

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Dietary CLA supplementation affects technological quality of backfat of pigs

More saturated fatty acids improve the technological properties of backfat.

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USA: demand for DDGS is growing in foreign markets

During 2013, total DDGS exports reached 9.7 million metric tons, more than double the 4.5 million metric tons of total exports in 2008.

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France: the Parliament forbids the cultivation of genetically modified maize

The Senate voted in favour of forbidding, permanently, the cultivation of transgenic maize in France. The text was approved with 172 votes in favour and 147 against.

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Feed Conversion Ratio: the new economics

The next time you hear someone over lunch tell you the value of a tenth improvement in FCR, unless they are drawing a distribution on your napkin, tell them you don’t run an average pig business so you are not interested in their average values.

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Potential of insects as resources for animal feed

Wageningen University and FAO host international conference on the role of insects in sustainable food production.

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Protease and xylanase on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and manure odour

Xylanase reduce gaseous emissions and can moderate the odorous impact of pig manure.

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Standardized ileal digestible sulphur amino acid requirement determined in weaner pigs orally infected with an enterotoxigenic strain of E. coli

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Nutrition to attenuate performance loss caused by activation of immune system in the commercial production system

Pigs in a commercial environment are consistently exposed to (sub) clinical infections and stressors, and systemic responses to such challenges significantly reduce the growth potential of modern pigs.

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Colostrum intake is a key factor for survival and successful growth

Piglets׳ colostrum intake associates with daily weight gain and survival until weaning.

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EFSA proposes reduction of maximum levels of zinc in feed

The introduction of the newly proposed total maximum contents would result in an overall reduction of zinc emissions from animal production of about 20%.