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NewsIFIF/FAO: ‘Feed Manual of Good Practices for the Feed Industry’ published in Chinese
The Feed Manual is designed to increase safety and feed quality at the production level both for industrial production and on farm mixing.
Page 114 of articles about nutrition
United States: APHIS opens export feed market to Russia
The feed can go for cattle, pigs, poultry, sheep, goats, horses or other animals.
Split-suckling and feeding coconut oil on piglet performance and survival
Split-suckling twice improves piglet growth performance whereas coconut oil administration did not provide any benefits on performance.
United States: crop production down in 2012 due to drought
Corn for grain production is estimated 13 percent below 2011.
Multi-carbohydrase enzyme affects ileal amino acid digestibility in extruded full fat soybeans
Dietary supplementation of multi-carbohyrases in the diet may increase the nutritive value of extruded full fat soybeans for finishing pigs.
Food comes from farms: Corn fed
Watch this episode of Food Comes from Farms to learn how the corn farmers grow on their land turns into feed for hungry pigs.
Piglet uniformity and mortality in large organic litters: Effects of parity and pre-mating diet composition
Piglet birth weight and birth weight uniformity affect pre-weaning piglet mortality in organic sows with large litters.
Spain: the production of compound feeds rose by 3% in 2011
The production of compound feeds for swine has undergone an increase slightly higher than a 4%.
Lysine:crude protein ratio on growth performance of nursery pigs
A total lysine:crude protein ratio higher than 7.35% may reduce growth performance in post-weaned piglets.
Thailand to raise feed prices
Animal feed prices in Thailand are likely to increase by 7-8% this year.
Thompson’s tip: Feed conversion control is key to survival
Feed conversion rate (FCR) has a huge influence on financial efficiency.
Carbohydrate composition in barley varieties on Salmonella typhimurium var. copenhagen colonisation in challenged pigs
Dietary inclusion of high levels of β-glucan from hulless barely does not prevent Salmonella typhimurium var. copenhagen colonization but might help to reduce transmission in pigs.
The level of dietary fiber and sanitary conditions affects growth and health in weanling pigs
The inclusion of high-fiber diets just after weaning in poor sanitary conditions may reduce piglet weight gain.
Bamboo vinegar supplementation on growth performance, digestibility and other parameters in finishing pigs
Bamboo vinegar may improve digestibility, growth performance and meat quality in finishing pigs.
Argentina will reduce by 25% the wheat exportable surplus
The initial quota that the Government had set at 6 million tons last June will be reduced by 1.5 million tons, staying as 4.5 million tons.
Fatty acid profile of pig meat after probiotic administration
Dietary inclusion of a combination of two probiotic strains could improve the fatty acid profile of pig meat.