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European Union: €15 million to support EU Reference Laboratories for food and feed safety

The European Commission adopted a financial decision to grant a total of €15 million for 2013 to support the 44 EU Reference Laboratories (EU-RLs) designated for food and feed safety and animal health.

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Spray-dried animal plasma on weanling pigs administered a PCV2 and M. hyopneumoniae vaccine strategy

Early administration of spray-dried animal plasma may stimulate feed intake in weanling pigs.

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Denmark: important increase in the use of antibiotics in pig production

In total numbers, and on an annual basis, the rise reaches a 5.5%.

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Effects of dietary spray-dried egg on growth performance and health of weaned pigs

The addition of spray-dried egg in piglet’s diet may improve improving health and growth rate.

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FAO: increased wheat production seen in 2013

First forecasts for the 2013 wheat harvest point to production increasing to 690 million tonnes - 4.3 percent up on 2012.

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Plant antioxidant in n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid–enriched diet on fatty acid composition and sensorial attributes of dry-cured ham

The addition of natural antioxidants in pig’s diet rich in n-3 PUFA avoids the oxidative deterioration in dry-cured ham with no effects on fatty acid composition nor the sensorial attributes.

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Feeds contaminated with aflatoxins detected in Holland and Germany

The German and Dutch authorities have informed of the presence of feeds containing maize contaminated with aflatoxins.

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Effects of feeding rapeseed meal during gestation and lactation on the performance of hyperprolific sows and their litters

10% RM to hyper prolific sows over three parities was safe and did not affect sow longevity, reproductive or litter performance.

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European Union: an increase in the cereal harvest in 2013 is foreseen

The total production of cereals in the EU-27 is estimated as 287.6 million tons, with an increase by 5.6% with respect to the 2012 harvest.

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Dose-dependent effects of dietary zinc oxide on bacterial in weaned pigs

Ileal bacterial community composition of weaned pigs is modified depending on the level of dietary ZnO.

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Distribution of the severity of the cartilage lesions (scale from 0 to 3) in animals pertaining to the control group or in animals that consume a diet with Cu/Mn bound to amino acids.

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Impact of feeding on the incidence of lameness in the sows and their longevity

The sow must be able to store enough calcium during the pregnancy to face the possible mobilizations during the lactation.

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Effect of distributing primary and secondary antioxidants to the sow during the weaning‐estrus interval

The supply of the antioxidants to the sow during the weaning‐estrus interval significantly reduced both the percentage of immature piglets per litter and the within‐litter variation of birth weights.

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Sampling for contaminants in animal feed

The aim of the video is to present facts about sampling of microbiological and chemical contaminants that may be present in animal feed and make them more readily available for people working in the feed industry. The video is based upon work with Salmonella and mycotoxins in the EU-project Biotracer.

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Influence of dietary isoleucine:lysine ratio on the optimal tryptophan:lysine ratio for weanling pigs

Isoleucine:lysine ratio does not influence the response to increasing tryptophan:lysine ration in 5,9- to 10,9-kg pigs.

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Dietary arachidonate alters desaturase-elongase pathway flux and gene expression in liver and intestine of suckling pigs

Dietary arachidonate modifies desaturase-elongase pathway in a tissue-specific manner of suckling pigs.

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New European protein strategy

The undersupply of protein feed and the high import demand for it are long-standing issues in the EU where the rate of self-sufficiency amounts only to about 33%.