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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%.

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Lysine to metabolizable energy ratio affects growth performance, blood metabolites and hormones of lactating sows

Providing 3.05 g/Mcal ratio of SID Lys:ME in lactating sows, litter weight gain could be maximized.

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China may require further tests of U.S. pork

China intends to require U.S. exporters to show that a third party has independently confirmed that no ractopamine residue is present in meat, according to USMEF.

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European Union: feed safety improved thanks to better information

The new Catalogue, for the first time, sets limits for residues of processing aids in by-products for feed use, for example from the food industry.

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Antimicrobial peptide-A3 on productive parameters and intestinal health in weanling pigs

The antimicrobial peptide-A3 can be used as a potential alternative to antibiotic growth promoters in weanling pigs.

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Dietary manganese concentration on manganese requirement in piglets

The supplementation of 16 mg of Mn/kg as sulphate monohydrate in the diet it is required to satisfy Mn requirement in piglets.

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European Union: Processed Animal Proteins to be re-authorised in feed for fish

A Commission Regulation to re-authorise the use of processed animal proteins (PAPs) derived from non-ruminant farmed animals (i.e. mainly from pigs and poultry) in fish feed entered into force last week.

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