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France - Use of PAP in feed: ANSES considers that the conditions have not been fully satisfied

In an opinion and a report published last week ANSES notes the progress made in organisation of the industries. It nevertheless considers that the conditions for safe use of processed animal proteins have not, to date, been fully satisfied.

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Easily fermentable carbohydrates reduce skatole formation in the distal intestine of entire male pigs

Chicory inulin and raw potato starch as ingredients to reduce the boar taint of meat from intact male pigs.

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The good taste of pigs (part III): let it be sour

Citric and Tartaric acids trigger an innate sour taste that is attractive to pigs while their pungency is smooth and remains unnoticed.

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Dietary lysine levels change processed product characteristics of immunologically castrated male pigs

No differences in further processed product characteristics among physically and immunologically castrated male pigs were found.

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Metabolic impact of zinc oxide on porcine intestinal cells and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli K88

The role of zinc oxide in improving piglet health is via a different mechanism to that previously proposed.

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Estimating the substitution of distillers' grains for corn and soybean meal in the U.S. feed complex

The growth potential for U.S. feed consumption of DDGS is expected to follow a similar trend, with beef cattle consuming the majority of DDGS, followed by dairy cattle, swine, and poultry.

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Dietary crude protein and phytase-xylanase supplementation of wheat grain based diets affect energy metabolism and enteric methane in growing finishing pigs

A combination of dietary crude protein and P reduction with added phytase is the key to optimize pig production efficiency, while minimizing their environmental impacts.

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Commission publishes EU cereals market information

The Commission has launched a new webpage on Europa to provide regular information on the EU markets for cereals, oilseeds and rice.

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Dietary calcium level as calcium carbonate does not affect the apparent total tract digestibility of calcium, but reduces digestibility of phosphorus by growing pigs

The greatest values for apparent total tract digestibility of P are obtained when the dietary Ca to P ratio is around 1.1:1.

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Conjugated linoleic acid supplementation affect growth, carcass characteristics and fatty acid profiles in growing-finishing pigs

The conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) concentration in pig tissues increases linearly by the CLA supplementation in diet.

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Oral administration of multispecies microbial supplements to sows influences the composition of gut microbiota and fecal organic acids in their post-weaned piglets

Temporal administration of probiotics to pregnant sows has clear effects on the establishment of gut microbiota to piglets after weaning.

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Effect of biofuel co-products in pig diets on the excretory patterns of N and C and on the subsequent ammonia and methane emissions from pig effluent

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of incorporation into pig diets of 20% of different co-products from the biofuel industries on animal growth performance, on N and carbon C excretions, and on the subsequent ammonia volatilisation and methane production during the storage of slurry.

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Reduction of greenhouse gas emission from swine manure by using a low-protein diet with synthetic amino acids

Under ad libitum feeding, a low crude protein amino acid supplemented diet can reduce N excretion in manure with no impact on animal growth.

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Evaluation of the nutritional value of glycerol for nursery pigs

Glycerol can be added in nursery diets up to 10%, while improving pig performance.

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Member States endorse EU measures to better prevent dioxin contamination in food and feed

The protection of consumers and industry against a possible dioxin contamination will soon improve significantly thanks to a Commission proposal.

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China: corn crop headed for record

China uses 105 million tons of corn a year for animal feed, with another 60 million to 70 million tons used in the processing sector for such products as starch, citric acid and ethanol.