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EU: Deal reached on new rules allowing flexibility for EU countries to ban GMO crops

The approved text would entitle member states to pass legally binding acts restricting or prohibiting the cultivation of GMO crops even after they have been authorised at EU level.

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Tryptophan requirement of pregnant sows

Tryptophan requirement of pregnant sows increases from 1.7 g/d in early to 2.6 g/d in late pregnancy.

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Problems with the use of by-products in pig nutrition

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Dietary net energy content has a differential effect on carcass performance depending on gender

Higher NE content should be recommended for females slaughtered at 120kg of BW.

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Colostrum yield is influenced by feeding strategy and sow body condition

Sows with high peripartal feeding show highest colostrum yield and better colostrum composition.

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Russia: temporary restrictions imposed on Canadian pig product export

According to Rosselkhoznadzor, laboratory tests of Canadian pig product consignments exported to Russia demonstrated consistent increase in detections of harmful substances including ractopamine.

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Spain: drop in feed production in 2013

The total feed production in Spain reached 27,842,467 tonnes in 2013, and this entails a drop by 4.6% with respect to year 2012.

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Precision feeding can reduce amino acid requirements of growing pigs by more than 25%

Feeding growing-finishing pigs with daily tailored diets using precision feeding techniques is an effective approach to reduce nutrient excretion, without compromising pig performance or carcass composition

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Esterified acid oils as fat sources for growing pig diets

The esterified palm acid oils high in MAG and DAG increase saturated fatty acid deposition.

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European Union: Environment Committee backs flexibility for EU countries to ban GMO crops

MEPs voted to remove the Council-backed idea of a phase of negotiations with the GMO company, and supported plans to allow member states to ban GMO crops on environmental grounds.

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New ZnO presentations can be used at lower concentrations in weanling diets

Low concentrations of commercial potentiated ZnO is effective in against of ETEC-challenged weaning pigs.

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State-of-the-art on use of insects as animal feed

The information synthesized is expected to open new avenues for a large scale use of insect products as animal feed.

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AB Neo Launches Axcelera-P, the World's first accelerator for pigs

Axcelera-P is AB Neo's first product in the new Accelerator category, proven to switch on lifetime performance in neonates.

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Massive saving from small increases in feed conversion efficiency

A total of 2.463 million tonnes of feed. That’s the amazing estimated saving that could be made if the feed conversion of all the 246.3 million pigs finished in the EU was improved by just 0.1, reducing feed consumption by about 10 kg per pig. The value of this would be over 819 million Euros.

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Ministers meet at FAO to discuss role of commodity markets

FAO Director-General urges a review of market governance institutions to boost voice of smallholders.

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World Nutrition Forum: Dramatic change needed for sustainability

Top minds from academia, business and the NGO sectors gathered to discuss the future of animal production and sustain:ability at the BIOMIN-sponsored World Nutrition Forum 2014 in Munich.