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Examining the impact of low oil DDGS in feed

Ethanol plants are removing oil from DDGS products at an alarming rate; is the resulting product still of value to feed producers? Research presented at the 16th Annual Distillers Grains Symposium in St. Louis, Mo., clearly showed that industry interest is focused on oil content in DDGS and the impact of lower oil content on nutritional value.

Using enzymes in poultry feed to increase profits

While alternative ingredients are an economical option for feed producers, nutritive value can suffer in the process. Careful use of enzymes may offer a solution.

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Evaluating the importance of antioxidants in feed

Nature has ensured that animals receive a good amount of extra antioxidants daily through what they eat. The need for a great number of dedicated antioxidants is due to the fact that antioxidants are not interchangeable; this applies to those provided through feed ingredients.

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FDA must reconsider antibiotics in animal feed

A federal judge has ordered the Food and Drug Administration to reconsider potential restrictions on antibiotics in animal feed, saying the agency has done very little to address potential threats to human health, according to reports. The judge questioned the FDA's arguments that it would be less costly and more efficient to ask the feed industry to voluntarily cut back on the use of such antibiotics, rather than go through the regulatory process of revoking the approval of such drug use on farms and at feed lots.

Germany supports zero-tolerance on unapproved GM content in food imports

Germany will continue to support a zero-tolerance policy on allowing any unapproved genetically modified content into human food imports, according to German Farming and Consumer Protection Minister Ilse Aigner. The country's government plans to oppose any move by the European Union to enact similar rules to those put in place regarding animal feed, which do allow trace amounts of unapproved genetically modified material in a bid to prevent import disruption when modified crops are introduced more quickly in other regions.

Balchem suspends marketing of AminoShure-L 52% lysine

Balchem Corporation has voluntarily decided to suspend the manufacturing and marketing of AminoShure-L (52% lysine), a highly concentrated, encapsulated source of lysine for dairy cow rations. Recent research indicates that the lysine bioavailability of AminoShure-L is lower than originally projected, and the company said it has determined that it does not meet internal standards.

European Food Safety Authority develops guidance for feed probiotic assessment

The European Food Safety Authority has developed guidance for the safety assessment of one of the most common probiotics used in animal feed, Enterococcus faecium. The guidance provides a new methodology for distinguishing between safe and potentially harmful strains of E. faecium in animal nutrition.

Brazilian government prohibits two growth-promoting antimicrobials in feed

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply in Brazil announced a ban on the use of antimicrobials spiramycin and erythromycin as growth promoters in livestock feed in its Instrução Normativa No. 14 published in the Diário Oficial da União — Brazil's equivalent to the U.S. Federal Register. The Working Group of the Department of Livestock Supplies Inspection in Brazil has been studying these and other feed additives since 2003.

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Lowering poultry feed formulation costs with phytogenics

For decades, broiler producers have tended to use high-density diets to feed their stocks and seek the highest possible profitability. But, with increasing feed prices, the entire production process is searching for alternatives to conventional feeding programs based on high-nutrient poultry diets to increase profitability.

Increasing cow feed profitability with sugar

Sugar is a concentrated energy food that is not a vital nutrient for humans; but, few studies have been done to fully determine all of the implications of using sugar in an animal feed diet. The feeding of sugar to livestock is a new concept in animal feed technology (PGK John, 2006).

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EU researching fewer new genetically modified plants

The number of release experiments with genetically modified plants in the European Union has been decreasing the last few years, with only 41 applications submitted between January 2012 and May 2012 so far — 30 of those from Spain, where major companies are carrying out a series of field trials. Over 100 applications were submitted in 2009.

AB Vista ahead of expectations in first half fiscal year

AB Vista has delivered sales and profit growth ahead of expectations in the first half of the fiscal year ending March 3, as well as continued its high level of investment in differentiating services and new product development, according to parent company Associated British Foods, ABF. As ABF's international supplier of animal feed micro-ingredients, AB Vista launched a new phytase enzyme, Quantum Blue, helping expand ABF's performance in the industry.

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