Animal Feed Additives & Ingredients: Page 140

Vi-COR Aviator feed ingredient

The Vi-COR Aviator feed ingredient maximizes the benefits of natural carbohydrate chemistry to enhance poultry immunity. The biochemical compound promotes growth, enhances feed efficiency and improves nutrient digestibility.

Feed Mill Management

InVivo Animal Nutrition inaugurates Indonesia feed mill

France-based InVivo Animal Nutrition & Health, a global producer of compound feed, premixes and feed additives, as well as a provider of lab analysis services, inaugurated its newest feed mill in Indonesia on June 20. The $15-million, 125,000-metric-ton feed mill is the group's fifth to open in the first half of 2013, according to the company, joining two compound feed plants in Brazil, one pet food plant in Mexico and one compound feed plant in Vietnam.

Shrimp industry makes advancements in battle against Early Mortality Syndrome

Last month researchers at the University of Arizona had breakthrough in the mystery of the Early Mortality Syndrome, a disease which has resulted in massive losses in shrimp farming. A specific blend of 1-monoglycerides has been developed to fight both the viral and bacterial causative agents. Recently, the team successfully produced the first EMS-free cycle on an EMS-infected farms.

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Animal Feed Regulations & Safety

Growers must stay on top of mycotoxin risks

While conditions so far this season have not had a big impact on mycotoxin risk scores because the two biggest factors are rainfall during flowering and rainfall at harvest, the late season may affect T3 applications and growers should remain on top of potential risks, according to Dr. Simon Oxley, senior research and knowledge transfer manager with the Home Grown Cereals Authority in the UK.

Feed Mill Management

Finer grinding doesn’t help efficiency for all feeds

While studies have shown that grinding corn finer offers a higher feed efficiency for pigs, that isn't necessarily the case with other feed ingredients. Joel DeRouchey, an animal science specialist from Kansas State University Research and Extension, talked about feed efficiencies on June 5 at the World Pork Expo in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Schaumann Ceravital feed additive

The Schaumann Ceravital feed additive is a product of solid-state fermentation. The additive stabilizes the gastrointestinal system by promoting good bacteria, improving feed conversion and animal nutrition.

Mycotoxin Management

Mycotoxin management: The importance of a coordinated program for feed mills

A coordinated mycotoxin management program at a feed mill begins with a comprehensive quality assurance program that includes more than merely testing for mycotoxins during the receiving process. The quality assurance program must also have strategies to prevent their introduction into the manufacturing process and minimize mold growth that could produce mycotoxins during grain storage, feed processing and finished feed storage on the farm.

Animal Nutrition

How to deal with feed ingredient variability

The goal of feed formulation is to meet the nutritional needs of the target animal in the most profitable manner possible. This takes into account not only performance, but also optimization of efficiency and in some locations includes environmental nutrient management.

Calpis America breaks ground on feed additive manufacturing plant

Calpis America Inc. broke ground on a $20 million animal feed additive manufacturing plant and headquarters facility in the Peachtree City industrial park in Georgia on May 17. The Japanese company will employ roughly 50 people at the plant, 42 of which will be created in the first year of operations on the 12-acre site.

Global animal feed antioxidants market to reach US$216.8 million by 2018

The global animal feed antioxidants market is witnessing growth due to rise in global meat consumption, and increasing concerns regarding the safety of feed and animal health have resulted in a surge in demand for feed antioxidants. Therefore, the animal feed antioxidant market in terms of volume is estimated to grow at a compound annual growth rate, CAGR, of 3.6 percent from 2012 to 2018, reaching US$216.8 million, according to the latest report from Transparency Market Research.

AFIA 2013 Liquid Feed Symposium registration open

The American Feed Industry Association's Liquid Feed Committee will present the 43rd annual Liquid Feed Symposium on Sept. 10-12 at Missouri's St. Louis Union Station, a DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel. The program will educate and promote the agricultural liquid supplement industry through high-quality speaker presentations, research funding, achievement recognition and the Liquid Feed Symposium Trade Show, according to show organizers.

Diamond V Mills SynGenx feed additive

The Diamond V Mills SynGenx feed additive supports pig digestiveand immune system health. The all-natural additive is unaffected by extremetemperatures, pH or processing and does not require special storage.

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