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Animal Feed Additives & Ingredients: Page 145
Feed Additives
Dutch seize illegal antibiotics used in animal feed
Dutch authorities seized 1,000 kilograms (2,205 pounds) of virginiamycin, an antibiotic that has been banned for use in animal feed by the European Union and was likely meant to be added as a growth promoter, according to the Netherlands' food safety authority. The cargo was found during a search of a transhipment company in the southern Netherlands.
Laboratory Products and Services
Calibrate Technologies rumen degradable starch testing
Calibrate Technologies provides rumen degradable starch testing services to help dairymen save money when purchasing feed ingredients. Rumen degradable starch testing aids in inventory management, and may eliminate the need to purchase extra feed ingredients or process the feed ingredients.
Feed Additives
Educating the public about feed production and sustainability
These days, feed manufacturers are increasingly finding themselves defending their industry in the midst of heated discussions about sustainability and how best to feed the world. Although it is not always easy to find the right words to explain the complex feed industry to the lay person, here are five points to remember next time someone complains about environmental degradation caused by the livestock and feed manufacturing industries.
Feed Additives
Identifying low-cost, high-quality piglet feeds
When feed ingredient prices shoot up, discussions on revising commercial piglet feeds flare up in meeting rooms at most nutrition suppliers’ headquarters. Even with rising ingredient costs, it still may be possible to reduce feed cost without resorting to low-quality raw materials.
Feed Additives
Land O’Lakes Purina Feed announces poultry feed recall
Land O'Lakes Purina Feed LLC has initiated a voluntary recall of certain varieties of poultry feed products due to the lack of added vitamin D in these products. To date, there have been no reported animal illnesses involving the products being recalled.
Feed Additives
FEFANA, European Probiotics Association partner to promote probiotics
The EU Association of Specialty Feed Ingredients and their Mixtures, FEFANA, and the European Probiotics Association have established a cooperation agreement to collaborate for the promotion of probiotics for animal nutrition. The two associations have joined forces with the aim to generate, develop and share their know-how and information on probiotics with feed chain stakeholders.
Feed Additives
China drops antidumping investigation against US distillers grains
China has decided to drop its antidumping investigation against imports of U.S. distillers dried grains with solubles, DDGS, according to the Asian country's Ministry of Commerce. The investigation was launched in December 2010 at the request of domestic producers Cofco Biochemical (Anhui) Co., Jilin Fuel Alcohol Co., Meihekou Fukang Alcohol Co. and Jilin New Tianlong Wine Industry Co.
Ingredients
Optivite Ultrabond mycotoxin protection
Optivite's Ultrabond mycotoxin protection is a mycotoxin binder for animal feed, ideal for those feeds and feedstuffs that cannot be checked on a regular basis or where other preventative methods have failed. Ultrabond has a dual-action activity, which involves a combination of immune-supportive agents that empower the hepatic detox processes, together with an optimum balance of aluminosilicates.
Feed Additives
Nutrition company Biomin acquires German feed additive company
Animal nutrition company Biomin has acquired Germany-based phytogenic feed additive and feed flavorings company Micro-Plus, a move that will add to Biomin's expansion in the growth promotion and feed flavoring markets, according to the company. Biomin also hopes to strengthen its access to those markets while allowing for an extended technical support to customers worldwide.
Feed Additives
India poultry feed prices drop slightly in Haryana
Poultry feed prices in the Indian state of Haryana have dropped as ingredient prices have held steady, according to reports, with 30-kilogram and 50-kilogram bags falling by Rs 10–20 (US$0.18–$0.36) on June 12. Prices of almost all feed ingredients have been unchanged since June 1, said Subhash Sharma, financial head of Sarvottam Poultry Feed Centre Pvt. Ltd.
Feed Additives
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.
Dairy Cattle
Protecting dairy feed from mycotoxins
Keeping dairy feed free of mycotoxins is a challenge. However, there are some ways to stop mycotoxins from being passed on to milk.
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