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Poultry feed additive may help stop the spread of HPAI

Poultry farmers might want to look to a familiar product to stop the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza through feed additives.

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Poultry

Animal feed trends for the week ending Oct. 29

The past week brought us news about feed efficiency and sustainability, Adisseo on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, feed additives, EU organic feed sourcing rules, Evonik’s new methionine production site, avian influenza's impact on the US feed industry, FSMA preventive control rules, and a blog on the 20th European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition proceedings

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AI could mean 100-million-bushel decline in feed use

The United States is on the tail end of the worst avian influenza outbreak in history, with 222 confirmed cases and more than 47 million birds affected across 15 states. USDA expects the outbreak to plateau near 50 million birds this summer.

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Farms hit by avian flu selling unused feed on local market

Sunrise Farms, a chicken farm in Iowa that lost 3.8 million birds to avian influenza, is selling its stocks of feed on the local market.

Poultry Health & Disease

APHIS moves up deadline on AI vaccine proposal comments

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has moved up the deadline for submitting written comments on the proposal of a vaccination program to combat avian influenza (AI) because of the urgency of the outbreak.

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China bird flu could curb demand for animal feed

There is concern that the spread of bird flu in China willhamper demand for animal feed, as livestock owners cut their herds due tofalling hog prices.Feed production fell in 2013 for the first time in almost adecade as an outbreak of H7N9 cut demand, and output this year may be flat from2013, according to a survey of four Chinese feed mills and three local analystsby Bloomberg News.

Business & Markets

China experiences the ‘toughest years’ on record

China Feed Industry Association data have shown compound feeds accounting for almost 162 million metric tons of the total of 191 million metric tons of all feeds produced by Chinese feed mills in 2013. On association figures, this meant a 1.2 percent reduction in China's compound feed production, while total feed tonnage was down by 1.8 percent.

Business & Markets

Positive forecasts for Latin American poultry, pork

Avian influenza hit Mexico's poultry industry again in 2013, and there were fears initially of a big downturn in the national production of meat and eggs so that feed requirements would also be lower. But national chicken and egg production actually rose for 2013 despite the episodes of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H7N3 between January and August, on data from Mexican poultry union UNA.

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Alltech releases 2013 global feed survey numbers

Aidan Connolly, vice president of Alltech, released theresults of Alltech’s third annual global animal feed survey in a webinarJanuary 27. The survey found 963 million metric tons of feed was produced globallyin 2013, up 1 percent from 954 million the previous year.

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Chinese animal feed sales on road to recovery?

Sales of poultry products in China may be showing some signs of recovery as fears over avian influenza H5N9 are calmed, and this is feeding through to improved sales of poultry feed. The change in consumer behavior could represent the beginning of the end of a difficult period for China's feed producers.

Poultry

VIV Asia concentrates focus on region’s booming agriculture

The tenth edition of VIVAsia – VIVAsia 2011 – is currently being held in Bangkok, Thailand. Alongside the main event, the first edition of Aquatic Asia is taking place, as is FeedTech-Croptech, the dedicated event for the Asia-Pacific milling industries, with a conferences held in association with WATT.

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