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Mycotoxin Management

Webinar presents mycotoxin strategies for 2013 corn harvest

Register for the free webinar, "Mycotoxin Strategies for the 2013 Corn Harvest," which will take place November 19, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. Central and feature Dr. Raj Murugesan, technical specialist at BIOMIN, and Christy Swoboda, laboratory director and quality manager at Romer Labs. The 2013 corn crop has been under significant stress; as a result the overall quality is a concern to livestock and poultry producers. BIOMIN and Romer Labs will discuss quality findings and possible effects to livestock and poultry.

Brand Insights

5 Ways to Prepare your Facility for AI Implementation

Easy Automation, Inc.

Learn five key areas to target when laying the groundwork for a potential AI implementation at your facility. Brand Insights from Easy Automation, Inc.

Feed Additives

France-based animal health company names export area manager

France-based animal health company InVivo named Emmanuel Pruvost as export area manager for sub-Saharan Africa. Pruvost's experience dates back to 1995, including a background in milk and beef production and experience in animal nutrition selling feed to farmers with Purina.

Feed Additives

How to improve the absorption of trace elements in monogastric animals

Trace elements perform important physiological functions, such as the complex functions in metabolism, and deficiencies can lead to general disorders, which is why they are provided in the feed. Though important for maintaining optimal livestock health and performance, the importance of benefits from trace element supplementation tend to be underestimated.

Laboratory Products and Services

DuPont Virkon LSP multipurpose disinfectant

DuPont

Virkon LSP is a multipurpose disinfectant against a range of disease-causing pathogens that affect poultry, pig, sheep and other livestock.

Poultry

New GIPSA poultry, feed weighing and scaling rules effective September 20

With GIPSA rules issued in 2012 changed substantially by Congress in the Consolidated and Further Appropriations Act of 2013, attendees at the Poultry Production and Health Seminar heard about the changes, including new provisions related to weighing and scaling of feed that take effect September 20.

Formulation & Nutrition

Parent company considering sale of Lohmann Animal Health

PHW Group, Germany's biggest poultry breeder and owner of the Wiesenhof food brand, is considering a sale of its Lohmann Animal Health GmbH business, according to people familiar with the process. The family-owned company hired Commerzbank AG to manage a potential disposal of avian-vaccine and feed-additive maker Lohmann Animal Health, based in Cuxhaven, in the second half, according to reports.

Formulation & Nutrition

DSM Animal Nutrition & Health offers packaging premix in LDPE bags

DSM Animal Nutrition & Health now offers the option of packaging premix in low-density linear polyethylene (LDPE) bags. The white-tinted bags are 100 percent recyclable and provide protection from air and sunlight that can be detrimental to vitamin potency in animal feed.

PEDv

What if a new virus comes to your farm?

Porcine epidemic disease virus (PEDV) is spreading throughout the United States, albeit at a reduced rate. It appears it will be contained, but we're still lacking an effective vaccine!

Animal Feed Manufacturing

FDA issues compliance guide for Salmonella in animal feeds, pet food

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released a new Compliance Policy Guide (CPG) for its field staff on actions they intend to take when finding Salmonella contamination in food for animals. Under this new guide, the FDA will be able to target its resources more effectively to protect the health of both animals and humans, according to the agency.

Feed Additives

Improved animal performance starts with proper preservation of feed byproducts

Historically, the use of chemicals (acids and their salts) in feed conservation is a tried-and-true method used to protect stored feed and byproducts from bacterial, mold and yeast contamination. This article provides research to support how the use of propionic acid and sodium benzoate preservative products can reduce the risk of feed contamination and improve profits.

Feed Additives

Biotransformation: A new era in counteracting trichothecenes in animal feed

Mycotoxins are naturally occurring, toxic compounds, produced by fungi that infects agricultural crops, particularly cereals and oilseeds. Infection can occur during the growth and storage of crops, but also later on in processed foods and feeds.

Formulation & Nutrition

Welfare animal nutrition – Trend or Fad?

Treatinganimals so that they don’t suffer is something we all consider desirable, notonly from a ‘humanistic’ point of view, but also from a productivity concern.But, going further than this for marketing purposes is becoming a trend. Or, isit rather a fad?

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