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Animal Feed Regulations & Safety

Lohmann Animal Health signs contracts with Taiwan research institutes

Lohmann Animal Health has signed long-term cooperation contracts with Taiwan research institutes in order to expand its global business activities and compound product portfolio on an international scale. These agreements include the foundation of a new subsidiary, Lohmann Animal Health Pingtung, and the planned building of a GMP facility for vaccine production in the Pingtung Agricultural Biotechnology Park, according to the company.

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Livestock & Poultry Diseases

Zoetis becomes fully independent animal health company

Zoetis Inc. has finalized its separation from Pfizer Inc., becoming a fully independent animal health company, according to reports. As of June 24, according to the terms of the exchange offer that commenced on May 22, Pfizer has accepted shares of Pfizer stock in exchange for all of its 400,985,000 shares of Zoetis common stock, according to the preliminary results of its exchange offer.

Poultry

What the Veterinary Feed Directive means for the poultry industry

The debate of antibiotic use in animal agriculture revolves around the concept that antibiotic usage in food animals may induce antibiotic resistance in bacteria that may be transmitted from food animals to humans via the consumption of contaminated food products of animal origin. This has been a subject of scientific and public policy debate for years. Public health advocacy groups, consumer groups, and even members of Congress have actively joined the public discussion.

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.

Avian Influenza

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.

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.