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6 immunoglobulin purchasing tips for piglets, broilers

Immunoglobulins are widely used in piglet feeds as they form an integral part of dairy, blood and egg products — all specialty ingredients used at high levels in such sensitive feeds. Lately, the use of immunoglobulins through plasma in broiler diets has resulted in the creation of super-performance prestarters, the same as with piglet creep feeds.

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Animal feed trends for the week ending December 10

The past week brought us news about greenhouse gas emissions, feed additives, the European Commissions’ Circular Economy Package, China’s animal feed sector, Estonia’s largest feed mill, and Nutreco’s latest acquisition.

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Nutreco to acquire Micronutrients

Nutreco has entered into an agreement with The Heritage Group, owners of Micronutrients, to acquire this global leader in hydroxy-based trace minerals.

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Animal feed trends for the week ending December 3

The past week brought us news about the future of feed, mycotoxins, andrographolides, daily calcium cycle in layer hens, ethoxyquin, Vietnam’s animal feed additives market, the global animal feed additive market, and the Veterinary Feed Directive.

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Understanding daily calcium cycle in layer hens

Examining the daily intake and output of calcium in layer hens can aid us in designing a better feeding program that will prolong the egg production cycle while maintaining eggshell quality.

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US corn mycotoxins show low risk to swine, poultry

Although Alltech’s mycotoxin outlook for 2015 corn crop showed mostly low risk to swine and poultry, mycotoxins can affect animal performance and health even at lower levels.

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Animal feed trends for the week ending November 26

The past week brought us news about feed safety in Europe, mycotoxins in the U.S. corn crop, Ceresco Nutrition, Palital Feed Additives, dairy cow dry matter intake, cottonseed meal in layer feeds, and a blog from Ioannis Mavromichalis.

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Poultry nutrition conference proceedings available for download

The Poultry Federation offers years of poultry nutrition proceedings and technical and trade information from its annual Arkansas Nutrition Conference.

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Limits of cottonseed meal in layer feeds

Cottonseed meal could be a less expensive alternative to soybean meal in layer diets if it was not for its main disadvantage: yolk discoloration caused by high gossypol content. It is also quite high in fiber (7 to 20 percent) and rather low in energy content (7 to 8.6 MJ/kg AMEn). Its high protein concentration, however, requires a second look at this interesting alternative ingredient.

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Animal feed trends for the week ending November 19

The past week brought us news about Cargill, ADM, Darling Ingredients, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, prestarters for antibiotic-free broilers, scale-adapted solutions for nutrition problems, XRF analysis, sources of sustainable soy for feed, and mycotoxins in this year’s U.S. corn crop.

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Highly digestible prestarters for antibiotic-free broilers

Broilers always benefit from a better diet offered early in life, and more so when their feed is free of growth-promoting antibiotics. This special case enhances the need for a more digestible, better balanced diet that is supplemented with specialty ingredients.

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Brazil to produce more soybeans and less corn in 2015/2016

According to information published by the Brazilian National Supply Corporation (Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento or Conab), the 2015/2016 grain harvest is estimated to be between 208.6 and 212.9 million metric tons.

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