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Swine

Piglet welfare is compromised by feed regulations

Legislators have decided to ban feeding growth-promoting antibiotics to all pigs, and they are trying to reduce even therapeutic use in order to protect human health.

Animal Nutrition

Elanco collaborates with AgBiome for swine nutritional health innovation

Elanco Animal Health Inc. has entered into a new global R&D collaboration with AgBiome Inc. to develop nutritional health products for swine. The collaboration further demonstrates Elanco’s commitment to antibiotic stewardship and bringing alternatives to producers’ most difficult challenges.

Consumer Trends

Researchers seek sustainable feed, food options in the Atlantic

European Union-funded AquaVitae Consortium has invited the University of New England in the U.S. to join its international group of researchers working on the development of more sustainable aquaculture systems.

African Swine Fever

Vietnam’s African swine fever cull nears 3 million

The African swine fever (ASF) situation in Vietnam has deteriorated to the point where a senior politician is encouraging the country’s pig farmers to switch to the production of poultry or cattle, while new outbreaks of the disease have also been reported in domestic pigs in China, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa and Ukraine.

Aquaculture

Cargill, InnovaFeed partner to bring innovative, sustainable feed to animal producers

Cargill and InnovaFeed have entered into a strategic partnership to bring sustainable and innovative feed options to the animal nutrition industry. Through the partnership, Cargill and InnovaFeed will collaborate to jointly market fish feed which includes insect protein, enabling both partners to support the growth of sustainable aquaculture.

Poultry

VICTAM, VIV join forces to fuel growth in Asian market

The international trade show organizers behind VIV and VICTAM are combining their events planned for Bangkok, Thailand, in the early part of 2020.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Cargill to acquire swine feed producer in Brazil

The transaction should be completed in the coming weeks, depending on the regulatory approvals of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE).

Animal Nutrition Views

ESPN 2019: First impressions, part 2, the program

The style of 2017’s European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition (ESPN) was followed to the letter in 2019, to my disappointment.

African Swine Fever

Laos reports first cases of African swine fever

Research has revealed a promising new approach for the development of a vaccine against African swine fever (ASF) for pigs. While no outbreaks of ASF affecting commercial pig herds in any country have been officially reported in the past week, there have been further cases among village herds in Romania and Vietnam, and the disease has spread to Laos.

Feed Production by Region

Insect meal helps urban poverty, poultry farmers in Kenya

Insects grown on human waste are proving to be a valuable source of protein for the East African nation’s poultry farmers, as well as improving sanitary conditions for slum dwellers.

African Swine Fever

China pork prices rise as ASF depletes herd

As China’s pig herd continues to be depleted by African swine fever (ASF), pork prices are rising and the country is becoming increasingly dependent on imports to supply its demand for pork.

Equipment

Bühler PolyOne single-screw extruder

The PolyOne single-screw extruder from Bühler Inc. is designed to consistently deliver high product quality for the pet food and aqua feed industries.

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