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Live yeast helps manage heat stress in dairy cows

Heat stress impacts the health and performance of high-producing livestock; for example, heat stress costs the U.S. dairy industry more than $800 million a year. While practical herd management practices alleviate the effect of heat stress, it continues to represents challenges for the cow’s digestion -- and, it particularly impacts the cow’s rumen.

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Brand Insights

Rethinking calf nutrition: 5 reasons to embrace vegetable proteins in CMRs

Hamlet Protein

Discover how enzyme-treated soy protein like Hamlet Protein’s HP 100 offers a sustainable, cost-effective alternative to traditional milk proteins in CMRs.

Rethinking calf nutrition: 5 reasons to embrace vegetable proteins in CMRs

Zinpro Corporation realigns US sales team

Zinpro Corporation, aleader in trace mineral nutrition, recently realigned its U.S. sales team toform a single sales region. With this newly established structure, new rolesand responsibilities within the sales team have been announced.

Animal Feed Recalls

Purina Animal Nutrition recalls some poultry feeds

The Purina Animal Nutrition LLC feed plant in Portland, Ore., has initiated a limited recall of certain poultry feeds due to the potential for lower-than-expected vitamin and trace mineral levels. The products were distributed to retailers in Oregon and Washington.

Chr. Hansen reports revenue increase for 2nd quarter

Chr. Hansen has reported a strong second quarterfor fiscal year 2013/14, highlighted by revenues of EUR182 million (US$253) and10 percent organic growth. The animal health and nutrition company alsoreported revenues unchanged from the first half of the previous fiscal year atEUR353 million (US$490 million).

International Production & Processing Expo expands for 2015

The 2015 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) is expected to exceed 450,000 net square feet with more than 28,000 attendees and 1,200 exhibitors. To accommodate this increase, IPPE has expanded into C-Hall of the Georgia World Congress Center.

Animal nutrition company Pancosma hires senior sales manager

Animal nutrition company Pancosma has named AxelJüngst as the new senior sales manager for Germany and Scandanavia. The movewill strengthen the Pancosma sales team for the Pancosma product range and itsdevelopment worldwide.

Global demand for aqua feed to reach $122.6 billion by 2019

According to a new report published by Transparency Market Research,the global demand for aqua feed was valued at $57.74 billion in 2012 and is expectedto reach $122.60 billion in 2019, growing at a compound annual growth rate(CAGR) of 11.4 percent from 2013 to 2019. In terms of volume, the demand was 35,000.0kilo tons in 2012 and is expected to reach 72,207.8 kilo tons in 2019, growing ata CAGR of 10.9 percent from 2013 to 2019.

NSP efficacy and value highlighted at Inspire forum

The 2014 Inspire: Non-starch Polysaccharide (NSP) Forum, drew to a closeApril 3 with the focus switching firmly to the impact of exogenous feed enzymesdietary NSPs. The session opened with a detailed look at how NSP enzymes varyin key characteristics relevant to animal feed by Dr. Kim Langfelder from ABEnzymes.

HKScan Group commits to the use of responsibly produced soy

Finland-based meat and poultry producer HKScan hasbecome a member of the Round Table on Responsible Soy Association (RTRS) and therebycommitted itself to continuously promoting greater ethical responsibility inthe supply chain of soy used in animal feed. HKScan will ensure that by the endof 2018, all soy used in its entire meat value chain will meet the strictrequirements of the RTRS.

Veterinarians urge pig producers to stop using feed with plasma

Hog producers should not feed blood plasma products untilthere is concrete evidence that there is no connection between feeding plasmaproducts and the spread of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus, veterinarianssaid during PED virus conference call. The conference call was sponsored byAlberta Pork.

Six steps to remove plasma from piglet feeds

Whether or not porcine plasma contributes to the on-going spread of the porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus in piglets is still unclear. Yes, the PED virus has been detected in samples of plasma, but it is too early to conclude if this is enough to infect piglets eating diets manufactured with contaminated plasma.

Animal Nutrition

Soybean meal research update

Soybean meal is a valuable source of protein, amino acids and energy in poultry diets. The University of Nebraska's Dr. Sheila Purdum provides an overview of the latest research in soybean meal utilization in poultry production.

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