ZnO will not be banned in animal nutrition in 2022 in...
After the decision to ban the medicinal use of zinc oxide in piglet diets, feed formulators are seeking feed ingredients and additives which can reduce the risk of digestive disorders in critical phases like the post-weaning period. Specific potentiated form of zinc oxide can be used in premixes...
Global Swine Feed Market
The increasing demand for pork across the world, food safety concerns, and trends such as animal health and welfare, sustainability and environmental impacts are...
Cloudfarms, SUISAG launch app to track pigs from birth to processing
Cloudfarms, a subsidiary of BASF Group, cooperated with SUISAG to launch “Pig Passport”, an innovative application enabling individual tracking of pigs from birth to processing.
Together...
Unlocking the true potential of fattening pigs with adaptive nutrition
The fattening period of swine production accounts for 70% of the total feed consumption of the farm. The success of the fattening period therefore...
New insights into healthy piglet weaning confirm role of the microbiota...
Several new studies presented by Lallemand Animal Nutrition at recent international swine congresses underline the importance of planning ahead for successful piglet weaning by...
Live yeast helps pigs cope with heat stress
Lallemand Animal Nutrition announced the results of a new study. According to the study; live yeast helps pigs cope with heat stress through gut...
ASF: Ongoing change in global pork markets in 2021
Rabobank published “African Swine Fever: A Global Update - Ongoing Change in Global Pork Markets in 2021” report in March. The report highlights the impacts of ASF on the global pig trade and the position of countries.
Use of protected benzoic acid on weaned piglets’ diets
Commercial piglets weaning implies sharp changes of the intestinal morphology and commensal gut microbiota. These changes can predispose piglets to post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD).
A future without zinc oxide
Traditional methods of controlling post-weaning diarrhoea have been using zinc oxide at high doses (2500-3000mg/kg feed) together with antibiotics. While there are many benefits of using zinc oxide linked to improving gut health, there are more negative effects such as increasing antibiotics resistance, encouraging the selection...
Hamlet Protein participates in Sino-Danish roundtable for swine industry
Hamlet Protein participated in the Sino-Danish roundtable meeting that focused on opportunities for the swine industry to improve performance, quality, and animal health in pig production.
