Tag: animal health

Zinc Oxide (ZnO) time is running out. Rational use of antibiotics and growth promoters moves the focus from pharmacology to functional ingredients. Spray dried plasma and egg powder are successfully used as excellent nutritional ingredients, preventing post-weaning diarrhea, improving...

Animals face every day various kind of stress: change of diet or raw material quality, hot temperature, diseases, handling and manipulations… Stress triggers the production of free reactive radicals in cells which oxidize lipids or proteins.

There is not one single product that can replace the current use of Zinc Oxide. A ZnO free pig production requires improvements in many fields that include farm management, biosecurity, genetics, the health status of the pig and diet composition. Fiber can become a vital part of ZnO free piglet diets.

Singao, the first company in China to have developed sodium butyratte, have reached eight new generation, Ding Su G in its butyrate products. With the...

FAO Director-General called at UN General Assembly for decisive action to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and added: "Need to address the double challenge of meeting growing demands for animal proteins while reducing AMR risks."

Feed regulators and industry representatives from around the world discussed critical issues at the 14th International Feed Regulators Meeting (IFRM) organized by IFIF and FAO.

Tyson Fresh Meats, the beef and pork subsidiary of Tyson Foods, joined U.S. CattleTrace program that focuses on animal disease traceability. Tyson Fresh Meats is the first U.S. meat company to become a beef processor member in the organization.

Kemin Nutrisurance launches TEGRAVIA™, a functional fiber for pet food in South America. Natural cassava fiber product is a multifunctional option for pet food producers in Brazil.

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health continues to stay at the forefront of innovation and provide producers with the right tools for disease prevention (such as mastitis).

USAID has launched Cargill, Ausvet, Heifer International and IPC consortium to combat threat of infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance to human and animal health.