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Hog Industry Hopeful China Will Approve Feed Additive

Canada’s hog industry is hopeful that China will soon approve Paylean®, a hog feed additive (veterinary drug name, ractopamine) that increases feed efficiency. The product has approval in many countries including the U.S. and Canada. However, according to the Canadian Pork Council (CPC), the national organization representing hog producers, it could be later this year before China approves the product.

• Continue reading • Comments (48) 26.05.2008. 12:59

Clemson Researchers Develop Nanoparticle Chicken Feed

Researchers from Clemson University in the U.S. have developed nanoparticles that can be added to chicken feed to target and bind to pathogens in chickens, allowing them to be purged through the bowels.

The article says that chickens are susceptible to diseases, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi that can cause human diseases, and that vaccines and medications used to treat chickens “can be effective but pose risks to growers and consumers.”

• Continue reading • Comments (31) 24.02.2008. 07:18

Probiotics: Live Organisms as Feed Supplements to Fight Salmonella

Here’s a new way to reduce Salmonella in poultry before they go to the processing plant: use probiotics instead of antibiotics for treatment of the birds.

It’s been a complex path getting to this point, and the procedure still raises some other issues to be considered. Still, the development offers a way that makes it easy on poultry growers and enhances food safety.

• Continue reading • Comments (0) 19.02.2008. 07:08

Chicken feed additive may pose danger

A chicken feed additive containing arsenic and used to produce pinker, healthier, bigger-breasted birds could cause human disease, according to a study headed by a Duquesne University researcher.

The study is the first to link a human health risk to the feed additive that has been widely used since the 1960s by commercial chicken producers to control intestinal parasites, reduce stress, stimulate growth and improve the color of chicken meat.

• Continue reading • Comments (33) 07.02.2008. 06:59

Ethanol byproduct in feed may boost E coli in cattle

Recent studies suggest that an ethanol production byproduct that is widely fed to cattle may make cattle more likely to shed deadly Escherichia coli O157, possibly contributing to the surge in beef contamination cases in 2007.

• Continue reading • Comments (0) 30.01.2008. 04:21

Feed supplement fights cellulitis in turkeys

Agratism®, Bioagra's proprietary all-natural Beta-1,3/1,6-D-glucan feed supplement with a minimum purity of 80%, has shown positive results.

In turkeys with the agent that causes gangrenous dermatitis (cellulitis), Agratism improved feed conversion and weight gain, and reduced mortality, according to Vyta Corp and Justin Holdings, equal owners of joint venture, Bioagra.

• Continue reading • Comments (0) 25.01.2008. 04:03

BASF Gets a Higher Fine Over Animal-Feed Cartel

The European Union's second-highest court for the first time increased a cartel fine imposed by the European Commission, leaving Germany-based BASF AG with a slightly higher penalty.

• Continue reading • Comments (0) 13.12.2007. 01:30