A potential candidate in the hunt for effective alternatives to in-feed antibiotics in pig and poultry feed is resistant starch (RS) due to its prebiotic effect, say the authors of a review in Animal Nutrition.
The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) is funding a new project aimed at helping the country's salmon farming industry manage gill health challenges in their fish stocks.
Researchers with Pennsylvania State University explored the interaction of dietary high-oleic acid soybean oil (HOSO) and high-a-linolenic acid (ALA) flaxseed oil on the polyunsaturated fatty acid content of eggs yolks.
Glycerol, as an energy feed, can substitute barley up to 12% of dietary DM for dairy cows in mid or late lactation without affecting milk quality, according to a Danish study.
Fish feed, functional feed additives, aquaculture practices and production sustainability are among the areas of focus for a new round of grant funding on offer from NIFA.
The production of soybeans see more yield damage from the emergence of common ragweed than expected, however two-pass mitigation systems may provide a way to address the problem, says researcher.
US wheat co-products may have less variation by mill than those in other countries, and the co-product red dog may provide a greater nutritional value, says researcher.
A refurbished button factory in Connecticut may not be the obvious choice for an aquaculture facility to raise European Seabass, but it is the site of Great American Aquaculture LLC's Ideal Fish project.
Animal nutrition, health and feed production remain topics of interest for research grants from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
Wisium, Neovia’s premix brand, says it has signed a partnership agreement with French technology developer, Aniprev for the marketing of its poultry farm management mobile application internationally.
Sorghum researchers may have found a way to double the number of grains produced by a plant and the hormonal pathway that controls the process, says researcher.
Livestock production is expect to double by 2050, but there is little room to expand arable land so reducing farmed animals’ intake of crude protein is an effective strategy, argues Professor Ermias Kebreab, from the University of California, Davis, in...
Global fast food giant, McDonald’s, is exploring the potential of protein derived from both insects and seaweed as alternatives to soy in chicken feed.
Calysta is testing its natural gas derived protein in shrimp diets and it says initial results suggest that the ingredient supports shrimp survival and production.
Several feed additives may be effective in regulating intestinal environments and improving pig growth performance if diets without antibiotic growth promoters are fed, but results in terms of their various attributes are variable and further research...
Efficient use of local resources may improve the productivity, resilience and competitiveness of European pig production, says Wendy Rauw, research scientist, INIA in Spain.
Alltech says its European Bioscience Centre, located in Ireland, has been nominated for a US-Ireland Research Innovation Award in relation to its work on how reduced diversity among intestinal gut microbes can affect animal health and can lead to the...
Advanced technology to develop novel feed resources from natural gas and non-food biomass such as trees and seaweeds will be important to help meet the global food challenge, says Margareth Øverland, professor in nutrition at the Norwegian University...
Using fluorescence spectroscopy may provide a faster, cheaper method of establishing how much grass was in a dairy cow’s diet as questions regarding organic production arise, says researcher.
The US Grains Council is starting work on a training program to grow the feed industry in Tunisia and nearby regions in addition to expanding export opportunities, says global strategies director.
An increase in regional protein production in Europe is possible, but any further development of regional raw feed protein cultivation is going to need a lot of support, both from feed manufacturers and policy initiatives.
Swapping algae meal for portions of fishmeal, fish oil and plant proteins may provide similar growth performance and body condition in carnivorous fish, say researchers.
Decision-making documentation, developing performance measures and establishing an implementation plan for meeting long-term goals were among the GAO’s recommendations to improve FDA's FSMA efforts.
Slow-growing broilers can be reared on diets lower in digestibility, along with reduced levels of protein and amino acids, without this impacting performance, according to a researcher from ILVO (the Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research).
Trouw Nutrition says new data from a recent longitudinal study continues to support the idea that a higher plane of nutrition pre-weaning can help ‘program’ a cow’s future metabolism.
Additive copper hydroxychloride in weaned pigs diets may improve weight gain and performance, but the exact mechanism involved remains unclear, says researcher.
Feed industry investigations attempting to trace specific strains of salmonella that might be present in animal feed are advancing, yet face a challenge in participation.
A new, shorter method of preparing feed samples for phosphorus and sulfur analysis provides similar results to the traditional method while using fewer hazardous chemicals, say researchers.
Sustainability, outreach and research provide focus areas for the National Renderers Association as it looks toward product development and feed ingredients.
Poultry diets with balanced, but lower levels of calcium and phosphorus may make the most efficient use of phytase and provide a lower-cost feed, says a researcher.
