News & Analysis on the Global Animal Feed and Pet Food Industries
A leading US grain association has added to the livestock industry’s war chest to pursue research on feed links and the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) that has devastated the swine industry in the US.
Antibiotic alternatives such as pro and prebiotics and other gut health boosting feed components are to be welcomed as long as they don’t simply shore up intensive farming practices, says a leading farm animal welfare organization.
A second case of BSE has been detected in Brazil almost 18 months after one was confirmed in the Parana region of the country.