News & Analysis on the Global Animal Feed and Pet Food Industries
Understanding the structure of the gut and how it may affect and be affected by factors like diet, digestion and the pig’s immune system, is one of the current research objectives of swine expert, John Patience.
De Heus has acquired Serbian feed maker Proteinka in a bid to strengthen its foothold in the Balkans.
DSM says the EU risk assessor has acknowledged the ability of its feed additive to lower urine pH in sows but EFSA questions whether such a function can deliver much in terms of swine productivity.
Numerous EU countries have endorsed the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) opinion from May last year that there should be a reduction in the content of zinc allowed in feed for all farmed animals.