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Supplement sow, not piglet diets with feed additives

Supplement sow, not piglet diets with feed additives

By Lynda Searby

Early nutritional programming via the maternal diet could be the key to the development and growth of piglets, whereas there is no benefit to supplementing post-weaned piglet diets with feed additives, say researchers.

Deep pink: fish bone ingredient enhances salmon color

Deep pink: fish bone ingredient enhances salmon color

By Lynda Searby

Norwegian scientists make the “unexpected” discovery that the addition of a fish bone mineral hydrolysate to salmon feed can increase pink flesh pigmentation, producing fish that is potentially more attractive to consumers.