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Fix the real problem: end America’s energy vulnerability
Three writers from the centre for American Progress, one of the most influential policy think tanks in the US, have written a compelling argument for America to wean itself from its addiction to ...
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Gradual weaning prevents post weaning growth check in piglets raised in a group farrowing system
According to research carried out at the Dutch Swine Innovation Centre (VIC Sterksel), gradual weaning at the age of 9 weeks seems to be a good strategy to prevent the post weaning growth check, and to improve the behaviour of piglets and growing-finishing pigs. The development of piglets raised in a multi-suckling system was studied with abrupt weaning at an age of 4 weeks, and gradual weaning ...
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New insights on antioxidants and probiotics revealed at the 14th IPVS Congress
Three new studies on swine nutrition and welfare were presented by Lallemand Animal Nutrition at the International Pig Veterinary Society (IPVS) Congress in Dublin, Ireland, June 7 – 10, 2016. These studies address critical issues of pig production, stressing the importance of nutritional management during key periods of stress such as weaning, vaccination and heat stress in piglets, as ...
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Three Piglets Extra Due to New Protein
In October 2019, Dortheasminde started feeding EP199 to sows to improve their productivity. A choice that owner, Søren Kjær Poulsen, is very pleased with. By spending 23,5 EUR per produced sow per year, EP199 has resulted in an extra three weaned piglets per produced sow per year, 0.7 piglets more were weaned per weaning and 700 grams extra weight gain was recorded before weaning. ...
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EuroTier 2016: Lallemand Animal Nutrition presents innovations YANG and MELOFEED
As this year’s EuroTier trade show saw record-breaking attendance, the Lallemand Animal Nutrition team was pleased to present its range of proven yeast and bacteria based solutions to an international audience. “Our visitors expressed particularly strong interest in our latest innovations YANG and MELOFEED, but also in the well-established and proven solutions such as the probiotic ...
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Lallemand Animal Nutrition launches a new solution: YANG
We are pleased to introduce our new solution for livestock producers and pet food application: YANG, the yeast association new generation*. An innovation born of Lallemand research and the expertise of our various divisions — such as oenology, animal and human nutrition — YANG is a synergistic alliance of specific strains of inactivated yeast. YANG is a concentrate of defenses ...
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Weaning Business off its Oil Dependency
Viewpoint from Hugh Jones Managing Director of Carbon Trust Advisory Services Just four years ago, the price of oil was below $50 a barrel. Now Brent crude is typically selling above $100 a barrel. While there have been some short-lived falls in prices recently, the sudden rebound to over $100 shows that businesses cannot rely on any long-term dips in prices. Indeed, the International Energy ...
By Carbon Trust
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The New Buddy Hutch Calf-Rearing System
Agri-Plastics, Group of Companies, announced today the introduction of the new Buddy Hutch Calf-Rearing System – the most efficient, easy-to-work-with calf rearing solution. This modified Group Hutch works perfectly for paired newborn calves. By pairing calves together, stress is reduced and their overall health and development are improved. Benefits of paired housing include: reduced ...
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BACTOCELL® on-tracks for EU authorization: minor avian species and minor porcine species
Lallemand Animal Nutrition is pleased to announce that the Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has given a positive scientific opinion for use of BACTOCELL®* (Pediococcus acidilactici MA 18/5M, deposited at Institut Pasteur) as a zootechnical feed additive in minor avian species, such as duck and game (quail, ...
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Piglet Health Starts with the Sow
To ensure growth and support the development of the gut’s ability to absorb and utilize feed, pig producers use highly digestible protein for piglets. A healthy gut equals a sound immune system which the piglets need when they no longer receive antibodies through the sow milk. Unfortunately, few know that the health of the piglets is greatly affected through the sow feed during gestation ...
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New Feed Flow Control for Big Wheel Feeders improves user experience
Osborne Industries, Inc., is pleased to announce the release of a new feed flow adjustment system for the company’s line of Big Wheel® Pig Feeders. All standard dry and wet/dry nursery, wean-to-finish, and 60-head finishing feeders feature the new Feed Flow Control, making adjusting and setting feed flow fast and easy. The all new Feed Flow Control features an easy-to-read, numbered ...
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Better milk production and stronger piglets
Challenges with too many weak sucklings and not enough milk were turned around after many years of trying to come up with a solution. Poul Grøntved is a Danish pig producer. He owns a farm with 800 sows producing seven-kilo piglets. Like many other farms, Poul Grøntved has a growing litter size but struggled to increase the sows’ milk yielding to feed the growing litter. Lack ...
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The 3rd Lallemand Swine Nutrition and Gut Health Solution technical meeting
Lallemand China team and local Levucell SB distributor Hi-link were pleased to jointly hold the 3rd Lallemand Swine Nutrition and Gut Health Solution technical meeting in Hefei, China, in the afternoon of April 20th, 2016. More than 100 domestic influential animal nutrition experts and feed manufacturers including CP China, YangXiang Group, Continental, Twins and Jiuding Group etc. attended such ...
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Barcelona says Hola! To the 7th International LEVUCELL SB Technical meeting
On May 25 & 26, around 150 swine professionals from around the world gathered in Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, Spain’s number one region for pig production, for the 7th International LEVUCELL® SB Technical meeting. The swine industry has changed a lot over the past few years and so have the challenges faced by producers. Meeting after meeting, we have seen evolution of the ...
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Discussing Oxidative Stress with top European Pig Producers
Early June, Lallemand Animal Nutrition was proud to take part in the European Pig Producers (EPP) Annual Congress in Bruges, Belgium, both as a sponsor and technical contributor. David Saornil, Swine Product Manager, was invited to give a talk about Oxidative Stress in Swine, an important issue of modern pig production, particularly at critical steps of the swine cycle. The Congress was attended ...
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Lallemand Animal Nutrition present at the EAAP 64th Annual Meeting 2013
Lallemand Animal Nutrition took an active part in the EAAP Annual meeting in Nantes, the European rendezvous of animal science, both as a Gold sponsor and through scientific contribution. Several delegates from the company represented the ruminant and monogastric R&D teams. Such event illustrated perfectly Lallemand commitment to the advancement of animal research. In this scientific ...
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Florida cattle ranchers seek locally grown label
Under the "Fresh From Florida" marketing campaign offered by the state's agriculture officials to stores and consumers, people are encouraged to buy things that are grown and raised in the Sunshine State. Alligator, tomatoes and, of course, oranges are on the list. One thing isn't highlighted: Florida beef. That's because, unlike many other states, it's nearly impossible to buy beef that's been ...
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Free DNA-Test Reveals The Truth about your Piglet and Sow Feed
How healthy are my pigs, and what’s the effect of the feed? Pig producers now get the answers to these questions through a free DNA-test. The protein producer European Protein offers free DNA-tests for producers when they try a new complementary functional protein that improves sow and piglet productivity. European Protein recently started testing several of their new customers´ sows ...
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Breaking New Ground in Oxidative Stress and Gut Microflora in Swine
Lallemand Animal Nutrition R&D team participated to the 13th Digestive Physiology of Pigs (DDP) Congress, in Kliczków, Poland, May 19-21, 2015. Around 400 people, mostly international researchers, attended this highly-regarded scientific event. This was the opportunity for Lallemand Animal Nutrition to establish its position in swine nutrition and confirm the company’s ...
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US bacon prices rise after virus kills baby pigs
A virus never before seen in the U.S. has killed millions of baby pigs in less than a year, and with little known about how it spreads or how to stop it, it's threatening pork production and pushing up prices by 10 percent or more. Scientists think porcine epidemic diarrhea, which does not infect humans or other animals, came from China, but they don't know how it got into the country or spread ...
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