Industry Trends

February 2020

See what has been happening in Asia’s animal feed and health industries over the last weeks. What are experts and industry magazines talking about?

What has been happening?

Flower power, Corona virus, reused feed waste, and more. Find out what journals and industry experts have been discussing in the last four weeks.

Latest Industry Articles

Flower power: the plant that's shown boost shrimp immunity
TheFishSite

Including low levels of lupin seed meal in the diets of shrimp can stimulate their immune systems.
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Coronavirus: Experts foresee feed and food additive supply disruptions
FeedNavigator

A survey of some 97 professional buyers, traders and producers of feed and food additives saw 35 respondents or 36% expecting a high, and 50 respondents or 51% a low impact of the coronavirus on ingredient supply.
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Turning feed waste into poultry protein
Animal feed news

Feed businesses are scrambling to make the most of an as-yet untapped protein source for livestock: insects. They can take food waste and turn it into a feedstuff – but regulation and commercialisation remain barriers to their widespread use.
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Boost for revolutionary vaccination robot
TheFishSite

Plans to develop and launch a “transformational” fish vaccinating robot by the end of next year have been boosted by a £250,000 grant.
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The shrimp species that's suited to top tropical temperatures
TheFishSite

Indian shrimp make a suitable candidate species for aquaculture during the hottest months of the year, according to a new study.
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Animal feed widely contaminated in Asia
Animal feed news

Participants from around the world joined the opening of the conference and several speakers shared their knowledge and experience on the mycotoxin situation in Asia.
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Research backs value of probiotics in shrimp ponds
TheFishSite

The value of using certain strains of probiotics in vannamei shrimp production has been confirmed by a new study in Iran.
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Can pig farmers reduce antimicrobial use without any long-term impact on productivity?
FeedNavigator

Michael Nielsen, a Danish farmer producing 27,000 piglets/year in his farm, believes so.
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US team looks to get feed proteins and enzymes from microalgae
FeedNavigator

US researchers are seeking to generate feed proteins and enzymes from microalgae as part of a larger goal of improving the sustainability of US broiler production.
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Is particle size important for the diets of young pigs?
FeedNavigator

At YAN20, Francesc Molist from Schothorst Feed Research in the Netherlands will be talking about the optimum particle size for pig feed.
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Improving neonatal piglet survival is a key focus for pig farmers
FeedNavigator

Improving neonatal piglet survival is a key focus for pig farmers today and good farm and health management, along with optimal housing conditions are positively associated with sow and piglet performance parameters, says a leading pig welfare and housing specialist.
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Vietnam to regulate levels of fishmeal preservative in aquafeeds
TheFishSite

Officials in Vietnam have announced plans to regulate the levels of the preservative ethoxyquin in aquafeeds, in order to maintain its significant aquaculture exports to the EU.
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Customs seizes African swine fever-infected pork from China
RAPPLER

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) ordered the destruction of pork products imported from China that tested positive for African swine fever (ASF). The BOC said that a shipment of Peking ducks and several misdeclared items consigned to Dynamic …
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Cold storage inspections authorized to control ASF
BusinessWorld

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has instructed quarantine officers to inspect non-accredited cold storage warehouses and container vans to prevent the entry of African Swine Fever (ASF)-infected pork products.
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Poultry prices expected to remain stable following Taal ashfall
BusinessWorld

Poultry prices are expected to remain stable amid calamity conditions just south of Metro Manila, with a full eruption of Taal Volcano in Batangas still not ruled out. “I don’t expect much impact given that most of Batangas is not affected. (It is) limited to several towns near the volcano,” Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) Research Fellow Roehlano M. Briones said in a text message.
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Vietnam strives to meet pork demand and stabilise prices
Nhan Dan

Since its onset in February last year, African swine fever (ASF) has knocked Vietnam’s pork output by 13.5% to about 3.3 million tonnes in 2019. As a result, the country must import more than 110,000 tonnes of pork in order to meet domestic demand and curb prices, especially for the upcoming Lunar New Year.
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