Industry Trends

SEPTEMBER 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?

 Precision feeding in sow production, Mycotoxins impact broiler performance, Plant-based seafood wins innovation award, and more. Find out what journals and industry experts have been discussing in the last four weeks.

Latest Industry Articles

Precision feeding could reduce nutrient excretion in growing pigs, benefit sow production
FeedNavigator

A French research team evaluating precision nutrition approaches say that, for growing pigs, precision feeding strategies are a promising solution to reduce nutrient excretion by adjusting the nutrient supply to each individual pig at different points in time.
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Even low levels of mycotoxins impact broiler performance
Animal Feed News

New research has shown that even low levels of mycotoxins found in animal feed have a direct negative impact on the performance of broiler chickens.
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Plant-based seafood firm wins major innovation prize
TheFishSite

A vegetarian shrimp product developed by The Plant Based Seafood Co has been declared the Most Disruptive Product of 2020 in Prepared Foods’ Spirit of Innovation awards.
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Supporting the dairy cow’s immune system
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Large scale on-farm studies involving over 1,200 herds across the US and Europe are said to demonstrate the ability of a nutritional supplement from Phibro Animal Health to help dairy cows maintain a healthy immune system.
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Wageningen-based collaboration on pelleting co-products
Animal Feed News

To replace cereals in animal feed with less sticky co-products from circular agriculture, finding out how animal feed pellets stay intact is paramount.
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Chinese vaccine for African swine fever advances to next trial phase
South China Morning Post

A Chinese vaccine against African swine fever will advance to the next phase of clinical and production trials after a series of positive tests, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Tuesday.
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Study: limiting amino acids controls pig growth
FeedNavigator

Kansas-State University researchers confirm that emergency diet strategies adopted by swine producers to slow the growth of pigs during the Covid-19 crisis are safe and effective.
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Kelp extracts show promise in blocking Covid-19
TheFishSite

A range of polysaccharides extracted from edible seaweed have been shown to at least match the efficacy of remdesivir, the current standard antiviral used to combat Covid-19, in new lab-based trials.
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Assessing the relative merits of alternative aquafeeds
TheFishSite

Fisheries and aquaculture byproducts and insect meal have a bigger role to play in the sustainable growth of the aquafeed sector over the next two decades than microbial or macroalgal-based feed ingredients.
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Shrimp giants urged to take action over increased disease risks
TheFishSite

The governments of the five largest shrimp producing nations have been urged to take increased and immediate action to address the continued outbreak and emergence of new diseases in shrimp farms.
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Can aquaculture certification schemes really make a difference?
TheFishSite

ASC certification has led to a clear improvement in the environmental performance of shrimp farms in Vietnam, as well as salmon farms in Norway, Canada and Chile, according to a new report.
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Seaweed trumps maize as biofloc substrate
FeedNavigator

Scientists in Mexico have discovered that kelp is a better nucleation site than maize meal for developing biofloc, producing fish with a higher end weight and a lower feed conversion ratio (FCR).
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How contaminated with ASFV does feed have to be to infect pigs?
FeedNavigator

A study looking at the effect of liquid porcine plasma in contaminated feed has suggested the minimum infectious dose of the African Swine Fever virus (ASFV) in feed may be higher than conveyed to date.
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Research shows country of origin of soybeans is significant
Animal Feed News

Research analysed the influence of soybeans from 4 different countries on the chemical composition, protein quality and nutritive value of soybean meal.
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