CFIA approves yeast additive for beef cows

15-01-2008 | Feed additives | News

Lallemand Animal Nutrition of Milwaukee got approval to use Levucell SC in Canadian beef cattle. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) also allowed the company to use the claim that the product “increases average daily gain when fed as directed” to beef cattle.

CFIA approved Levucell (a yeast additive) for use in dairy cow rations in
2002, the company noted. The company also already has authorization to sell the
additive for both beef and dairy rations in the European Union.

Beef
trials
Beef trials showed
an 8% increase in average daily weight gain, the company said. When beef cattle
were submitted to the “high stress” of “intensive farming conditions,” disease
indicators dropped from 17% to 3%. “Improvement in meat quality was also noticed
with a 50% increase in highest carcass grade,” Lallemand said, adding that its
studies covered a “large range” of environments, diets, breeds and farming
conditions.