Research
continues to show increasing benefits of feeding yeast culture products to beef
and dairy cattle, swine, poultry and horses, as well as fish and shrimp. As the
restrictions on antibiotics get tighter, producers are looking for ways to
manage animal health and resistance through yeast products. Which yeasts are on
the market, and what effect does pelleting have on these products?
Adding undigestible sugars such as inulin
and oligofructose has been shown to be very beneficial in human diets. Animals
can also profit from this authentic ingredient and over the years more evidence
has been gained on using inulin as a prebiotic in animal diets. Feed Mix went
to Beglium
to visit one of the major inulin producers to find out more.
Antioxidants and MOS feature at Alltech's European lecture tour
Alltech'smarathon lecture tour this year visited 29 countries in the EU and Eastern Europe between Feb. 10 and March 6. The focus was on antioxidants and mannanoligosaccharides.
The need for feed additives is related to animal feed production and
therefore the consistent demand for meat and dairy products is expected to drive
growth of this market in Australia and New Zealand.
Chinese veterinary drug company Skystar Bio-Pharmaceutical announced
Monday that its new GMP certified production facilities have been completed and
are fully operational.
The Universities of Alberta, Guelph
and British Columbia have been awarded millions of dollars to compensate for financial
damages resulting from an 8 year price fix on vitamins and food additives sold in
Canada.
Lallemand announced today that Alkosel® has received a favorable opinion for
use in all animal species from the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA)
Scientific Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed.
One of the recent polls on this website was: The costly and time consuming
new EU 'Feed Additive Regulation (1831/2003)' makes it impossible for small
companies to compete on the feed additives markets.