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Like all industries, feed manufacturing technology continues to evolve as we continually see some significant advances. In this fifth article in the Feed Tech series on feed processing, feed technology specialist, Jared Froetschner, addresses th...

12 nov 2006
Decreasing dietary phosphorus (p) has the potential to reduce p excreted in manure and therefore alleviate the environmental damage associated with intensive animal farming. Continuous research is being conducted to get a clear understanding what ...
01 aug 2006
The nutrient content of raw materials can be highly variable due to various external and internal factors. This variability affects the protein content and therefore the amino acids which represent one of the most important nutrients. In the feed mil...
01 jun 2006
In the rush to improve zootechnical performance, good feed design doesn't end with formulation. Advances in feed technology are somewhat overlooked. Previous Feed Mix editor Sarah Mellor went back to school, where Nutreco's Marleen Vrij demonstrated...
01 mar 2006
Delivering low doses of biologically active ingredients in the right place at the right time takes an expert knowledge of process chemistry. Sarah Mellor visited Soda Feed Ingredients' production plant in Italy, where delivery systems are custom made...
01 aug 2005
The conversion factors for biological activity of natural vitamin E seriously underestimates its true biological value. Yueming Dersjant-Li and Manfred Peisker review the large body of evidence that natural vitamin E has at least twic that of the syn...
01 jun 2005
In dairying the goal is to produce milk with the maximum input of roughage. Concentrates fill the gap between desired and real intake, the latter being limited by the cow's physical intake capacity. A universal optimisation program would be of great ...
01 feb 2004
Quantitative feed restriction programs appear to have a great promise if adapted without affecting performance of birds. A study at the University of Karachi suggests that a single diet feeding program may have merit in broiler production, saving on...
01 jun 2003
The European Commission at the end of March presented proposals to prohibit the use of antibiotics as growth-promoting feed additives. The four remaining authorised antibiotics currently used as growth-promoters in feed would have to be phased out a...
01 nov 2002
No one needs to be told that pig profits are minimal these days, and have been for years. International pig consultant John Gadd believes that the familiar nutritional terms we all use and which are largely based on performance, are inadequate. Bett...
01 jun 2002

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Hinner Köster: Feed safety parameters as part of food safety is nowadays the highest priority when we evaluate feed quality. Nutritional, technical and emotional quality of feed used to be the highest priority and remains important for common industry policy, however, it is now of lesser importance then feed safety. Even developing countries are no longer isolated but part of a global world and are therefore partially regulated by universally established control systems at all stages of production and in all sectors of their industry.Read more...


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