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Glycerin tested as alternative cattle feed

Glycerin tested as alternative cattle feed

World 24 May 2007

24/05/2007 A U.S. team of agricultural scientists is conducting a six-month study into the feasibility of using glycerin, a biodiesel byproduct, as cattle feed. In a study that began this month, University of Missouri ruminant nutrition Pro…
US scientists create avian flu super map

US scientists create avian flu super map

World 01 May 2007

01/05/2007 Researchers have used Google's mapping technology to create a "super map" that portrays the mutations and spread of avian flu around the globe. The map has been designed to help researchers and policy makers better understand…
U of M Researcher finds affordable feed substitute for dairy cattle

U of M Researcher finds affordable feed substitute for dairy cattle

World 01 May 2007

01/05/2007 With the rising costs of corn and soybeans, farmers have been looking for ways to save money on feed for their animals. A University of Minnesota-Crookston (UMC) researcher might have found a way to do that. According to Harouna …
Quality and quantity of feed is the key to sustained lamb growth

Quality and quantity of feed is the key to sustained lamb growth

World 03 Apr 2007

3/04/2007 Lamb growth rate has a big influence on the overall performance of your sheep flock. At this stage March born lambs are still very much dependent on their dam's milk, but over the next few weeks these lambs will start consumin…
Era of steady feed prices is over

Era of steady feed prices is over

World 20 Feb 2007

By Dan Buglass THE SCOTSMAN 20/02/2007 Higher cereal prices are putting much-needed cash into the pockets of arable farmers, but the downside is that livestock producers are facing the prospect of an unprecedented increase in feed costs. Th…
Use of soy meal in aquaculture to increase

Use of soy meal in aquaculture to increase

World 23 Jan 2007

23/01/2007 The use of soy meal in aquaculture is rapidly gaining popularity. As the demand for aquaculture continues to soar with global population growth, there is a significant opportunity for soy as a feed ingredient: aquaculture will co…
Bird flu loss $2 billion

Bird flu loss $2 billion

World 02 Dec 2006

JAKARTA POST 02/12/2006 JAKARTA: The world's poultry industry suffered approximately $2 billions in losses due to the bird flu epidemic between September 2005 and September 2006, an official said on Saturday. "The global poultry industr…
Bird flu focus shifts from Asia to Africa

Bird flu focus shifts from Asia to Africa

World 29 Nov 2006

By Vissuta Pothong REUTERS 29/11/2006 Asia's relative success in fighting bird flu could see a shift in resources to Africa where the virus is spreading among some of the world's poorest countries, a top U.N. animal health official …
Bird flu conference slated for Mali

Bird flu conference slated for Mali

World 24 Nov 2006

24/11/2006 THE fourth international conference on bird flu, with 600 participants, will take place from December 6-8 in Bamako, a Malian cabinet official said today. The conference will "take stock of the past year's global efforts agai…
Singapore releases trial of new bird flu vaccine

Singapore releases trial of new bird flu vaccine

World 22 Nov 2006

XINHUA NEWS 22/11/2006 Singapore pharmaceutical giant Baxter Healthcare on Wednesday released the preliminary findings for a clinical trial of a new bird flu vaccine. According to a Channel NewsAsia report, the results indicate that the vac…
Economic and Social Consequences of Animal Diseases

Economic and Social Consequences of Animal Diseases

World 13 Jun 2006

13th June 2006: The consequences of animal diseases in domesticated birds and livestock can be complex and generally go well beyond the immediate effects on affected producers. These diseases have numerous impacts, including: * productivity…
Buhler upgrade feed manufacturing plant

Buhler upgrade feed manufacturing plant

World 13 Jun 2006

13th June 2006, VIENNA: UFA-Mischfutter AG to invest in a modernization of its existing animal feed manufacturing plant with Buhler food processing group supplying the heart of the renovation project. The Buhler Technology Group has signed …
Quigley to Commence Medical Feed Poultry Study for Its QR-441(a)

Quigley to Commence Medical Feed Poultry Study for Its QR-441(a)

World 11 May 2006

11th May. 2006: DOYLESTOWN, Pa. - Investigational New Animal Drug Designed to Combat Avian Flu; Healthy Chicken Study is the First in Series of Studies Designed to Determine Whether Adding Active Ingredient to Chicken Feed will Reduce Infec…
China Delegation Makes Commitment to US Soybeans

China Delegation Makes Commitment to US Soybeans

World 07 Apr 2006

7th Apr, 2006: On Thursday China sent a signal that it is committed to purchasing US soybeans in this calendar year. A delegation of Chinese soybean buyers on a relationship-building tour signed a letter of intent with U.S. soybean exporter…
'Kiss of the hops' may stimulate broilers

'Kiss of the hops' may stimulate broilers

World 06 Apr 2006

6th Apr, 2006: FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Poultry scientists at the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture have found that Hops, an herb used in brewing beer, might work as a substitute for growth promoting antibiotics in broiler diets. U…
Poultry faeces likely cause of bird flu spread, German expert says

Poultry faeces likely cause of bird flu spread, German expert says

World 13 Mar 2006

7th Mar, 2006: Berlin - A German scientist said Tuesday the entry of faeces from infected poultry into the food chain via fish was a likely cause of the global spread of bird flu - and not migrating wild birds. 'We are moving away from …
Bird flu found in Italy, Greece and Bulgaria

Bird flu found in Italy, Greece and Bulgaria

World 23 Feb 2006

13th Feb, 2006: ROME - Bird flu has reached Western Europe, with Italy and Greece announcing Saturday they had detected the H5N1 strain of the virus in dead swans. The announcement that the disease was detected in five swans in southern Ita…
Human Bird Flu Cases Reach Turkish Capital

Human Bird Flu Cases Reach Turkish Capital

World 23 Feb 2006

Jan 9th - Three Turks tested positive for a deadly strain of bird flu in the capital Ankara on Sunday, a new stage in the westward sweep of the disease from its east Asian origins toward major economic centers in Turkey and Europe. The firs…

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