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Report: Antimicrobial resistance remain an issue
The third joint EFSA and ECDC report on antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic bacteria affecting humans, animals and foods shows the continued presence of resistance to a range of antimicrobials in Salmonella and Campylobacter, the main bacteria causing food-borne infections in the European Union (EU...
Will pigs be antibiotic-free by 2020?
At the recent Alltech symposium in Lexington, Kentucky, Terry Coffey from Murphy Brown addressed the issue of the use of antibiotics in the pig industry and will the industry be antibiotic-free by 2020. “We first must understand science and then balance that with consumer demand,” Coffey said. Accor...
Ukraine will increase pork production by 25%
Pork production in Ukraine in 2020 will amount to 1 million tonnes, predicts the Association of Pig Producers of Ukraine. "According to our forecasts, by 2020 the volume of domestic pork production will reach one million tonnes. Thus, we will almost completely meet our needs in the consumption of po...
UK: Top award - minimising pigs' phosphorous excretion
A BPEX-funded PhD student has won the prestigious President’s Award for a paper presented at the 2013 British Society of Animal Science Annual Meeting. Vasilis Symeou’s work, at Newcastle University, is about minimising the amount of phosphorous (P) excreted from growing and finishing pigs. P is eas...
AveSui 2013 ends successfully
The 12th edition of the Latin American Trade Fair for the Poultry and Swine Industries, AveSui 2013, ended with a total of 17,800 attendees over the three days of activities and generated an estimated R$400 million in business. The event, held at CentroSul, in Florianópolis, gathered over 150 compan...
People: Provimi appoints new country manager Italy
Ercole Pavesi has taken on the role of country manager for Provimi in Italy, part of Cargill’s Premix Nutrition business (CPN). Based at the Cargill office in Fiorenzuola D’Arda, north of Parma in northern Italy, Ercole Pavesi will lead the country sales team of four technical sales managers. The te...
Battling coccidiosis with vaccinations
Coccidiosis in broiler flocks can be tackled by administering anti-coccidials. However, resistant coccidiosis can render coccidiostats almost useless. That was the case at Tom Serraerens broiler farm in Belgium. Using a vaccine was his last resort. By Fabian Brockötter From the time that ...
US: Groups want ‘comprehensive’ FTA with EU
A coalition of US food and agricultural organizations led by the National Pork Producers Council is urging the Obama administration to press the European Union to negotiate a “comprehensive” free trade agreement, including addressing sanitary-phytosanitary (SPS) barriers to trade. In a letter (s...
Aquaponics: Are we ready to respond?
During Alltech's symposium "Glimpse 2020" held in Kentucky, USA, many topics were discussed including aquaculture technology. Among the many promising technologies presented in the Farming the Sea sessions was aquaponics, a system that intergrates hydroponic plant production with recirculating fish...
Chicken to make comeback at Shanghai markets
Shanghai is planning to allow cold-processed poultry meat back onto the market by the end of May, giving the heavily hit poultry industry a chance at recovery following the bird flu outbreak earlier this year. The decision follows no new confirmed cases of the H7N9 virus on the Chinese mainland for ...
