Rumination Articles & Analysis

In 2001, a total feed ban of processed animal proteins (PAP) was introduced to tackle the mad cow disease or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) epidemic. In the years to follow, a TSE Roadmap was developed for the controlled re-authorisation of PAPs in feed while assuring a high level of food safety. This resulted in a gradual lifting of parts of the 2001 ban. Twenty years later, PAPs derived ...

By European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)

In 2021, TIMAG AGRO France was an official partner of French Agriculture Week, a nationwide celebration of this vital industry from May 13-24. In addition to their partnership, TIMAC AGRO FRANCE published a series of educational videos to provide an interesting and dynamic way to share some of TIMAC AGRO’s expertise with other agricultural actors in France. Video 1: Do plants already ...

By TIMAC AGRO International

High-quality ingredients and an optimal formula are the most important factors in animal feeding. The importance of the feed structure, however, often goes unmentioned, although research and tests carried out by various institutes of the feed industry in recent years have shown that it is an at least equally important factor for successful feeding and animal health. For this reason, the machine ...

By Amandus Kahl GmbH & Co. KG

The primary focus of the release is the incorporation of a small ruminant model–Sheep and Goats! This screen as many of the same features of the Cattle screen–you can create, rename, copy, reorder, and delete sheep and goat groups just as you can cattle groups. The input categories allow you to tailor the information to animal type and specific details for lactating sheep, dry sheep, ...

By Agricultural Modeling and Training Systems LLC (AMTS)

The breeding industry is mainly engaged in raising pigs, raising sheep, raising cattle and raising chickens. Among them, sheep have higher meat prices, less risk, and faster growth and breeding, so they are widely loved by farmers. However, there are more farmers raising sheep, and sheep feed has become a problem for farmers to consider, especially for sheep farmers who are not easy to get ...

By Zhengzhou Fusmar Machinery Co., Ltd

Your activity monitoring system tells you a lot about each cow, including a cow’s chewing activity. Chewing activity (eating + rumination) can be a good indicator for ketosis. Look at a cow’s chewing activity 10 days before she calves compared to 10 days after she calves. You should see natural peaks and valleys. Chewing time crashes are normal at calving, but cows should begin to ...

By Censortec

The biotechnology companies specialized in human and animal healthcare and prevention CZ Veterinaria, Biofabri, Bialactis, Probisearch, Vetia and Petia have a new umbrella brand. CZ Veterinaria, their parent company and leader in the provision of veterinary vaccines against bluetongue disease in Europe, became CZ Vaccines on the 25th anniversary of its creation. Grupo Zendal is named after ...

By Zinereo Pharma

The 6th International Conference on Earth Science & Climate Change 2017 will be held in Hong Kong on September 18-19, 2017. The conference covers several topics such as Meteorology, Climate Change and Extreme Weather, Global Warming and Environmental Change and Technologies and Applications of Earth Science, bringing together Professors, Scientists, Professional delegates, Researchers and ...

By Gasmet Technologies - a Nederman company

This meeting, one of the biggest animal science meetings worldwide, gathered around 2,000 participants from all over the world – students, scientists, government representatives, feed producers, service laboratories, and other cutting-edge researchers and industry players. It was a great opportunity to once again showcase our newly developed product, the Gas Endeavour, as well as to ...

By BPC Instruments AB

Methane (CH4) plays a critical role in the radiation balance and chemistry of the atmosphere. The major anthropogenic sources are anaerobic production from landfills, ruminant animals and their waste, release from the mining and use of fossil fuel, burning of biomass, etc.. On average, over the global scale, landfill methane emissions contribute between 10-19% of the anthropogenic methane burden ...

By ETG Risorse e Tecnologia S.r.l.

During the latest Symposium on Gut Health in Production of Food Animals, November 14-16 2016, in Saint Louis, Missouri, Lysiane Dunière, Research scientist at Lallemand Animal Nutrition Ruminant Center of Excellence (Clermont-Ferrand, France), presented a poster on yeast cell fraction potential in food safety1. Laurent Dussert explains: “Farm animals can represent a reservoir of ...

By Lallemand Animal Nutrition - Lallemand Inc.

Between May 16th and 18th, UNICAMP (University of Campinas) hold the International Workshop on Advances of Probiotics for Food and Veterinary Applications, in Brazil. The event was organized by the LLPP (Laboratory of Dairy Products, Probiotics and Prebiotics) of the FCA (Applied Science College) and by the LMQA (Food Quantitative Microbiology Laboratory) of FEA (Food Engineering College), both ...

By Lallemand Animal Nutrition - Lallemand Inc.

It is a tiny molecule with a mouthful of a name, 3-nitrooxypropanol, but European scientists say it could make all the difference. It could convert a cow or a sheep from a monstrous methane-producing machine into something a little more environmentally friendly. In doing so, it could increase the energy that a ruminant could employ in making milk or meat. And, according to a new research ...

By Climate News Network

Nutritech International and Lallemand NZ Ltd (trading as Vitec Nutrition) have announced they are to merge their businesses effective from 1st June 2016, creating New Zealand’s largest supplier of animal nutrition and forage additive technologies. Nutritech International was founded in 1915, celebrating 100 years of advice and support for New Zealand farmers in 2015. The company has been ...

By Lallemand Animal Nutrition - Lallemand Inc.

The livestock sector is estimated to contribute 14.5% of all global anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This study estimated the costs of reducing emissions from ruminant livestock using five different practices. The findings will help policymakers to understand the cost effectiveness of different interventions in the sector, and the contribution that different policies could make to ...

By European Commission, Environment DG

With the contribution of the JRC, the European Union Reference Laboratory for Animal Proteins (EURL-AP) validated of new DNA-based methods detecting unauthorised proteins from ruminant origin (e.g. beef). This new method has been taken up in EU regulation. For its implementation the JRC now certified the reference material ERM-AD482, allowing the absence or presence testing of ruminant material ...

By European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)

Contact Angela: reagenllc@gmail.comREAGEN EHDV Detection Kit is designed for the detection of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) virus in cervids. EHDV is an orbivirus that infects most wild and domestic ruminants. EHD is endemic in many countries, particularly affecting white-tailed deer in North America, with a morbidity and mortality rate as high as 90%. Deer, elk, and moose can seroconvert. ...

By Reagen LLC

Twenty-five dairy and beef farm leaders, feed millers and independent nutritionists participated in a round table discussion about this hot topic in Serbia, mid-May 2015. Organized by Lallemand Animal Nutrition and Serbian Distributor Elixirfeed, this event took place in the middle of Vojvodina, a major region for dairy production. During the Rumen School previously organized in Serbia, ...

By Lallemand Animal Nutrition - Lallemand Inc.

Producers who follow the proper techniques for hay storage will find their crops will retain more value and suffer fewer losses, said a beef cattle expert from the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University. Considering that hay production is very costly, producers may want to take special care to store hay correctly to ensure it retains quality, said ...

By Ohio State University

Lallemand Animal Nutrition and Texas A&M Agrilife Research announce a collaboration to be launched at the McGregor Research Center in McGregor, Texas. Lallemand Animal Nutrition has established partnerships worldwide as part of their Research Centers of Excellence program, to Forward the development and innovation of microbial solutions. “At Lallemand Animal Nutrition, we’re ...

By Lallemand Animal Nutrition - Lallemand Inc.