Pig Industry Technical Articles
Article published the November 29, 2006:
IntroductionAlthough significant investment is applied to food safety, due to the fact that is of fundamental importance to the economy, food industry and finally to the general consumer, the incidence of foodb...
Article published the November 28, 2006:
IntroductionThe progress of the pig industry in the last ten years has been extraordinary, mostly due to necessity to ensure survival. The pig producer in the year 2000 and beyond must be adaptable to the ever-...
Article published the November 28, 2006:
The animal production sector has undergone remarkable changes during the last decades. Ongoing progress in breeding through selection towards higher growth rates and improved reproductive traits has resul...
Article published the November 22, 2006:
Poster presented at the BIOMIN World Nutrition Forum 2006IntroductionFusarium fungi are capable of producing mycotoxins to a variable degree. The major Fusarium toxins are fumonisins, A- and B-trichothece...
Article published the November 20, 2006:
IntroductionThe role of the Australian pig industry in the global market place has changed significantly in the past five years from virtually no pork exports in 1996 to an export industry worth in excess of $A...
Article published the November 15, 2006:
What is DDGS?Corn distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) is a co-product produced by dry mill ethanol plants as a result of fermenting corn starch to produce fuel ethanol and carbon dioxide. Each bushel ...
Article published the November 9, 2006:
Introduction
Pork is possibly the most versatile raw meat product compared to chicken, beef, turkey and lamb. By utilising sophisticated processing techniques it can be easily transformed and presented across ...
Article published the November 2, 2006:
IntroductionHistorically, the identification of selenium (Se) as a toxic element was indirectly referred to in at least two major writings. In both cases the detrimental effects of the element were unknown at t...
Article published the October 24, 2006:
IntroductionWhether grain is produced in temperate, subtropical or tropical climates, if high rainfall and humidity are experienced in the harvest season, infection of the grain by mould is likely. The range ...
Article published the October 19, 2006:
Continued performance without AGPs
In 1988 Norel opened their Biotechnology plant in Leon (Spain) to start research
and production of probiotics for animal nutrition and their effect on the intestinal
he...