Dr. Charles Starkey (North American Renderers Association - NARA) talks about the sustainable contribution of amino acids from animal proteins vs. marine proteins for livestock...
Production Industry
VIV Asia, the world’s leading event for the animal protein production industry, announces that visitor registration for the 2025 edition is now open. Set to take place from March 12–14, 2025, at the IMPACT Exhibition...
The World Veterinary Education in Production Animal Health (WVEPAH) is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing veterinary education and promoting sustainable practices in production animal health. We are excited to present our specialized training...
Aquaculture, the cultivation of aquatic organisms, is experiencing a technological evolution with the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This dynamic synergy holds the potential to redefine and optimize various aspects of aquaculture, from resource management to environmental sustainability. One key player in this transformative landscape is ChatGPT, a cutting-edge AI language model. In this article, Bhusan Chettri delves into the multifaceted ways in which AI, and specifically...
The rendering industry’s contributions to animal agriculture’s economic and environmental sustainability is vital, yet often overlooked when food and animal food production is discussed. The International Rendering Symposium, held in conjunction with the 2024 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta, will discuss rendering's contributions, impact and the future of the industry. Hosted by the North American Renderers Association (NARA) and U.S. Poultry...
1. Introduction Nigeria’s coastal waters fall within the Guinea Current Large Ecosystem (GCLME), a shared resource by all the coastal West African countries. The Nigeria coastal area is one of the world’s most productive marine ecosystems with the following attributes: • Rich in fishery resources, • Oil and gas, • Precious minerals, • High potential for coastal tourism, and • Reservoir of marine...
Introduction The feeds for fish can be categorized as floating feeds, slowly sinking feeds, and sinking feeds. Each of these types of feeds are either made by exploring different types and amounts of ingredients, for instance, by controlling starch levels in the feed formulations or by varying the processing parameters, for instance, by modifying the screw profile, changing the screw speed, etc. Floating feeds are mainly made using an extrusion process whereas sinking feeds are...
Indian Federation of Animal Health Companies (INFAH) has elected its new office bearers for the term 2023-2025 during its 12th Annual General Meeting held in Mumbai on September 23, 2023, Saturday. Dr. Shirish Nigam, President; Mr. Gautam Chatterjee, Vice President; Dr. Ram Prakash, General Secretary; Dr. Anup Kalra, Joint Secretary; Dr. Manoj Sood as Treasurer.
Let's wish the new office bearers great success in promoting INFAH's motto of #HealthyAnimalsHealthierIndia.
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The COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath brought the aquaculture industry no shortage of turbulence, logistic obstacles and market disruptions. Despite these challenges, the aquaculture industry persevered and came out strong thanks to its collective high resilience and adaptability during this period. Our Zinpro® team had the pleasure of hosting a webinar session with Gorjan Nikolik, senior industry analyst from Rabobank, to discuss a detailed industry outlook for the year 2023. He...
Mara Thomas, Aquaculture Project Manager at Proteon Pharmaceuticals, sheds light on the main benefits of utilizing BAFADOR® bacteriophage cocktail to aid fish in coping with Aeromonas and Pseudomonas infections...
Join Mara Thomas, Aquaculture Project Manager at Proteon Pharmaceuticals, as she provides a comprehensive overview of the groundbreaking research conducted to validate the efficacy of the BAFADOR® bacteriophage cocktail in the field of aquaculture...
Mara Thomas, Aquaculture Project Manager at Proteon Pharmaceuticals, dives into the challenges posed by Aeromonas spp. and Pseudomonas spp. in the aquaculture industry.
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Bacteriophages can be used to tackle AMR by reducing the unnecessary use of antibiotics in all animal industries. They are sustainable, highly efficient and stable feed additives. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become an increasingly important threat to public...
Please share your ideas. Is the aquaculture sector motivated to develop more sustainable feed? Can recycled food waste play a larger role here? Is there a strong market desire to lessen reliance on wild-caught fish in fish diets? I understand that this is complicated, but I'd want to hear some feedback.
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Introduction Animal production relies on the supply of nutritious feeds supporting high growth, welfare and health of animals and the production of high-quality products in an environmentally sustainable and profitable manner. With feed cost representing 50 to 80% of the total production cost, feed manufacturers have a very important role in the overall economic viability of animal agriculture enterprises. Animal production involves a complex “nutritional supply...
Dear members, I would like to invite you all to share your experiences and thoughts on this topic: Freshwater prawn (Machrobrachium rosenbergii) has been studied and cultured for several decades. This species is particularly suited for warm freshwater locations. Recent interest in culture techniques that utilize low inputs and agriculture byproducts to produce freshwater prawns has been expressed. Although competition exists between...
CLFMA OF INDIA is a Non-Profit Organization and an Apex Chamber, nurturing “One Voice” of the Livestock Industry.
It was formed in the year 1967 with the objective of helping the promotion of overall animal husbandry, including the promotion of the concept of balanced feeding of animals in accordance with their nutritional requirements for deriving from them maximum output through productivity improvement. It was broad-based to include members from all sectors of...
Aquasaf Tilapia is a program designed to maximise productivity and sustainability of tilapia production. The program addresses some the most pressing challenges of tilapia such as mass mortalities caused by pathogens, low growth patterns that are associated with chronic gut issues, economic losses due to unoptimized feed conversion ratios, while reducing producer’s dependency on antibiotics....