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A premix is a mixture of vitamins, trace minerals, medicaments, feed supplements and diluents. It is a value added solution for feeds with sustainable safety and quality. The premix industry is charged with the responsibility of manufacturing a high quality premix consistently, efficiently and economically. Its main objective is to deliver the micro ingredients in a manner desired by the consumer. Premixing has progressed from the simple hand mixing of several ingredients to...
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Frank Ivey (Feed2Gain) shares his experience and insights on diet changes, cost savings in formulations, as well as how the impact of enzymes is evaluated, in this Engormix interview....
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FEFANA invites members and visitors to explore its new website. The new website, which has been completely revamped to improve experience and navigation, hosts two up-dated classification tools available to guide feed business operators and authorities. The new FEFANA website has been re-designed to be more user-friendly allowing visitors to browse easily for information they are looking for. It highlights the main topics of the Specialty Feed Ingredients Industry represented by...
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1. Introduction Sorghum is a problematic feed grain for chicken-meat production which has been considered in two reviews (Selle et al., 2010; Liu et al., 2015). A distinctive feature of sorghum is kafirin, the dominant protein fraction. Kafirin classically makes up 55% of sorghum protein and is present as discrete protein bodies located in the sorghum endosperm with a central core of a-kafirin enveloped by peripheral...
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Whenever raw materials are bought and stored, an assumption is usually made that the finished products produced will be of the same weight as the raw materials used during production. Ironically, this does not happen. There are always variances in weight of the end products. The finished products are usually less in weight as compared to the raw materials used. Where are these variances coming from? How can we explain these variances to make professional sense to the procurement on amount to...
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The period following weaning is characterized by a high incidence of intestinal disturbances with diarrhoea and depression of growth performance in piglets. At weaning, pigs have to deal with the abrupt interruption in the established social interaction with sow and littermates and the stress of adapting to a new environment. In addition, the piglet has to cope with the sudden withdrawal of sow milk and adapt to less digestible, plant-based dry diets containing complex protein and...
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In view of the above deliberations the feed formula was basically composed of 1. Protein 2. Energy 3. Fibre as major parts. Several ingredients are incorporated to meet the above nutritional specifications. The more ingredients are available the least cost formula become more acceptable. Furthermore large number of ingredients make the...
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The objectives of feed supplementation are to manufacture medicated feeds whose concentration in active ingredients fulfils with two criteria: conformity and homogeneity. Conformity is defined as consistency between active ingredient theoretical and actual mean concentrations in feed. Conformity can be impacted by degradation of the active ingredient during feed manufacture or during storage. Homogeneity is defined as the acceptable range in...
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DSM Nutritional Products has signed the investment contract with the Changchun Economic & Technology Development Zone to set up DSM's fourth feed premix plant in China and establish the DSM Vitamins (Changchun) Limited.
The new premix plant is to be located in Changchun Economic & Technology Zone, Changchun City, Jilin province. The construction of the plant will start in May 2009 and the total investment will amount to USD 5 million. The plant will be the forth feed premix...
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Singapore-based Zagro Group has acquired the animal nutrition premix business from BASF Taiwan's Animal Nutrition unit under its Fine Chemicals operating division. As part of the acquisition, Zagro will take over the entire running of BASF Taiwan’s animal nutrition premix business including ownership of its manufacturing facility in Nankang Industrial Zone, Nan-Tou City, Taiwan, spreading over a land area of 4920 square meters. This acquisition is expected to lift Zagro's top and...
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