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Special Nutrients will attend the V Latin American Congress of Mycotoxicology, the XII National Meeting of Mycotoxins and the IV Mercosur Grains’ Qualitative Storage Symposium.
The meetings will take place at Florianópolis, on June 18 – 21. The company will be located at Booth #5 where the Vice-President of Special Nutrients, Mr. Fernando Tamames III, will be present.
Special Nutrients Inc., produces and markets additives for animal feeding and organic agriculture. Its leading product,...
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Fusarium Infection High in Manitoba
Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives reports fusarium head blight infection has been particularly high in Manitoba this year.
Fusarium is a fungal infection that primarily affects cereal crops and it's of particular concern to swine producers because certain species produce mycotoxins.
In contrast to Saskatchewan, where the severity of fusarium infection has actually declined this year, rates of infection...
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A few years ago a scorching summer caused toxic molds to appear on some area crops.
The mold prospered in the hot, humid weather, creating mycotoxins, which are potentially harmful.
Allan Vyhnalek, Platte County cooperative agriculture extension educator, said mycotoxins haven't been a big problem the last couple of years, but there is always potential for them to pop up if grains aren't managed properly.
"The biggest problem this time of year is the changing temperature of grain...
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The Greek agricultural market goes is in a very challenging situation. High raw material prices, low meat prices and a tough financial situation makes the life of Greek pig and poultry farmers difficult.
Biomin and Veterin decided, that it makes sense to give our esteemed customers technical support also in difficult times. We were positively surprised by the number of people who attended the Biomin Forums in Ioanina and Chalkida. About 100 people came to get news on “the relevance of...
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When Cyprus joined the EU on May 1st, 2004, the people of the “Island of Aphrodite” faced many challenges. The animal husbandry industry were not surprised by the changes, still it had a big impact on their production.
Vettaky and Biomin decided to organize a Biomin Forum in order to update pig producers on our products as well as on new ways in swine production. Franz Waxenecker, Biomin R&D director spook about swine nutrition, Gwendoly Jones gave a talk on “the facts and the fascination...
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Forums were held in Lima and Trujillo. Thanks to the great efforts of INVETSA, Biomin's local distributor, more than 60 attendees from different animal sectors participated in each event. Two senior veterinarians, Dr. Elmer Avila and Dr. Luis Alzamora of INVETSA presented a topic concerning the current mycotoxins situation in Peru. Verena Starkl discussed the impact of mycotoxins to animals and its solution. Ruben Beltran focused on the probiotic and prebiotic to poultry. Cliff Hsun talked...
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On May 13, Chile forum was held in the Centrovet Laboratory's main office building. Centrovet is the newest distributor for Biomin in South America.
Around 50 attendees from local universities, poultry and swine producers participated in. The forum was focused on the topics of mycotoxin inactivation and antibiotic free feeding. Chile is probably the first country in Latin America that would like to adopt the antibiotic free feeding concept in order to export their animal products to EU and...
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SUBCLINICAL GENERAL SYMPTOMS Very difficult to see symptoms therefore little or no awareness ONLY AFFECTS THE IMMUNOLOGIC SYSTEM Many diseases incorrectly diagnosed as the primary problem due to low levels of mycotoxins, which cause immunosupression. Vaccines do not work as the should, low titers If live vaccine is used there are many problems Antibiotics as therapeutics do not...
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