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Azelis Animal Nutrition Azelis Animal Nutrition has appointed Jacob Lakin to develop sales of its portfolio of proven speciality feed products and commodity ingredients for the UK rumi- nant livestock market. In his new role as UK ruminant sales manager, Lakin will further develop the positive business relationships Azelis has gained over a number of years with the UK animal feed manufacturing and merchanting trade.


IFIF The International Feed In- dustry Federation (IFIF) an- nounced that Delegates at IFIF’s 32nd


NEWS ▶▶▶ Ukraine: Campaign to limit antibiotic use


Ukraine’s biotechnological company Epikur has posted a petition on the website of the national Parliament de- manding to limit the use of feed anti- biotics in the country. If signed by 25,000 citizens by 5 December 2019 the petition would be passed to the Parliament hearing to be considered as a draft bill. The authors of the appeal raised concerns over the antimicrobial resistance and superbugs, claiming that “there was no statistical informa- tion that would be registering the use of antibiotics in food industry, which is


General Assembly


unanimously re-elected Daniel Bercovici as IFIF Chairman for the 2020-2021 term of office, recognising Bercovici’s successful lead- ership since 2018 under which IFIF experienced strong growth in strategic projects and deeper relationships with international stakeholders while attracting a range of new members from across the globe.


Zinpro Zinpro Corporation, announces that Alia Aljamal, Ph.D., has joined the company as a poultry research assistant. Based in Lincoln, Nebraska, Dr. Aljamal will support the company’s Research and Nutritional Services (RNS) team, conduct scientific research reviews and prepare research and production-related information for internal and exter- nal communications.


Wilbur-Ellis Nutrition Wilbur-Ellis Nutrition, an- nounced that Nutrition in- dustry veteran, Pedro Cur- ry, joined the Company as Chief Operating Officer, on September 24. Curry is a part of the Wilbur-Ellis Nu- trition Senior Leadership Team and is based in the di- vision headquarters in Vancouver, Washington. His initial focus will be working with the operations team to elevate current efforts, now that internal structure and vision have been established.


uncontrolled, as well as the relevant consequences”. Epikur spent two years developing a technology of growing broilers using an antibiotic-free diet, Olexey Kovalenko, director of Epikur said during a press-conference in Kiev September 4. “Our company managed to achieve sustainable results of pro- ducing poultry meat without the use of feed antibiotics. This is real, al- though it requires certain efforts, a strict programme, a strong will from the company as well as discipline,” Kovalenko said.


Effect of flavonoids on ruminants


Researchers from Kansas state universi- ty published a review regarding the ef- fect of flavonoids on ruminant produc- tivity. Flavonoids are a class of polyphenols known to have anti-in- flammatory and anti-oxidative func- tions. Supplementation with flavonoids appears to be most beneficial during periods of stress. In growing ruminants, flavonoid supplementation did reduce the severity of pathogenic and non- pathogenic diarrhoea and had little im- pact on metabolism, health status, or growth parameters. Flavonoids less- ened the drop in ruminal pH and re- duced the inflammatory state of cows fed a high grain diet and during in- duced subacute ruminal acidosis.


Milk yield was increased in most stud- ies over the transition to lactation, but milk component responses were var- ied. Milk somatic cell concentration was often reduced by dietary flavo- noids, and they have been effective at suppressing inflammation and apopto- sis in pathogen-induced mouse masti- tis models. Further research is warrant- ed to investigate the potential of flavonoids to reduce mastitis in dairy cows. In addition, several studies showed that supplementing different flavonoids to dairy cows during the transition period had potential to re- duce postpartum inflammation, endo- plasmic reticular stress, and hepatic lipid accumulation.


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