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Misset Agricultural publishing house Misset appointed Marc Klumper (55) as publisher for its internation- al division, which includes All About Feed. In this role, Klumper will be responsible for developing Misset’s international portfolio. His appointment fits into the Misset strategy, continuing to develop its omnichannel approach to provide B2B information to customers in the agricultural industries, both in the company’s home base, the Nether- lands, as well as internationally.
BioMar BioMar has appointed Franck Bodin as Managing Direc- tor of the new BioMar Viet Uc feed business unit in Viet- nam. Franck Bodin is well known in the Vietnamese aqua- culture industry as he was the founder of the aquafeed company Tomboy, which was later acquired by Skretting.
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc (IFF) has appointed Pauel Fokin as vice president of Danisco Animal Nutrition business. Danisco Animal Nutrition (now part of IFF’s Health & Biosciences division) is a market leader in nutri- tional health solutions with a comprehensive portfolio of feed enzymes, betaine, phytogenics and probiotics.
Delacon Delacon appointed Michael Fischer as Chief Operating Officer. In his function, Michael Fischer re- ports directly to Delacon’s CEO Markus Dedl and over- sees Operations, Finance, Organisational Develop- ment, as well as Administration.
Biochem
Biochem is pleased to an- nounce that Sven Keller has joined Biochem to strengthens its technical support for feed additives and supplements in Central Europe. With 19 years of experience, Sven brings strong competencies in the feeding industry around gut health, antibiotic reduction, nutrient efficiency, and trace minerals.
32 New look at particle size fractions
Maize and soybean meal (SBM) are rou- tinely used as ingredients in pig diets. Grinding these feed ingredients is a standard procedure in feed manufac- turing that benefits mixing, condition- ing and pelleting. The mean particle size at the end of the grinding process influences both pig growth perfor- mance and gastric health. However, this effect is not consistent and the un- derlying reasons are not fully under- stood. In a recent study, published in the November issue of the Journal of Feed Technology and Science, maize and SBM were hammer milled over a 6 and 2 mm size screen, respectively, and were sieved into seven fractions.
Hence, particle characteristics, nutrient composition and in vitro digestibility were measured. The researchers (from Wageningen University & Research and Zetadec) showed that the in vitro di- gestibility of nutrients of fractionated materials is related to both physical (particle size and circularity) and chem- ical (nutrient composition) characteris- tics of particles. These new insights into the relationship between mean particle size and digetibility can help to opti- mise diets. Feed processors can grind ingredients into a specified size class to enhance the digestibility of the nutri- ents in a feed and thus improve pig performance.
Feed intake before weaning is important for performance later in life. Teaching piglets how to drink and eat
More piglets can start eating prior to weaning, they can grow faster and their behaviour improves when they are fed according to the so-called “family feed- ing” system. This was concluded from a three-year long research project called “Family Feeding Matters,” in which Wa- geningen University and Research (WUR) served as an executive partner. The project was initiated by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, livestock equip- ment company Vereijken and Trouw
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Nutrition. The aim was to develop an innovative feeding concept for sows and piglets that would match their nat- ural behaviour by applying a new feed- ing and drinking system as well as a new feeding type. The theory behind the new concept is that sows would teach piglets how to eat and drink, thus optimising the feed intake of piglets around weaning, leading to a reduction of the negative effect of weaning on aspects such as welfare and health.
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