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Trouw Nutrition Aidan Fisher has been ap- pointed general manager of Trouw Nutrition Ireland, having joined as sales direc- tor in 2020. His focus is on solidifying the company’s position in the Irish market and building upon their already double-digit growth in recent years.


Alltech Alltech appointed Dr Hazel Rooney as technical pig coordinator. She will be responsible for coordinating and developing technical solutions for pigs for the Irish and European marketplaces.


DanBred Leon Yu (pictured) joined DanBred on 1 August as head of sales for China. He joined the company from Axiom, where he spent more than 12 years. He graduated from Anhui Agri- cultural University in 2000. In addition, the company’s support team in South Africa also recently welcomed Chelsea du Preez. She has a BSc in animal science.


Unibio In June, Danish sustainable protein company Unibio wel- comed David Henstrom as its new CEO. He succeeded Henrik Busch-Larsen, the previous CEO, who stepped down to pursue other business interests. Henstrom joined from Cargill.


Chr. Hansen Feed additive company Chr. Hansen in Brazil has reinforced its animal health team by hiring veterinarian Daniele de Lima. She takes on the position of technical manager of pig farming.


GMP+ International On 1 August 2021, Roland van der Post became the new managing director of GMP+ International. He suc- ceeded Johan den Hartog, who had been part of the lead- ership team for almost three decades. Den Hartog will as- sume the role of business development director until his retirement. GMP+’s new management will be completed by Bram Schuit, who started as commercial director on 1 September.


32 ▶ PIG PROGRESS | Volume 37, No. 8, 2021 Study: Sows favour flavoured feed


Researchers in China set out to evaluate the effect of flavoured feed on reproductive performance and faecal microbiota of sows during late gestation and lactation. In a study published in Animal Nutrition, 20 healthy Yorkshire sows were arti- ficially inseminated with semen from Landrace boars and fed a soybean basal diet either unsupplemented or supplemented with 1 g of flavour/ kg diet (milk flavour) from day 90 of


gestation to 25 days post-farrowing. The researchers found a trend of in- creasing average daily feed intake of sows with the addition of flavour in maternal diets. The team wrote: “Dietary flavour supplementation improved the re- productive performance of the sows, which was associated with enhanced beneficial microbiota and decreased potentially pathogenic bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract of the sows.”


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On-demand: Webinars on tackling gut bugs


In cooperation with Boehringer Ingel- heim and Biomin, recent Pig Progress webinars explored new ways of pro- ducing pigs without the usage of anti- biotics. The webinars are available to watch on-demand for free. In two ses- sions, Asian and American audiences were targeted. In the Asian session, Dr Suphot Wattanaphansak, Chula- longkorn University in Thailand, dis- cussed the interaction of Lawsonia in- tracellularis with the gut microbiome. In the American session his place was taken by Professor Nicholas Ga- bler, Iowa State University, US. He shared results from an 18-month study that set out to determine how L. intra- cellularis challenge can impact a pig’s


physiology. The following speakers can be seen in both webinars: Rutger Jansen, Boehringer Ingelheim, shared a presentation on the effect of oral vaccination against L. intracellularis on a microbiome. Dr Anouschka Mid- delkoop, Schothorst Feed Research, focused on the importance of tackling antimicrobial resistance. Next up was Dr Nataliya Roth, Biomin. She fo- cused her presentation on the role of phytogenics and organic acids in ani- mal production and as antimicrobials and their efficacy on microbiota modu- lation. Scientist at Biomin Dr Mahdi Ghanbari explained how in recent years, DNA sequencing methods have become faster and more affordable.


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