At VIV Utrecht 2010 our Feed Application Manager Lars Sangill Andersen gave a presentation about: "A practical view on piglet diets with a minimum of antibiotics - and is fish meal in piglet feed sustainable ?".
Lars Sangill Andersen explained different ways of feeding that could benefit animal health. For years, zinc oxide and in feed antibiotics were part of the feeding for health concept. However, due to increased resistance of bacteria and hence antibiotics this approach is no longer healthy. “We have to move towards an approach where we can stop diseases from popping up instead of solving the symptoms like we did with antibiotics for years,” he said.
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http://www.pigprogress.net/news/viv-europe-technical-session-challenges-in-agp-free-pig-diets-4155.html
or at:
http://www.vetsweb.com/news/viv-europe-technical-session-challenges-in-agp-free-pig-diets-1062.html
Successful feeding without antibioticsWhen Denmark and subsequently the EU prohibited the use of antibiotic growth promoters, HAMLET PROTEIN actively contributed to the reformulating of recipes. The result is a healthy diet that does not compromise performance. In Denmark and in the rest of EU where antibiotics are no longer added to piglet diets, experience shows that stocks suffering from e.g. PMWS, PRRS and Lawsonia Intracellularis have profited by the new recipes. The benefits are reduced mortality, increased weight gain and improved feed conversion. Later on the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has recommended the phasing out of Antibiotic Growth Promoters in piglet feed. |
