FEEDAP, the scientific experts panel of EFSA, the European Food Safety Authority, has rendered its opinion concerning two new authorization dossiers for probiotic Bactocell (Pediococcus acidilactici MA 18/5M ) in aquaculture applications. The two scientific opinions were published on April 29th, 2009.
The first dossier concerns the use of Bactocell as a zootechnical feed additive for [...]
Over 200 experts and professionals of pig production from France, Europe and Asia gathered last November in Brittany (France), for a technical seminar focused on liquid feeding.
Speakers from diverse but complementary fields from academia, industry and the field, helped us review the concepts and practices of liquid feeding and fermented liquid feed. The main [...]
Summer is a high risk period in fattening pig farms. Hot weather is often linked to outbreaks of sudden death, or hemorrhagic bowel syndrome (HBS), which can account for up to one-third of total fattening mortality. HBS causes the sudden death of 4-6 month-old animals (70-120 Kg). Usually, there is no clinical or pathological previous [...]
Lallemand-IFREMER partnership shows the benefits and possible modes of action of probiotic Bactocell in Summer Syndrome prevention in New Caledonian shrimp farms
Results of on-going Lallemand-IFREMER partnership on probiotic applications and mechanisms of actions in shrimp farming have been published in peer-reviewed journal Aquaculture1. Thanks to an original experimental system, the joint research program conducted by [...]
