Lallemand Animal Nutrition is now authorized to market Bactocell® (lactic acid bacteria strain Pediococcus acidilactici CNCM MA18/5M), in Canada for use in swine and chicken feeds.
This new authorization of Bactocell by Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) includes the following production claims:

To improve growth rate and feed efficiency in swine
To improve weight gain and feed efficiency [...]

Lallemand’s unique lactic acid bacteria recognized to improve performance in salmonids and shrimp
Lallemand Animal Nutrition is pleased to announce that the European Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health1 has voted for the authorization of its probiotic, Bactocell® (lactic acid bacteria strain Pediococcus acidilactici CNCM MA18/5M), for use as a zootechnical feed additive [...]

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 [...]