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Zoetis announced in March that the company received a $15.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to further develop and integrate solutions to advance veterinary care and diagnostic services to improve livestock health and productivity in sub-Saharan Africa.

Weaning stress and its consequences can have a lasting impact on health and performance. SCFAs, MCFAs and their glycerol esters play a role in strategies to improve the healthy development and resilience of piglets and reduce the use of antibiotics. The period around weaning is stressful. Social and environmental stresses occur as piglets are separated

Using a nutrient absorption enhancer like Lysoforte Extend can support piglet performance by increasing feed efficiency and the incidence and severity of post-weaning diarrhoea. The post weaning period for piglets has always been challenging, with variable performance often observed as young piglets adapt to life away from the sow. The rapid change in diet and

The Dominican Republic has shifted the focus of its African Swine Fever surveillance strategy to one of disease management and control rather than quick eradication.

While US pork exports continue to impress, beef exports fall below levels seen one year previous but improve over January 2023.

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Nebraska is a livestock state. Every year livestock receipts account for more than 50 percent of the state’s agricultural receipts. The prevalence of livestock means a hefty amount of Nebraska-grown corn and soybeans is fed to animals which, in turn, returns dividends to Nebraska crop producers through beef and pork exports.

SCAF celebrate a successful Spring.

Researchers have successfully produced cultivated fat tissue in a way that could help enable large-scale production of more flavorful cultured meat

prevent grass tetany in lactating cows and 5% magnesium to increase gains in stocker calves.