Livestock

The invasive Asian blue tick feeds on cattle, hindering food production across the world, threatening livelihoods and causing billions of dollars in annual losses to farmers. (Image source: Oxitec)

Oxitec, a developer of biological solutions to control pests that transmit disease, destroy crops and harm livestock, has launched a programme aimed at the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus, an expanding global pest of cattle and other livestock, causing billions of dollars in losses annually

Evonik has launched science-based system solutions for the gut health of broiler chickens, laying hens and weaned to growing-finishing pigs

DSM has launched Sustell, an intelligent sustainability service to drive improvements in the environmental footprint and profitability of animal protein production

Hamlet Protein, producer of specialty ingredients for young animal nutrition, has supported Danbred, an international pig breeding companies, on writing a feeding manual