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Rancidity of poultry feeds and ways of controlling it

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Interventions to better deal with IUGR piglets

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Dairy cows benefit from fatty acids in early lactation

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Transforming the way we manage mycotoxin-related stress

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The health-promoting potential of the black soldier fly

Despite corn having the best projected profitability among summer crop alternatives, it is projected the MY 2020/21 corn crop will trend down Photo: Vijaya Narasimha, Manfred Richter, Hans Braxmeier

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Argentina: Wheat harvest up, corn down

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Feed additives: Mitigating the effect of pig viruses in feed

The inclusion of oyster mushroom in the diet of piglets increased feed intake and improved growth rates and the feed-to-gain ratio. Photo: Peter J.E.Roek

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