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The use of antibiotics is not permitted in Switzerland; moreover, no other medication exists to combat European foul brood. Hives with symptoms must therefore be destroyed in order to limit the outbreak, and the contaminated material must be sanitised. Since prevention is the best cure, early detection is desirable. Numerous studies have been undertaken and documents have been created at the Swiss Bee Research Centre and elsewhere to draw the attention of beekeepers to these problems and inform them about the causes and the control measures to be implemented.

Merkblatt zur erkennung von Bienenbrutkrankheiten (German (PDF, 357 kB, 18.10.2017) and French (PDF, 226 kB, 02.02.2017))
M. Tschumi (2011)

Review: Pig-based bioconversion: The use of former food products to keep nutrients in the food chain.

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Pinotti L., Ferrari L., Fumagalli F., Luciano A., Manoni M., Mazzoleni S., Govoni C., Rulli M.C., Lin P., Bee G., Tretola M.

Review: Pig-based bioconversion: The use of former food products to keep nutrients in the food chain.

Animal, 17, (2), 2023, 1-7.

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The primary challenge of agriculture and livestock production is to face the growing competition between food, feed, fibre, and fuel, converting them from resource-intensive to resource-efficient. A circular economy approach, using agricultural by-products/co-products, in the livestock production system would allow to reduce, reuse, and redistribute the resources. Former food products (FFPs), also named ex-foods, could represent a valid option in strengthening resilience in animal nutrition. FFPs have a promising potential to be included regularly in animal diets due to their nutritive value, although their potential in animal nutrition remains understudied. A thorough investigation of the compositional and dietary features, thus, is essential to provide new and fundamental insights to effectively reuse FFPs as upgraded products for swine nutrition. Safety aspects, such as the microbial load or the presence of packaging remnants, should be considered with caution. Here, with a holistic approach, we review several aspects of FFPs and their use as feed ingredients: the nutritional and functional evaluation, the impact of the inclusion of FFPs in pigs’ diet on growth performance and welfare, and further aspects related to safety and sustainability of FFPs.

ISSN Print 1751-7311
ISSN en ligne: 1751-732X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2023.100918
ID publication (Code web): 53706 Envoyer par e-mail

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Review: Pig-based bioconversion: The use of former food products to keep nutrients in the food chain.