Issue 4: September / October 2005
MARKET FOCUS
THE SEAS and waterways of Asia churn out 90 percent of the world's aquaculture. This resource needs to be kept alive.
In this FOCUS issue:
- Aquaculture production growth in Asia.
- How sustainability is closely tied to fish feed and fishmeal.
- The impact of fish farming on the production of fishmeal and fish oil.
- Will aquatic species diversity promote sustainability?
- The world's largest aquaculture producer, China, looks to address the issue of meeting fish feed demand in the long term.
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Opportunities in Pakistan's North-west Frontier Province |
The North-west Frontier Province (NWFP), which borders Afghanistan to the west and north, is the smallest of
Pakistan's four provinces. Still, NFWP has feed resources available to support a commerical cattle feed
industry, with investment opportunities for small and medium scale production.
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A Singapore fish story |
Despite limited land for farming, Singapore still boasts a thriving, expanding and ambitious aquaculture
scene.
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Vitamins - Better health, even for producers? |
Vitamins are essential for healthy livestock. Will integration in Asia's feed and farm sector bring health to the
vitamin industry too?
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Perspective: Corn & soy second-year outlook |
Corn - China's currency revaluation and international freight charges will determine its corn exports for the
coming production year. Soy - Will the sun shine on Heilongjiang's soybean output?
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Compound feed enzymes find niche in China |
In recent years, China's market for compound feed enzymes, particularly those applied to feed for fattened
hogs, has undergone tremendous changes
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Sizing up China's threonine production |
Threonine's global demand has grown consistently over the years, especially in Asia and North America. In
China, a ready market is growing its threonine industry.
| INDUSTRY |
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Intervet Norbio - The call of the deep |
Intervet takes up the challenge of aquatic animal disease control, with new fish vaccines for the Asian market
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Halim poultry - Regaining ground |
Halim launches itself back as South Korea's no.1 poultry company
| AnimalNUTRITION |
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Skeletal deformities in fish larvae |
Nutrients interact with molecular partways and dictate the normal development of fish larvae. Understanding
these interactions is important in developing diets that lower incidence of morphological deformities in
hatchery-produced larvae
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Extrusion of aquatics feeds |
Extruders are capable of producing ingredients that can be used in aquatic feeds. This article explains the
production process using an extrusion cooker
| FeedOPERATIONS |
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The seasonal impacts of moisture on grains |
Without proper moisture in the pelleting process, production rates will suffer, quality will be far below
standard and gelatinization becomes almost impossible. Proper moisture is therefore essential for optimal
feed production
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Managing mould and mycotoxins |
As moulds and their spores can be found virtually everywhere in the natural environment, proper
management of raw materials and feed is essential to keep out mould contamination and sustain good animal
health
A peek into the most exciting industry expos in the region, happening in the next two months!
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