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The addition of phytase enzyme to pig feed to improve uptake of phosphorus is today standard procedure in most pig production. Asignificant part of phosphate in grains and seeds is in "phytate", theplant's natural phosphorus storage molecule, which is not digestible fornon-ruminants (pigs, ...
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The European Commission has published its evaluation of the Industrial Emissions Directive which regulates over 50 000 installations in Europe, including food and dairy processing, waste treatment and large poultry and pig farms (replacing several Directives including IPPC).
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Twelve pharmaceuticals were detected in pig manure and slaughterhouse sludge in Catalunya, Spain. All twelve were found in manure, at concentrations up to 6600 ?g/kg in the solid fraction (for doxycycline, a tetracycline antibiotic used to treat pneumonia, Lyme disease, cholera), and most were found ...
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