New feed-premix plant in China
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Ioannis Zabetakis
Do we need books?
n the era of Internet, of virtual resources, of distance learning, of twitter and Facebook, do we really read? Are we really reading an article from the first to the last word? Or do we just flip through the lines? These are a few questions that come to my mind every time students use their phones during (!) a lecture. I guess the fundamental issues here are about resourcing information. Do we Google or do we go to a library? Or perhaps both? I have to confess that I am rather traditional guy when it comes down to sourcing scientific information. I very much prefer spending quality research time in front of a pc and among the shelves in a library rather than just surfing the Internet. Stemming from this, I have a belief that books are invaluable sources of information. But books are something more than mere information sources. Writing a book constitutes a political praxis. An author has the chance to critically evaluate information, to provide a novel insight but also promote their views on how we can improve our practices. Having this in mind, I think that writing a book is a unique opportunity to expose a novel idea to the world. With this is mind; I am glad that I have started writing a book for Elsevier on the value of nutrition in relation to cardiovascular diseases. In this book, we are going to have a chance to address the side effects of statins and make a scientific statement on the unique value of a balanced diet. We plan to take a critical stance on how things are run now. In the process of acquiring material for this book, I have started studying papers on medical practices, pharmacology and how drugs and foods affect our immune system; material that is rather enlightening on how short-sighted our current practices are today. After all, as mentioned above, writing a book is an opportunity to promote a novel idea. The idea that we are going to promote is that human diet is the valid medicine against cardiovascular diseases. Drugs cause inflammation and therefore promote CVDs. If you would like to share some information with us during the process of writing this book, please drop me a line. I would be happy to hear from you. @yanzabet Ioannis.zabetakis@ul.ie
Further reading
Statins stimulate atherosclerosis and heart failure: pharmacological mechanisms http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/ abs/10.1586/17512433.2015.1011125?journalCode=ierj20 Marine Oils (From Sea to Pharmaceuticals) https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_ id=53103&osCsid=
After an Academic career spanning 12 years in the Univ. of Athens, Ioannis joined University of Limerick (UL) as a Lecturer on Food Lipids where the ongoing focus of his work will be towards the cardioprotective properties of food lipids with particular emphasis on dairy and aquaculture products.
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DM will expand their animal nutrition capabilities when they open their new feed premix plants. The plants based in Xiangtan and Nanjing, China, will be the fifth in the country and are a response to the increase of demand in aqua feed. The construction in the Hunan Province will come alongside the addition of aquaculture feed production lines at the existing Nanjing complex in Jiangsu Province eastern China. The new additions to the network of animal nutrition facilities in China will join the premix facilities in Dalian and Tianjin in the northern part of the country, as well as the Nanjing facility in eastern China and the company’s new plant in Zhangzhou, in southern China, which is expected to be complete by summer 2017. Brent Fenton, President of ADM Animal Nutrition, explains, “One of the main pillars of our strategy to increase shareholder value is enhancing our footprint in areas of growing demand.” He continues, “Population growth and higher disposable incomes are continuing to support increased animal protein, and thus animal feed, demand in China. Our new Xiangtan feed-premix facility, our fifth animal feed plant in the country, will position us to continue meeting this increased demand in the central part of the county, and the addition of four aquaculture feed lines at our Nanjing plant will offer us entry into the growing Chinese high value speciality aqua feed market.” The Xiangtan plant will have the capacity to produce 120,000 metric tonnes annually of premix, concentrate, animal-complete and fish complete feeds. In order to complete this level of produce the facility will employ approximately 120 people. It will be strategically located to supply products to customers in three provinces in central China: Hunan, Hubei and Guangxi.
Nutriad participates in Aquaculture Seminar Malaysia
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ultinational aqua additives specialist Nutriad participated in the yearly aquaculture seminar organised by its Vietnamese distribution partner Tan Sao. This year’s seminar was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The event addressed challenges for farmers on health and nutrition, providing them practical solutions with a proven track record across the region. Alexander Van Halteren, Business Development Manager Aquaculture Nutrition, presented a talk on Functional Feed Additives Improving Disease Resistance and Growth Performances in Shrimp. Shrimp farmers showed great interest in the proposed strategies to improve disease management in shrimp nursery systems and grow-out ponds. White feces syndrome (WFS) continues to be a main threat in SE Asia, particularly Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and India.
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