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December 08, 2014

08/12/2014: A success for the International Beef Exchange organised by Lallemand Animal Nutrition and INRA

Innovation to drive sustainable beef production

Around 150 international experts and professionals of the beef cattle industry gathered at INRA, the French Institute for Agronomic Research, in Clermont-Ferrand (France) at the end of September for a seminar dedicated to international beef production with a focus on welfare and digestive comfort. The seminar was jointly organised by Lallemand Animal Nutrition and INRA. Combining scientific and technical presentations and workshops the event was a great platform for the exchange of experiences and to get a snapshot of the latest research into beef welfare and digestive comfort.

Beef welfare is compatible with high performances

The first session of the seminar aimed at brushing a picture of the global beef production market in order to identify its challenges and perspectives. Pedro B Arcuri from the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, EMBRAPA, based at FAO in Rome kicked off the session with an overview of the international beef market followed by testimonials from the US and Argentina beef production approaches. The speakers agreed that in order to address the various issues of modern beef production and prepare for the challenge of 2050 the market needs to innovate and that science and technology must serve sustainability for optimal beef production.
 

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Welfare in beef production: a concern for all the feed and food chain 

A second session focused more precisely on welfare and digestive comfort in beef cattle. The aim of this session, featuring international animal behavior and welfare experts from INRA was to better understand factors affecting animal well-being from the farm to the slaughterhouse and why it is important to consider animal welfare and how to assess it. By looking more closely at the link between digestive tract and brain the implications of nutrition and digestive microflora to address welfare issues were considered. This was well summarised by Dr Leterrier from INRA who suggested that: “in animal production, the gut microbiota appears to be considered not only for its role in feed efficiency and disease, but should also be considered for its potential role in animal welfare.”

Innovative solutions for optimal beef production

The last part of the seminar was dedicated to practical solutions to help optimise beef performance and welfare issues, in particular through nutrition, especially with the use of specific live yeast and bacteria. A presentation from Lallemand Animal Nutrition silage microbiology expert Pascal Drouin demonstrated the impact of good silage management on animals. Enlightening presentations from Dr Maria Devant (IRTA, Spain) and Dr Trevor DeVries (Guelph University, Canada) showed the relationship between digestive tract and animal welfare and the importance of beef cattle feeding behavior with important impacts on health and performance. The two researchers also gave some practical measures to modulate these key components of animal well-being. This is proving the importance of looking beyond feed efficiency in cattle management and demonstrating once again the pivotal role of animal welfare. One of the solutions evoked during this session was the use of probiotic. Benefits of live yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-1077 to optimize digestive comfort in beef, with consequences on feeding behavior and welfare, was demonstrated by different speakers and the live yeast modes of action were clearly explained by Dr Chaucheyras-Durand.

Finally, the day was completed by a series of workshops organized by researchers and technical staff from INRA and Lallemand Animal Nutrition, which presented an overview of current research and some herd management practical tools.
This joint event was much appreciated by its participants from both industry and academics and marks a great step in the long-term partnership between Lallemand Animal Nutrition and INRA while giving food for thought to beef cattle experts!

For a more detailed summary of the seminar and a copy of the proceedings please contact Sylvie Roquefeuil, sroquefeuil@lallemand.com 


To see interviews of speakers at the International Beef Exchange connect to Lallemand Animal Nutrition  youtube channel:
 
F. Chaucheyras-Durand : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lCS5HGkTes
L. Dussert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcV2o2VEpKY
T. DeVries http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYtpy7TB7FM 
K. Barling : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSUhYlWYUsw
 

About Lallemand
Lallemand, Inc.is a privately owned Canadian company specialized in yeast, bacteria and yeast derivatives, for animal nutrition, baking, winemaking and pharmaceutical industries. Lallemand is the only major supplier of yeast and bacteria that is a primary producer of both.
 
Lallemand Animal Nutritionis dedicated to the development, production, and marketing of profitable, natural and differentiated solutions for animal nutrition and health. Our core products are live bacteria for probiotics and silage inoculants, specific yeast for probiotics, and high value yeast derivatives.
Lallemand is a major supplier of probiotics and silage inoculants around the globe. More news from Lallemand Animal Nutrition can be seen on www.lallemandanimalnutrition.com



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