Dear colleagues,
It is pleasure to bring to your notice the following three ‘feed and feeding’ related publications/news item released today:
1. French version of the FAO laboratory manual entitled “Assurance qualité pour les laboratoires d’analyse d’aliments pour animaux” is now available at:
http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/50ffd0b8-ecae-4172-aa8c-ed15a986a34f/
or
http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/resources/newsletter/2016_newsletter_140.html
English and Russian versions were already available and can be accessed from: http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/resources/en/pubs_food.html
2. A new article entitled “Areca sheath as an alternate dry fodder for livestock” has been posted at Feedipedia (www.feedipedia.org ):
http://www.feedipedia.org/content/areca-sheath-alternate-dry-fodder-livestock-0
http://www.feedipedia.org/sites/default/files/public/BH_029_areca.pdf
3. Greater need for developing countries to strengthen quality control systems in feed analysis laboratories: Analysis from the 2015 proficiency testing reinforces the conclusions from the previous year
or
http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/resources/newsletter/2016_newsletter_140.html
Best regards,
Harinder Makkar
FAO, Rome, Italy