An eFeedLink Hot Topic: Disease outbreaks rock China's livestock market

How H7N9 avian influenza and still unidentified hog diseases upended the country's cyclical price and meat consumption trends.

	World's dairy product prices decline further
	As a resurgent US dollar weighed more generally on commodity prices and concerns about the impact of drought in New Zealand's North Island abated, global prices of dairy products extended their decline from a record high.

	New Zealand suspends beef, lamb export certificates issuance to China
	Pending resolution of a paperwork glitch that has left New Zealand's frozen meat products sitting at Chinese ports, New Zealand has stopped issuing export certificates for beef and lamb bound for China.

	Ukraine may export three million tonnes of grain in May-June
	Ukraine's Economic Development and Trade Ministry interagency group said that the country could export 2.97 million tonnes of grain in May-June.

	India's aqua feed market to see 20% growth
	India's aqua feed industry is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 20% during 2012-13 to 2014-15, according to the new report by Research and Markets.

	Japan to reduce import tariffs on Australian beef
	As part of a bilateral economic partnership agreement, Japan is set to agree to lower import tariffs on Australian frozen beef from 38.5% to around 30%.

	New poultry feed mill planned for Lhokseumawe region in Indonesia
	Pemko Lhokseumawe will build a poultry feed mill in 2014 at an investment of more than IDR7 billion (USD$717,297).

	Shanghai may allow cold-processed poultry meat after H7N9 cases
	Shanghai is planning to allow cold-processed poultry meat onto the market by the end of May, giving the heavily hit poultry industry a chance at recovery.

	China tightens infant milk formula testing
	Chinese authorities have ordered infant milk formula producers to comply with the new testing, which is proving costly for dairy exporters.

	India, China sign agreement on buffalo meat, pharmaceuticals
	In a move which will help in bridging the widening trade deficit, India and China signed three agreements on areas including buffalo meat and pharmaceuticals.

	Danone signs new dairy deals with Mengniu
	French company Danone is aiming for a bigger slice of one of the world's fastest growing dairy markets by investing €325 million (US$418.63 million) in two deals with Chinese company Mengniu Dairy Co., Ltd. (Mengniu).

	Russia to establish huge feed mill to meet pig feed demands
	Agricultural holding Altaymyasoprom will build a large feed mill in the eastern part of Russia, which will have a production capacity of 500 tonnes of feed per day and will supply feed to a new pig farm with a capacity of 300,000 pigs originating from Ireland.

	BASF, Direvo to jointly develop protease for pig and poultry
	BASF has strengthened its technology footprint in enzymes, through the research and license agreement with Dyadic International, and the R&D collaboration with Direvo Industrial Biotechnology to develop protease for pig and poultry.

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	Relationship between quantity of IFNT estimated by IFN-stimulated gene expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and bovine embryonic mortality after AI or ET
	This study shows late embryo losses were due to delayed or insufficient growth of the conceptus during the MRP in cattle.

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