Down with corn, up with soy: The global feed crop market shifts gears
After dominating feed crop markets for three years, this month's USDA report deflates corn fundamentals while setting up soy for a record breaking extension to its rally.
In the first quarter, Charoen Pokphand Foods Pcl (CPF) posted a 229% surge in its net return, thanks to the purchase of a stake in Hong Kong listed CP Pokphand (CPP).
Marfrig Alimentos is expected to resume beef production at three plants in the second quarter this year due to stronger beef demand and improved movement in Brazil's beef cattle cycle.
Continuously growing cell lines infected with the protozoan parasite Theileria annulata can readily be established by in vitro infection of leukocytes with the sporozoite stage of the parasite. The aim of the current study was to determine whether such transformed cell lines could be used as antigen presenting cells to analyse the antigenic specificity of bovine CD8 T cell responses to viral infections. Bovine herpes virus 1 (BHV-1), which is known to induce CD8 T cell responses, was used as a model.