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  • Biogas Code of Practice Consultation Workshops

    APL has developed a risk based Code of Practice for On-farm Biogas Production and Use (Piggeries) in response to growing interest in Biogas technology from Australian pig producers.  APL, through a previous project identified that there was a lot of …

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  • 2015-2020 Strategic Plan Consultation

    The APL 2015–2020 Strategic Plan consultation process continues with all meetings across the country now completed. To all of those producers who attended meetings, APL thanks you for your contributions so far. APL would like to offer all producers that have …

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  • Corrective Statement

    Australian Pork Limited (APL) issued Media Releases on 11 April and 19 December 2012 concerning the progress of the Australian pork industry’s initiative to move away from the use of sow stalls by 2017. APL made statements in those Releases …

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  • Notice of AGM and Annual Conference

    The APL Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held at the Marriott Hotel, cnr Exhibition and Lonsdale Streets, Melbourne on Thursday 21 November 2012. The Annual Conference will commence at 9.00am and the AGM will commence at 1.00pm. For …

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Complete Research Reports

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Survey of the methyl donor status and the effectiveness of dietary methyl donor supplement in Australian pigs

37 Pages

Author(s): Jeremy Cottrell, Prof Frank Dunshea, Ass Prof Brian Leury , Dr Kristy DiGiacomo

Homocysteine (HCY) is an intermediary product of the methionine cycle that provides methyl groups to DNA, protein and methylation reaction, thus influencing many cellular processes. Therefore, disruptions to the methyl donor status of the animal can have long reaching implications. Additionally, specific knowledge of the metabolic requirements for methyl donors may provide pathways for specific manipulation of tissue accretion. This experiment was conducted in two experiments to:

1. Conduct a screening of the plasma homocysteine (HCY) concentration in pigs at various growth stages from commercial piggeries in Australia, then:

2. Assess the ability of dietary supplementation of methyl group donating compounds to reduce HCY concentrations in a commercial system.

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