Germany: Can rye or rye bran in pig feed reduce salmonellosis pressure

German researchers are looking for an answer to this question, as rye is becoming an increasingly common feed component in pig production in Germany. A team of German scientists (Institute for Animal Nutrition of the University of Veterinary Medicine, Institute for Environmental Technology and Energy Economics of the Hamburg University of Technology, KWS Lochow GmbH) is studying rye in pig feed. The researchers described their recent findings in an article published in Animals 2023, on the MDPI portal: “In 2021, 60,050 cases of salmonellosis were reported in the EU. In Germany, according to the Robert Koch Institute, salmonellosis is the second most common bacterial gastrointestinal disease. Because salmonellosis is a classic foodborne infection, several measures have been taken to combat it. For example, in Germany, pig farms are required to test their pig animals for salmonella at the slaughterhouse according to a sampling key. Salmonella antibody results classify farms into ...