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Residents across Abbots Langley turned out in force yesterday evening in order to raise money for a five-year-old suffering from a rare blood disease.

Villagers were busy buying jewellery, scented candles and bubble bath from stalls inside the Swan Pub in College Road, while sizzling sausages were sold on an outside barbecue – all in order to raise money for Brooke Cornwell.

Brooke, of Breakspeare Close, Watford, suffers from Diamond Blackfan Anaemia, a disorder which means her bone marrow cannot produce enough red blood cells to carry oxygen around her body.

As a result she needs to have blood transfusions every three weeks and iron chelation therapy – to rid her body of excess iron caused by the transfusions.

Charitable duo Mandie Collingbourne, 31, and Kerri Chapman, 27, organised the event in order to send Brooke to Camp Sunshine in Maine, America, so that she can meet and interact with similar children, as well as see a specialist.

Mrs Chapman, of Jersey Farm, St Albans, said: “As a mother-of-two, when I heard about what Brooke has been through, I felt moved to help.

“She’s such a remarkable little girl, so, so brave. Mandie and I really wanted to help so we decided to hold this fundraiser in Abbots Langley so that she could go to Camp Sunshine.

“If we raise anything extra that will go towards paying for whatever else Brooke needs.

“The community has really come together to show their support, it’s very touching how people pull together when needed.

“We hope that we can make a difference to little Brooke’s life.”

A number of local businesses as well as store Costco donated items including toasters, kettles and Waterford crystal sets all of which were raffled off.

Brooke’s mother, Amber Cornwell, 29, said: “I can’t believe what Mandi and Kerri have done for us – it’s just amazing, the pair of them, they are amazing.

“We applied to the camp in Maine a couple of months ago and we’ve just found out Brooke has been offered a place – all we need to do now is raise a couple of thousand so that me, my husband and Brooke can fly over to America.

“Lots of people have turned out to support us – we couldn’t be more grateful.”

Villagers helped raise £2,004 for Brooke.

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DSM Nutritional Products Indonesia conducted a seminar entitled “DSM Poultry Forum: Updating Global Trend in Poultry Industry” in Jakarta on 12 May 2010.

The seminar was divided into 3 sessions of presentation. Before the presentation and as welcoming speech, Suaedi Sunanto, Sales Manager DSM Indonesia, introduced the company and spoke of its commitment to animal nutrition and health.

The first session was presented by Dr. Kelli H. Jones, Assistant Clinical Professor of Avian Medicine Poultry Research and Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University. Her presentation’s was entitle is “A Global Perspective on Current Health Issues in the Poultry Industry”. Focusing on Asia, Dr. Jones said that current animal health issues in Asia include IBV (Infectious Bronchitis Virus), leg problems (Rickets, Tibial Dyschondroplasia and Vertebral Osteoarthritis), CRD (Chronic Respiratory Disease), Coccidiosis, Salmonella, AI (Avian Influenza), Adenovirus (Inclusion Body Hepatitis), and tumors (Marek’s disease).

The second session was presented by Dr. Jose Maria Hernandez, Global Business Manager Poultry, DSM Nutritional Products – Switzerland, entitled “Food Chain Partnership: the DSM Experience”. Dr. Hernandez explained that main goal of food chain partnership is to ensure food safety and quality to consumers, but it depends on each stakeholder in the food chain. Based on DSM’s research to European consumers, he added that nowadays consumers are not sure about the safety of food they are eating and the companies and brands behind. “Consumers want information on how food is produced in order to regain their trust. That’s why, work with media and NGOs is important in gaining much power,” Dr. Hernandez said.

The last session was presented by Dr. Roselina Angel, Assistant Professor of Department of Animal & Avian Sciences, University of Maryland. Dr. Angel’s presentation is about amino acid digestibility in sorghum, kafirin in sorghum, phytic acid & phytin, and phosphor’s chelation. She also informed that she has been working together with an animal nutritionist from Indonesia to study palm kernel meal for one of alternative animal feedstuffs.

 

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