Path to the 100 week age layers in cage free systems
Egg producers are always looking for ways to improve layer hen’s efficiency as, nowadays, the genetic potential of layers is targeting an extended age...
VIV MEA postponed to 22–24 November 2021
The international event VIV MEA which was planned in Abu Dhabi for August 31–2 September 2020 is postponed to 22–24 November 2021.
COVID-19 is disrupting the business...
Better than alternatives to antibiotics
Many poultry flocks require antibiotic treatment, if not every cycle, regularly. Antibiotic alternatives are in great demand, especially in the context of dysbiosis and...
New method to detect woody breast fillets
USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation announced the completion of a funded research project at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, in which researchers found a...
Protecting poultry from Avian Influenza
The Avian Influenza season is upon us, but how much do you know about Avian Influenza? Do you know how to protect the birds...
Hatcheries data collection and analysis
Hatcheries collect large quantities of data to monitor performance and to make sure equipment are operating within set operating limits.
These data are a valuable...
A shot of sunshine provided via the drinking water
Broiler chickens grow bigger and fastercompared to a decade ago and the layingrates of layer hens have increased by20%. To prevent musculoskeletal and eggshell...
Registration Opens for VIV Health & Nutrition Asia 2026, Co-Located With VICTAM Asia
Visitor registration is now officially open for VIV Health & Nutrition Asia 2026, the region’s key meeting point for professionals in animal nutrition, pharmaceuticals,...
Biosecurity: cleaning and disinfection
The first step of any disease prevention program starts with a comprehensive plan for cleaning and disinfecting.
Cleaning poultry breeder houses
The first step of any...
Delmarva Poultry Industry
Recent efforts DPI - Delmarva Poultry Industry undertook to improve the chicken industry include a participation in a daylong ‘Poultry 101’ symposium at Chesapeake...
Stork inline thigh filleting up to high capacities
Thigh meat consumption on the rise - a global trend
The market for thigh filleting is opening up, offering plenty of opportunities worldwide. To benefit...
Reducing the environmental impact of egg production via breeding and alternative diet
Egg production has an important role in the global production of food. For decades, we have successfully selected laying hens that efficiently produce animal...
Dietary calcium, phytate and non-phytate phosphorus, on IP6 degradation in broilers
The effectiveness of phytase is usually determined under phosphorus or both calcium and phosphorus deficient specifications. Phytase efficacy in terms of increasing available or...
Current trends in litter management
As much of the broiler industry transitions to antibiotic free production based on consumer demand, broiler house management is changing more substantially than it...
Development of coccidial vaccinal immunity is not impaired by feeding oregano essential oil
Coccidial vaccination is an alternative to medication programmes, although vaccination can lead to impaired performance.
The objective of this study was to determine the effect...
Sample management and handling for diagnostic testing
Diagnostic testing is an important and widely used tool in commercial poultry husbandry. A key to best use of diagnostic testing, is to begin...
Hatchery-Breeder Clinic tackles challenges in hatchery operations and breeder management
Any successful poultry operation is dependent on the success of its hatchery-breeder management. USPOULTRY’s Hatchery-Breeder Clinic brings attendees up to date on best management...
SPACE 2017
SPACE 2017 will be 30 years old this year, and strongly reflects the dynamics of its sector. The "Planet Livestock" will again mirror what...
Midwest Poultry Federation announces new dates, new space for 2023 and beyond!
Buffalo, Minnesota: The Midwest Poultry Federation (MPF) Board of Directors is thrilled to announce its annual convention will officially move upstairs to bigger space...
Biosecurity information sheets for rural poultry farmers in Europe
ERPA, the European Rural Poultry Association, produced two biosecurity information sheets for rural poultry farmers in Europe. This work was presented to the European...
Practical applications of nutrigenomics in poultry nutrition
Novel molecular techniques such as microarray technologies have spurred the development of the field of nutrigenomics.
Using microarrays to evaluate gene responses allows us to...
CFAP 2 includes turkey in pandemic assistance funding
The Minnesota Turkey Growers Association (MTGA) is grateful to announce turkey farmers now qualify for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP2) for losses...
VAL-CO solutions to ensure you get the most for your flocks
VAL-CO poultry systems & products are designed for all of your poultry production needs. Today we would like to highlight the equipment for storage,...
14th International Feed Regulators Meeting
The 14th annual International Feed Regulators Meeting (IFRM) organized by the International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization...
Pulmonary Nocardiosis in turkey poults
Nocardiosis is an opportunistic, noncontagious, pyogranulomatous or suppurative disease of domestic animals, wildlife and people. In domestic animals, it causes mastitis, pneumonia (granulomatous lesions...
Healthy water, healthy birds
Since birds consume as much water as feed providing a clean, safe and sanitized water supply is crucial for assuring modern poultry flocks perform...
How much cold pressed canola meal can we use in layer diets?
Canola meal has been available for the layer feed industry in Australia for over 30 years. However, very little has been used due to...
SANOVO acquires SonoSteam
SANOVO TECHNOLOGY GROUP buys and takes over the SonoSteam activity from FORCE Technology.
SonoSteam’s technology is a combined application of steam and ultrasound delivered from...
Effectiveness of a double choice test to assess dietary taste preferences in broilers
Investigations into the taste system of broilers can help to improve poultry feeding strategies. However, a comprehensive study on dietary taste preferences for broilers...
Emerging Market Countries: dynamics of the egg industry
The development of the egg exports by the EMC
The third and fourth part of the report will analyse the development of egg trade by...
Cobb leaders take on new roles
The Cobb World Technical Support Team provides high-level expertise for customers about all aspects of the industry. Advising on topics ranging from parent stock...
Considerations for a better quality of chicks
During the incubation period, embryonic growth and development are affected by different factors, as breeder age, the incubation temperature and the availability of egg...
New X-Streamer™ incubator by Petersime turns data into maximum hatchery performance
Petersime, a leading player in incubators and hatcheries, has launched the X-Streamer™, its new range of single-stage incubators. The X-Streamer™ is the world’s first...
Biosecurity practices and investments implemented by today’s poultry producers
One brick higher
The 2015 outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus devastated the United States poultry industry. A novel Eurasian-North American H5N2 was...
Visitor Registration is Open for VIV MEA 2025: the Region’s Premier Animal Protein Industry...
Register now to attend the region’s most influential meeting point for stakeholders operating across the animal protein value chain
VIV MEA, the premier international trade...
Effect of two different fibre sources on growth and immune function in grower layer-pullets
This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of two different fibre sources on pullet growth, gut immune tissue, and lymphocyte proliferation of strain...
Global Livestock Leaders Unite Behind Common Sustainability Principles
The International Poultry Council (IPC) has joined partners across the global livestock community in endorsing the newly launched Common Principles and Actions for Sustainable...
Researchers develop method for making new types of vaccines
USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation announce the completion of a funded research project at the U.S. National Poultry Research Center, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory in Athens,...
A projection of the future dynamics in global poultry meat production
Global chicken meat production is projected to grow by 24.4 mill. t or 22.3 % between 2014 and 2024. In contrast to egg production...
Socorex® animal health syringes and their accessories
Optimal injection up to the last animal is guaranteed when selecting a reliable and ergonomic syringe model. The re-usable Socorex® self-refilling syringes offer high...
Management of slow growing broilers for profit
Chicken is consumed in larger quantities than either beef or pork largely due to its relatively low fat and high protein content when compared...
The selection element in whole grain feeding regimes
Seven dietary treatments consisting of a ground grain control and six treatments with pre- and post-pellet whole grain inclusions of 7.5, 15.0 and 30.0%...
Marel Poultry: Unrivalled reliability at all-time high speed
Marel Poultry is taking into account the fast growing and urbanizing world population, the production of poultry meat is expected to increase considerably. Processing...
Mozambique poultry receives new funding for its transformation agenda
Mozambique, Southern Africa’s second biggest chicken meat producer after South Africa, has received US$33 million (EUR 31 million) from the African Development Bank (AfDB)...
EU allocates €14 million to support Polish poultry farmers after avian flu losses
In a significant move to reinforce the resilience of Europe's poultry industry, the European Commission has approved a €14 million financial package to compensate...
Salmonella control in broiler breeders
Today, our goal is to control and eliminate all Salmonella species and pathogens from the breeding program. The ability of the primary breeder to...
Metabolic differences in the blood of chick embryos
A study was conducted in order to investigate metabolic differences in the blood of chick embryos and post-hatch chicks from two egg sizes and...
Aviagen Turkeys update Breeder and Commercial Management Guidelines
The aim of these booklets is to support turkey producers and help them achieve optimum performance from their birds.
The booklets draw attention to essential...
“Il Fiore delle Dolomiti”: organic eggs produced using SKA equipment
Mountain organic eggs from hens grown according to the principles of the 5 H Club. Respecting the animal, the environment and the health of...
FEFAC launches new website and logo
FEFAC XXIX Congress on 24-25 September 2020 will take place in Antwerp as physical event.
FEFAC has launched a new website to facilitate access to...
The use of antibiotics in the poultry industry
Antimicrobial resistance in human and animal isolates in the E.U. remains a significant problem despite the bans of antibiotic growth promoters and the reductions...
Global poultry meat supply and trade
Last May, the International Poultry Council hosted a series of interesting webinars on ‘Resilience and Leadership in the International Poultry Supply Chain’ offering a...
Priming young birds for gut health and resilience
This brief review focuses on the types of fibre that the nutritionist should be considering and how a phase feeding strategy should not only...
Patterns of global egg trade in 2017
In October 2019, FAO published a complete data set for global egg trade in 2017 at country level. This allows an overview on the...
Selection criteria in turkey breeding
The turkey industry supply chain flows from the breeders through a number of multiplication phases, which culminate in commercial birds being grown and processed...
Vegetable meat? Practically a fake
Vegetable meat is in fact a fake. It is so for many reasons, which the readers of More About Chicken will be able to...
The effect of microbial challenge on the intestinal proteome of broilers
In broiler production intestinal health and function is paramount to achieving efficient feed utilisation and growth.
Uncovering the localised molecular mechanisms that occur during the...
Review of different day-old chick quality parameters in layer type breeds – Part 2
The aim of every commercial layer hatchery is a maximum hatchability of first quality chicks. The evaluation of chick quality in the hatchery provides...
Alternatives to antibiotics in organic poultry
Organic poultry production is one of the fastest growing segments of organic agriculture with a 20% average annual increase since the establishment of the...
10 alerting signs of poor ventilation
Proper ventilation is basic in poultry farming as it reduces mortality, stimulates early feed intake, improves flock uniformity, and ensures an adequate temperature regulation.
Here...
In memory of Jim Hunnable
Jim Hunnable, born in May 1947 in Braintree (Essex), started his career in the poultry business at the age of 15 in 1962 as...
Nutritional implications of antibiotic free rearing of broilers
The gradual reduction in the use of AGP coincided with an increase in the therapeutic use of antibiotics on farm level. Especially in broiler...
Enhancing turkey welfare one step at a time
Researchers of Wageningen Livestock Research have been able to define when a turkey takes a step. This is an important milestone to automating gait...
Management best practices: small details can have the big-gest impact
Raising turkeys is equal parts science and art. It involves precise measurement of various factors throughout the life of the flock. It also requires...
IPPE 2022, January 25-27, 2022 back in-person!
The International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) continues to evolve to meet the needs of its attendees and exhibitors. For 2022, the show will...
EuroTier 2021: a digital platform showing the latest innovations in livestock farming
This year EuroTier, the world's the world's leading trade fair for animal production, and EnergyDecentral, the leading international trade fair for innovative energy production,...
SPACE 2024 : everything for animal farming
The themes of the next SPACE Expo, which will take place from September 17 to 19, 2024, confirms this positioning and ambition: 1,200 exhibitors will...
Infectious bursal disease viruses may swap genetic material during infection
Live cell imaging has been used by researchers at The Pirbright Institute to reveal new information about how different strains of infectious bursal disease virus...
Agrotop to build Georgia’s largest food production and processing plant for Chirina
The new production facility is the latest addition to the Chirina vertical integration project, which produced 24,000 tons live weight annually.
Agrotop, a leading global...
Interrupting cholesterol pathway reduces Marek’s disease spread
In a new discovery, scientists from The Pirbright Institute confirm that cholesterol production and transport play a crucial role in how Marek’s disease virus...
Patterns of EU poultry meat production and consumption – A 2016 status report
Poultry meat has been the fastest growing agricultural commodity over the past decades. This is mainly a result of the high absolute and relative...
Active and passive Salmonella surveillance systems
Two surveillance systems have been established in France for the monitoring of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica isolated from the agro-food...
The Salmonella initiative
An enduring challenge and reputational issue for the egg industry is caused by the presence of Salmonella enterica serovars (particularly some Typhimurium serotypes), which...
First week management of turkey poults
In commercial turkey production we aim to replicate and improve on what a mother turkey supplies to her young in the wild, this include...
Effect of the type of diet and the addition of humic substances as growth...
In recent years, humic substances have been tested as growth promoters in animal production and are one of the promising options to face the...
Ventum. Dutch design, American standard!
The Ventum is developed to make air inlet features and technologies available for American building and ventilation concepts. The dimensions of the Ventum are...
New videos about the Socorex® animal injection syringes
The Swiss made Socorex® animal health syringes with spring-loaded plunger and three-way valve system are designed for precision serial animal injections.
Feed tube and vial...
Early introduction of whole-grain diets to broiler chickens
The main problem with introducing whole-grain diets (WGD) to newly hatched chicks is the kernel size and this has led to such diets being...
Innov’Space 2025 Awards Highlight Breakthroughs in Poultry and Livestock Innovation
The 30th anniversary of Innov’Space at SPACE 2025 marked a record-setting year for innovation in livestock farming. Out of 108 applications, the jury of...
Poland – Growing importance of egg exports
About ten years after the collapse of the USSR and COMECON and the implementation of a new political and economic system a new phase...
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