Researchers examine the role of APEC in turkey cellulitis
USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation announce the completion of a funded research project at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, in which researchers...
Indian River enters market in Nepal
Aviagen Asia and new Indian River distributor P.B. Poultry will work together to strengthen success of poultry producers in Nepal.
P.B. Poultry (P) Ltd. has...
Moba appoints new Chief Executive Officer
Moba, the leading producer of high-quality integrated systems for grading, packaging and processing eggs, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Edwin Bolwerk...
Giordano Poultry Plast: the optimal solution for any poultry feeding need
Poultry farms, of any size, location and species they are earmarked for, constantly need to supply the best economic result, in terms of feeding...
Italian poultry farming, a sector of excellence
Interview with Antonio Forlini, President of Unaitalia
The spread of Covid-19 has almost paralyzed the world, but even in this emergency situation the Italian poultry...
Ventilation in the setter – Which is the dominant element for ventilation control: CO2...
Single-stage versus multi-stage
During the past decades, single-stage incubation has gained popularity and eventually replaced multi-stage incubation as the dominant incubation method. This is not...
Cobb-Vantress launches new Biosecurity Resource Hub
Cobb-Vantress ability to achieve critical genetic progress relies on uncompromising biosecurity – a commitment Cobb has made for decades.
Now, customers from around the...
ILDEX Vietnam re-scheduled to December 9-11, 2020
The management team of ILDEX has decided to postpone ILDEX Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City to 9-11 December 2020.
The decision is made in...
Aviagen SAU hosts webinar exploring impact of COVID-19 on Poultry Business
On April 24, Aviagen® SAU hosted a webinar designed to update its customers in Spain, Portugal and Morocco on the impact of the current...
Broilers diets with high and low net energy but similar metabolisable energy
A semi-commercial scale feeding study was conducted to compare formulations of broiler diets based on predicted net energy (NE) and metabolisable energy (ME). It...
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...
Egg bacteriological study
Eggs from 10 commercial brands were selected in different types of housing: cage and on the floor (free of cage) obtained from 4 supermarket...
SPACE 2020 will not go forward
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting crisis, SPACE 2020, which was scheduled for 15 to 18 September at the Rennes Exhibition Centre,...
BioChek acquires BIOTECON creating a leading global player in Veterinary and Food Safety solutions
BioChek, the specialist company to offer innovative and user-friendly veterinary diagnostic tools, has announced the successful acquisition of BIOTECON, specialised in development and manufacturing...
Two videos from its series emphasizing environmental stewardship on poultry and egg farms
In observance of Earth Day, U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY) is highlighting two videos from its series emphasizing environmental stewardship on poultry and...
Global Egg Nutrition expert group formed
The International Egg Nutrition Centre (IENC) has announced the formation of the ‘Global Egg Nutrition Expert Group’ which will focus on developing, collating and...
Benefits of non-synthetic, natural oregano essential oil in pullet rearing
Feeding oregano essential oil to pullets during rearing can help to improve flock uniformity, reproductive fitness and feed efficiency, according to research undertaken at...
Moba taking responsibility
Moba has announced that it will be canceling all exhibitions for 2020. In these uncertain times, where there is no assurance when the COVID-19...
Delmarva’s chicken industry grows more slowly than rest of U.S.
Delmarva's chicken industry grew at slower pace in 2019 with respect to the chicken industry did elsewhere in the U.S., new data released by...
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...
Chicken study probes resistance to food bug
Receiving gut microbes from resistant chickens does not lessen chickens’ susceptibility to bacterium that causes food poisoning.
Susceptible chickens became even more susceptible to Campylobacter,...
Research examines novel next generation sequencing techniques
USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation announce the completion of a funded research project at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, in which researchers...
Research examines different dietary treatments for woody breast
USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation announce the completion of a funded research project at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, in which researchers examined different...
Optimal chick storage conditions with BioStreamer™ Chick-Store by Petersime
Petersime has developed the
BioStreamer™ Chick-Store, a new incubator that automatically delivers the
perfect chick storage environment in order to control temperature, airflow and oxygen which...
Influenza antibodies made by Pirbright reduce disease in chickens
Scientists at The Pirbright Institute have engineered synthetic antibody
molecules that can be administered to poultry to reduce the symptoms of Influenza, as well as...
Prevention and control of biofilm in water line systems as part of biosecurity protocols
This paper does not address
the situations in which the microbiological quality of the water
has been compromised from the beginning; rather, this paper addresses how
drinking...
Patterns of trade flows in egg exports and imports – Part 4
The fourth part of the series will present patterns of trade flows for
some of the leading egg exporting and importing countries.
The Dutch-German trade
cluster
A...
MPF Convention has been rescheduled to July 9-11, 2020
The Midwest Poultry Federation - MPF - Board of Directors is excited to announce that the 2020 MPF Convention has been rescheduled to July...
New Prinzen 50, advanced design and technology for egg packing
The Prinzen 50 represents a new packer generation and is the successor of the former PSPC 30. The proven technology for careful egg packing...
SPACE 2020, an international insight into the latest livestock industry’s innovations
The 34th edition of SPACE will be held from Tuesday 15 to
Friday 18 September 2020 at Rennes Parc-Expo, in France.
SPACE takes place in one of...
Bacteriological study of the eggs of laying hens housed in cage and floor
Eggs from 10
commercial brands were selected in different types of housing: cage and on the
floor (free of cage) obtained from 4 supermarket chains to...
Easy Connect: The new go-to service app by Petersime
Easy Connect™ is a new smartphone
app that speeds up and simplifies the process to connect with the Petersime
team and services. Customers can use the...
Rigid extension for injection syringes
The Swiss made Socorex®
self-refilling syringes with spring-loaded plunger and three-way valve system
are designed for serial precision injections of pigs and other related animals. Instruments...
Effects of probiotic bacillus Amyloliquefaciens H57 on performance and intestinal microbiota of chickens
Direct fed microbials are a potential probiotic alternative to antibiotic
growth promoters for improving animal production and preventing enteric pathogen
infections. We are studying the effects...
Meat and Poultry Industry Russia & VIV 2020 Exhibition and Summit postponed
Meat and Poultry Industry Russia & VIV 2020 management team has decided to postpone the exhibition to October 2020 due to the Situation Report...
Moba takes precautionary measures due to coronavirus
Health and safety is key: due to coronavirus, Moba has announced that it will be taking
precautionary measures for the health and safety of its...
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...
ILDEX Vietnam 2020 to be rescheduled
Due to the disruption caused by Coronavirus (COVID-19) across the region, VNU Exhibitions Asia Pacific organizations have taken the tough decision to move the...
Footpad dermatitis in market turkey hens. Bird density and bedding material relationships
Lameness
and poor footpad condition can be major issues for meat-type poultry resulting
in their decreased well-being and decreased productivity. A large body of
research exists for...
Meta-analysis of genetic parameters of feed conversion and related traits in chickens
The objective of this study was to estimate the impact of some factors on heritability estimates of
body weight (BW), feed conversion ratio (FCR),
feed
intake (FI),...
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...
Ideal amino acids and chicken gut disturbance
There is considerable interest in the development of low protein diets
with supplemental amino acids for broiler chickens due to economic, environmental and bird
welfare advantages....
Get the most from your diagnostic laboratory.
A field perspective.
You notice the
mortality is up this morning in one of your brooder houses. Your first thought
might be “better take some birds to...
Resources and tools to write a good biosecurity plan
Poultry
industries in the United States (U.S.) have been in a unique situation after
the 2014-2015 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak. Analysis and
epidemiology of the...
Test offers fast insight into chickens immunity
Gene activity in blood samples
can be used to show individual chickens response against common diseases. Testing
could help to breed for disease resistance and help...
Potential to produce poultry feed from food wastes
The annual food waste in Australia is estimated at 7.5 million tonnes
with the majority disposed of in landfills. This not only
causes significant economic loss...
Dynamics and patterns of the egg industry in the Emerging Market Countries between 2007...
Part 1: The development of the laying hen inventories
Introduction
In four papers, the dynamics of egg production and egg
trade in the Emerging Market Countries (EMC)...
VICTAM and Animal Health and Nutrition Asia 2020 postponed to July 2020
The management
teams from the VICTAM Corporation and VIV worldwide have decided to postpone VICTAM
and Animal Health and Nutrition Asia 2020 in Bangkok to July...
Coronavirus, VIV MEA 2020 postponed
VIV MEA management team has decided to postpone VIV MEA 2020 to August 31st – September 2nd, 2020 in Abu Dhabi due to the...
VIV MEA 2020, a pole of attraction for all overseas companies
VIV MEA management team has decided to postpone VIV MEA 2020 to August 31st – September 2nd, 2020.
VIV MEA is the international trade show...
Phytase efficacy in young turkeys versus young broilers
Based on tibia-ash content, equivalency between phytase enzymes with young turkeys appeared to be similar with young broilers. An extensive review about “microbial phytase...
How can the poultry industry fight global warming while improving its bottom line?
Global warming has become one of the most discussed topics in the last decade. Greta Thunberg, an almost unknown Swedish girl, became an international...
Corn milling efficiency and particle size effects on pullet growth performance
Corn is usually ground locally at the feed mill, while soybean meal is pre-processed and feed mills have little control over its particle size...
Cobb-Vantress Introduces Vantage™ Male
New North American Vantage™ Male offers improved feed conversion, weight gain.
North American poultry producers working in the big bird debone market have a more...
Origin of feed ingredients in Dutch compound feeds
Wageningen University and Research (WUR) studied the origin of protein-rich feed ingredients, which in 2018 were applied in Dutch compound feeds. 65% of proteins...
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...
Pirbright first to characterise chicken proteins thought to cause immune exhaustion
Two chicken proteins that may be involved in immune regulation of cancerous cells and viral infection, named Programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) and Programmed cell...
Salmonella prevention strategies and influences of sampling method selection
Multiple factors can influence both Salmonella prevalence and diversity of Salmonella serogroups detected from both pre and post-harvest samples. Sampling methodologies vary widely when...
VIV MEA presents more than 400 brands at its third edition
Making an impact on the livestock production in the Middle East and Africa since 2016.
VIV MEA started in 2016 as a biennial B2B international...
Pirbright’s livestock coronavirus research
The Pirbright Institute is aware that misinformation regarding the Institute and its research is circulating on social media following an outbreak of a new...
The importance of right incubation temperatures
In this study researchers investigate the importante of right incubation temperature on broiler performance. Up to 30% of late growth meat chickens demonstrate reduced...
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...
Rise of Yeast Bioactives expands the toolbox for livestock operators
Canadian Bio-Systems receives Veterinary Health Products approval for Maxi-Nutrio® Liquid, a yeast bioactive technology.
An innovative new category of science-powered yeast technology, with dynamic potential to...
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...
New egg products hit the shelves in 2019
Eggs and egg products are tasty, versatile and packed with protein; qualities not lost on product formulators who used this ubiquitous ingredient in innovative...
Fieragricola 2020: the countdown has started!
Just a few days to the beginning of Fieragricola 2020, which is being held at the Veronafiere Exhibition Center, Verona, Italy, from January 29th...
How do coccidiosis challenges influence lipid digestibility and energy utilisation?
Coccidiosis continues to be one of the most pervasive and economically detrimental diseases in commercial poultry production. Controlling this enteric disease is an even...
Energy utilization in broilers fed a sorghum-based diets supplemented with phytase and carbohydrases
This study was conducted to evaluate the endogenous enzyme activities and energy utilization of broilers fed sorghum-based diets supplemented with phytase and carbohydrases
Broilers were...
Increased interest in the slower-growing broiler Ranger Gold
Avizoo, Cooperativa Agricola San Martino, Consorzio Agrario del Nordest and Avicola Artigiana have come together, in a far-sighted project, to launch onto the Italian...
IPPE 2020, the world’s largest annual poultry show
The IPPE trade show floor continues to grow with more than 545,500 square feet of exhibit space and 1,148 exhibitors.
IPPE anticipates more than 32,000...
Supplementing Bacillus strains in chicken diets
The present study investigated the effects of dietary supplementation of several Bacillus strains on growth performance, intestinal inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines, antioxidants and tight...
DanLen JSC: 25 years on the Russian poultry market
The Anniversary JSC DanLen seminar «Animal welfare and advanced technology in the industrial poultry and pig farming» was hold in St. Petersburg in November...
Whole Genome Sequencing
Free Whole Genome Sequencing webinar series, launching Jan. 23. Whole Genome Sequencing is an increasingly valuable tool for the poultry and other industries, with an...
Low protein diets supplemented with glycine, glutamine or arginine for broilers
A previous study highlighted differences between a low protein (LP) diet and a higher concentration of amino acids (AA) for intestinal permeability and performance...
VICTAM and Animal Health and Nutrition, joint event in March 2020
The launch of VICTAM and Animal Health and Nutrition Asia 2020 as a joint event combines under one roof the expertise of two show...
EuroTier China will be back from 7 to 9 September 2020, in Chengdu
The second edition of EuroTier China will be held in Chengdu from 7-9 September 2020.
EuroTier – the world’s leading trade fair for animal production...
Air cell up when setting eggs!
It is important to pay attention to the orientation of the eggs when placing them on setter trays as this has quite an impact...
EMEAA Broiler School features advice for optimizing broiler performance and economic returns
The latest Broiler Module of the Aviagen® Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia (EMEAA) Production Management School took place Nov. 24-30 in Edinburgh. The...
Resources and tools to write a good biosecurity plan
Poultry industries in the United States (U.S.) have been in a unique situation after the 2014-2015 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak. Analysis and...
New Trade Agreement to impact the poultry industry in Africa
The African Union, a continental organization of 55 African countries, has recently launched the operational phase of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA),...
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