Facco drinking systems

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Water is an essential resource for animal well-being. The Facco drinking system is designed to achieve the best performance in guaranteeing the well-being of birds...

Digitization in the poultry house – and much more

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The Smart World of Big Dutchman on display at VIV Europe 2018! 2018 was the year of VIV Europe, one of the world’s largest trade...

EU poultry sector outlook to 2035: production, consumption and trade trends

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According to the EU Agricultural Outlook 2025-2035, poultry and eggs are the only meat sectors in the European Union projected to expand in both...

Nucleotides: the key additive for a healthy gut and balanced microbiota in broiler chickens

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By supporting a balanced microflora and promoting the functional integrity of the intestine, nucleotides contribute to improved digestive efficiency and enhanced natural defense against...

“Alta Tuscia” new laying hens farm in Italy

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MBE Breeding Equipment outfitted a new free-range farm, which has recently been inaugurated in Montefiascone, Italy A celebration event for the "Alta Tuscia" company, located...

AZA INTERNATIONAL, more than 50 years of service into the modern animal husbandry

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 AZA INTERNATIONAL, a leading company in Italy and abroad in the manufacturing of feeding systems for livestock farms, has gained a long experience in...

Hubbard, playing a vital role in the poultry breeding industry

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Hubbard operates its selection programs in 3 different R&D centres in North America and Europe, along with its own production sites in North America, Europe and Brazil. Hubbard has a longstanding experience in breeding, developing and marketing breeding stock for both conventional and premium markets.

Interview with Theo Hoen, Ceo of Vencomatic Group

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By 2050, 10 billion people worldwide must be supplied with food. To achieve this, a sustainable food chain needs to be established. However, that's...

Interview with Roy Driessen, Marel Poultry Marketing Manager

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Interview to Roy Driessen, Marel Poultry Marketing Manager on their flagship products, latest innovations and future goals.

Patterns of the poultry industry in the MEA region. Part 2 – Poultry meat...

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A first paper analysed the patterns of egg production and of egg trade in the MEA region. This paper will focus on poultry meat...

Philippines: chicken production reaches record high, while farmgate prices decline

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Chicken production in the Philippines reached a new second-quarter record in 2026. Higher supplies of chicken and eggs coincided with lower farmgate prices during...

Interview with Robbert Birkhoff of Meyn

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At EuroTier, Zootecnica International had the opportunity to interview Robbert Birkhoff, Meyn’s Sales Director for EMEA, Asia Pacific, Russia and surroundings, who outlined the future goals of the company

Avian Influenza outbreaks in Iowa layer farms and their economic impacts

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Between December 2014 and June 2015, 223 outbreaks of the highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (AI) virus in commercial and backyard flocks occurred in 15 states of the USA. In this article a time-spatial analysis of the outbreaks in Iowa is presented, documenting the problems in euthanizing and depopulating the affected farms as well as in depositing the carcasses

Interview to Ruwan Berculo, Manager VIV worldwide

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Zootecnica International interviewed Ruwan Berculo, Manager VIV worldwide who highlighted the story of the VIV organization throughout the years and outlined the innovations and the...

Munters helps feeding the world

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Food. No matter what religion, status or nationality you belong to, the primary need for each human being on this planet is to have...

The Rowan Range: a portfolio of products for slower-growing and coloured bird markets by...

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Alternative, slower-growing segments of the broiler market have existed for decades. Historically, however, these were largely niche or artisanal operations. More recently, there has...

Interview with Jacco Wagelaar, Managing Director of Twinpack Special Products for the global egg...

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Jacco Wagelaar, the Twinpack Managing Director launched a new Twinpack separate business in January 2016, named Twinpack Special Product. The new-born company deals with special packaging systems for the global egg industry.

Danit S.r.l., consultancy, design and construction at the service of poultry farmers

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Riva Selegg announces the birth of Danit S.r.l, which will be responsible for distributing the Riva product range on the national, African and Asian...

Dynamics and patterns of the egg industry in the G19 countries between 2006 and...

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The second, and the last paper, in a series of two which deals with the egg industry in the Group of Nineteen countries between...

Japanese poultry sector shows positive dynamics despite massive bird flu outbreaks

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The Japanese poultry sector continues to show resilience this year, despite rising production costs and repeated outbreaks of avian influenza. This winter, Japan faced one...

Regional concentration in global poultry meat production

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An overview at continent level This overview will list the leading countries in each continent and document their share in the poultry meat production...

A European campaign for a successful French poultry label

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The European communication campaign launched in autumn 2025 by SYNALAF follows the economic recovery of the sector which began in 2024. On October 8, 2025,...

Health prevention through electromagnetic waves: a technological solution against avian influenza

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The Italian biotechnology company e4life has introduced e4life Farm - advanced devices that use electromagnetic waves to inactivate the avian influenza virus within poultry...

Patterns of EU poultry trade – A 2016 status report

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In contrast to trade with shell eggs, which is dominated by the EU, the share of EU member countries in global poultry meat trade...

A projection of egg production until 2030

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Food supply for a growing global population is one of the great challenges for the next decades. A particular problem will be to produce...

Trends in the poultry production and market for sustainability

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The theme of this year’s General Assembly of EU poultry sector was the sustainability of the poultry meat. The event, organized by QGV, Austrian...

Delmarva Poultry Industry

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Recent efforts DPI - Delmarva Poultry Industry undertook to improve the chicken industry include a participation in a daylong ‘Poultry 101’ symposium at Chesapeake...

The dynamics of the USA broiler industry between 1990 and 2019

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The USA is the leading broiler meat producer with a share of 12 % in the global production volume, followed by China with 9...

Contours of change – global egg and poultry meat production in retrospect

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In the past two decades, global egg and poultry meat production showed remarkable dynamics. The increase was not homogeneous, however, but led to considerable...

EU poultry meat production and trade

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In 2015, the 28 member countries of the EU shared 6.8% in the global population but contributed 15.7 % to global meat production and...

Moba celebrates 75 years of innovations at VIV Europe

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This year Moba celebrated 75 years of activity and the Utrecht fair was an opportunity to exhibit their latest innovations. Zootecnica International met with...

The role of the G20 group in global meat production and trade. Part 2:...

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A previous article analysed the role of the G191 countries in the global meat industry (Windhorst, 2026). This revealed the significant role of this...

News from River Systems and Arion Fasoli

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During the VIV Europe Fair, we met Stefano Concina at the Stand River Systems, and Nicola Bonetti of Arion Fasoli and took the opportunity...

Pas Reform: Celebrating 100 years in the hatchery business

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In 2019 Pas Reform celebrates its 100th anniversary. When the company began in 1919, founder Gerrit Pas could not have foreseen that a century...

An insight into the Spanish poultry industry – Hen eggs

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Spain is one of the leading European countries in poultry production and trade. In 2020, it ranked in fourth place in poultry meat production...

IEC’s conference highlighted the latest trends of the egg industry

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For the second time Monte Carlo proved to be a fantastic conference destination and a big hit with IEC’s members old and new to...

Patterns and dynamics of China’s egg industry

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Remarkable development of the laying hen inventory and of egg production Table 1 shows the development of the Chinese laying hen inventory and of egg...

Patterns and dynamics of global egg and poultry meat trade. Part 2 – Poultry...

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In June 2021, FAO published an update on global trade data for 2019. This makes it possible to present an overview on the patterns...

EU Poultry Sector Outlook to 2035: Production, Consumption and Trade Trends

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According to the EU Agricultural Outlook 2025–2035, poultry and eggs are the only meat sectors in the European Union projected to expand in both...

After 40 years in the French marketplace AZA International still astonishing

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In Rennes, September past, the SPACE show was held and it continues to be one of the most important trade fairs dedicated to the...

Hubbard outlining trends in the Premium chicken market

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Interview with Paul Van Boekholt, Manager Global Marketing, Hubbard Breeders Today markets are sensitive to animal welfare, meat quality and price concerns. In this regard,...

Increased interest in the slower-growing broiler Ranger Gold

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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...

Poultry farm Zarja in the eastern part of Siberia

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The region Krasnoyarsk is Russia's second largest Federal State and is located mainly in the eastern part of Siberia, in the river basin of...

Housing systems and egg production – A 2016 status report

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Five years after the banning of conventional cages in laying hen husbandry, the situation has stabilized in such a way that a status report...

Developing a broader choice of slower-growing and colored breed options

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With continual market developments and expanding consumer preferences, change is the only constant for the poultry sector. Global poultry breeding company Aviagen® has always...

Effect of initial body weight and body composition of TETRA-SL LL laying hens as...

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It is well known from former experiments that success in laying sheds is dependent upon success in the pullet rearing sheds. Therefore, the main...

The advantages of Aza International’s Pratika feed pan for broilers

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Company Alfama based in Burgos, Spain, is one of the Spanish dealers of AZA International leader in pig, poultry and cattle feeding systems. Mr...

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