Royal Pas Reform opens its new Polish headquarters in Kościerzyna
Royal Pas Reform is pleased to announce the grand opening of its new business headquarters in Poland.
The 800-square-meter facility includes offices for the sales...
Zoetis wins EU approval for Poulvac Procerta HVT-ND against Newcastle and Marek’s disease
Zoetis has received European Commission marketing authorization for Poulvac Procerta HVT-ND, a recombinant vector vaccine for chickens designed to help protect against Newcastle disease...
Intracare opens its doors for customers
More than 40 different nationalities visited the Intracare production plant of Intracare in The Netherlands.
On June 19th, over 150 people from 40 different countries...
Saving money and time by doubling injection productivity – with no compromise
At a time when several new cases of highly pathogenic Avian Influenza are being reported in poultry all over Europe, one needs to focus...
Low-cost freezing method to safeguard indigenous poultry
A low-cost freezing technology can safeguard the genetic diversity of indigenous poultry in low- and middle-income countries, a study has found. It is a...
Cobb Europe appoints Al-Watania as Saudi Arabia Distributor
Al-Watania Poultry Company, one of the leading poultry producers in the Middle East, recently signed a distributor agreement with Cobb Europe for the territories...
Aviagen and Nippon Chunky strengthen long-term relationship in Japan
Aviagen® is pleased to announce the next step in a long-standing collaboration with valued Ross® distributor Nippon Chunky, a subsidiary of Marubeni Corporation’s Food...
31st Australian Poultry Science Symposium, 2020
The Australian Poultry Science Symposium is the premier avian science conference in Australia and attracts delegates from across Australia and from all around the...
Indian River and TIGERChicks hold Seminars in Zambia
TIGERChicks teamed up with Indian River® to host broiler farmers during two educational seminars in Lusaka and Livingstone in Zambia earlier this year. The...
Poultry injections – selection of the adequate syringes
Injection syringes are common tools in poultry farms, where all know about the importance of protecting animal health to avoid potential economic consequences in...
Looking ahead to the 2019 Meat & Poultry Industry in Moscow!
The Meat & Poultry industry show, held in Moscow at the Crocus Expo May 28-30, opens new opportunities for meat, poultry, and eggs in...
Production Manual launched to support sustainable, affordable egg production in developing countries
The International Egg Foundation (IEF) has launched a new Production Manual to support emerging commercial egg producers (ECEPs). Created in collaboration with egg industry...
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...
Aviagen TMEA marks leadership transition as Sergio Illán. Succeeds Tom Exley
Aviagen® TMEA (Türkiye, Middle East and Africa) is marking a new chapter in its regional leadership as Sergio Illán succeeds Tom Exley as President...
VIETSTOCK 2025: : the premier platform for livestock innovation & collaboration
Vietstock Expo & Forum - The most anticipated livestock event in Vietnam will take place from 8–10 October 2025 at the Saigon Exhibition and...
VIV ASIA 2019, the international feed-to-food event
VIV Asia is back on 13-15 March 2019 as Asia’s outstanding international feed-to-food event covering all species and sectors of the animal protein value...
Aviagen Asia appoints Larry Blackstone as Indian River Commercial Manager
Aviagen Asia announced today that, effective April 2, 2018, Larry Blackstone will assume the role of Commercial Manager for the Indian River® brand of...
#NoBirdFlu campaign launches to boost farm biosecurity across Europe
With the arrival of the migratory season and the heightened risk of avian influenza, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Commission...
New ways of identifying chickens explored by Pirbright’s Animal Technicians
Animal Technicians at Pirbright have explored less invasive methods of identifying chickens in research environments.
This could improve the welfare of chickens in research and...
Infectious Laryngotracheitis (ILT) Advisory – City of Kingston
The Feather Board Command Centre (FBCC) is issuing an Infectious Laryngotracheitis (ILT) biosecurity advisory for an approximate 10 km area in the City of Kingston.
FBCC...
USDA lowers Q1 2026 U.S. poultry production forecast in February WASDE update
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in its February 2026 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE-668, released February 10) revised downward its outlook...
Priority on food safety: New Moba Omnia XF2 Grading Machine
Moba, the world's leading producer of high-quality integrated systems for the grading, packaging and processing of consumption eggs, introduces its new extension machine in...
Aviagen Kft awards Serbian producers for Top Breeder Performance
Aviagen® Kft is proud to welcome Serbian producers Aviprom 2011 doo and Robins doo as the latest members of its Ross® 140 Club.
Aviagen...
Two genetic mutations linked to heightened risk in North American H5N1 strain
New research has identified two mutations in the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus that help explain why the North American lineage behaves...
2022 IPPE exhibit space exceeds 507,000 square feet with 1,000 + exhibitors
The 2022 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) has already surpassed 507,000 square feet of exhibit space and has secured more than 1,000 exhibitors,...
License agreement Vencomatic Group and Jansen Poultry Equipment
Jansen Poultry Equipment and Vencomatic Group announced a licensing agreement on 2 systems.
TARGAN announces sale to Merck Animal Health
TARGAN Inc, a privately held innovator in developing and commercializing biodevice solutions to improve performance outcomes for the poultry industry, today announced that it has...
Eggs Cargo System® introduces the next revolution
The Dutch companies Twinpack Special Products and Ovotrack are collaborating with the EggsCargoSystem® Connect Concept® for the tracking and tracing of eggs
NWO OTP grant awarded to WUR project aimed at head start for day-old chicks
The immune system of a chicken starts in the egg. Validated tools to assess how incubation conditions influence immune development are lacking. A new...
Aviagen appoints Diane Hartjes as Global Director of Export and Logistics
Global poultry breeding company Aviagenis committed to helping its customers, the world’s poultry producers, provide their growing communities with healthy, sustainable chicken meat. In...
Hy-Line International adds to Southeast Asia Sales Team
Hy-Line International, the world leader in layer poultry genetics, is pleased to announce Mr. Willie Blokvoort will join the Southeast Asia Team as the...
Moba Forta GT100, the Gamechanger in Egg Grading
Moba, the world's leading producer of high-quality integrated systems for the grading, packaging and processing of consumption eggs, launched its new egg grading machine,...
Avian influenza outbreak confirmed in Norway: ESA approves emergency measures
Norway has reported a new outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1, underlining the persistent threat of bird flu across Europe as the...
Aviagen Kft commends latest Ross 140 Club winners in Budapest
Club recognizes hard work and dedication that leads to star breeder performance
Ross® customers in Hungary continue to impress with their award-winning breeder performance....
China lifts HPAI-related poultry export restrictions for 17 U.S. states
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has updated its China export restrictions webpage to confirm that China lifted highly pathogenic avian influenza...
VIV MEA – 20-22 November 2023, Abu Dhabi
VIV MEA, the international trade show from feed to food for the production & processing of poultry meat, eggs, fish, and dairy, in the...
VAL-CO Open House in Panama
Leading manufacturer celebrates completed VAL-CO tunnel ventilated broiler open house with Panama’s Bishop and the Mayor of Santiago.
On June 19th, 2017 the Agricultural Institute...
VIV Asia 2025: the premier hub for the animal protein industry
VIV Asia 2025, the leading international trade show for the animal protein production industry, is set to return to Bangkok from March 12 to...
Intracare Hydrocare’s promotion at VIV Asia
We, as Intracare, believe that clean and fresh drinking water is very important for people and also for our animals.
That is why we...
Poultry Africa 2019 – Kigali Convention Centre, 2-3 October 2019
The first edition of Poultry Africa won great appreciations and set a solid basis for the development of this once-every-2-year boutique concept. This Expo...
Pigs and chickens are not susceptible to SARS-CoV-2
The German Friederich Loeffler Institute has recently published the first results of their study on SARS-CoV-2. Whether SARS-CoV-2 can also infect other animal species...
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...
Aviagen UK Broiler Roadshow delivers the latest information on broiler husbandry
Historic 18th century Oulton Hall, near Leeds, was the first venue for Aviagen® UK’s Broiler Roadshow in early September, bringing the latest broiler information...
Hy-Line donation funds future research
Hy-Line International, the world leader in layer poultry genetics, along with its sister company, Hy-Line North America, the largest commercial layer chick distributor in...
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...
Meat and Poultry Industry Russia May 17-19, 2021 in Crocus Expo, Moscow, Russia
The Meat and Poultry Industry Russia will once again bring together companies offering innovative solutions for feed milling, hatchery, live production, processing further processing,...
15,000 bph greenfield for Cranswick and Marel Poultry
The aim of Cranswick Poultry is to build one of the most advanced poultry processing plants in Europe. Marel Poultry is the ideal partner...
Aviagen hosts EMEA School’s Nutrition Module
During the week of July 8-14, feed mill, broiler and breeder production managers gathered in Bangkok, Thailand, to explore ways to enhance bird performance...
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...
China chooses NatureForm incubators for vaccine production
This step has been taken for major flu vaccine production projects in Shanghai and Changchun.
NatureForm Hatchery Technologies, which has worked with some of the...
New Regional Sales Manager for Southwest Asia
Jamesway announced that Mr. Pradeep Kolte has accepted a position with Jamesway and will be the new Regional Sales Manager for Southwest Asia as...
Global Poultry Outlook: Strong Growth Ahead Despite Trade and Disease Pressures
The global poultry industry is heading into the final quarter of 2025 with confidence, supported by strong demand, easing feed costs, and steady production...
Meat and Poultry Industry Russia & VIV exhibition postponed to May 25-27, 2021
COVID-19 is disrupting the business around the world and in Russia much longer than predicted. While there is uncertainty about the re-activation of international...
New Aviagen Broiler Handbooks
Aviagen is committed to providing up-to-date management information that is used by customers worldwide. Aviagen® Broiler Handbooks are especially popular sources of knowledge...
Cobb Asia’s poultry webinars deliver expertise virtually
Managing global challenges is nothing new to the Cobb-Vantress technical team and their webinars. When COVID-19 challenged 2020’s in-person technical seminars, the Cobb Asia...
Evonik calls for manufacturers to utilize new feed mill
The feed mill, a scientific collaboration between Evonik and Nong Lam University, is dedicated to research trials and provides a valuable resource to foster...
ITB Climate’s new ClimaMix ventilation system for free-range housing
For over 35 years ITB Climate has been a specialist in the development and production of climate systems for pigs, poultry, calves and goats....
A brand new tray for quail eggs
Twinpack Special Products from Barneveld, The Netherlands, developed a brand new tray for quail eggs.
“Globally there is no tray available which can be stacked...
Serious Listeria infections rising in Europe, EU report warns
Changing diets and an ageing population may be contributing to a rise in serious Listeria infections across Europe, according to the new EU One...
RoboBatcher robotic packing of chicken tenders
Until now, in those markets where chicken tenders (aka tenderloins or inner fillets) are sold on trays for supermarkets, these packs have been put...
EFSA recommendations to improve animal welfare during transport
Providing more space, lowering maximum temperatures, and keeping journey times to a minimum are all needed to improve the welfare of farmed animals during...
Royal Jaarbeurs at FAO 2025: Innovation, Inclusion, and Collaboration Key to Livestock Transformation
At the Second FAO Global Conference on Sustainable Livestock Transformation, held in Rome from 29 September to 1 October 2025, Jeroen van Hooff, President...
Cobb leads discussion to advance poultry welfare awareness and excellence
Cobb-Vantress, Inc. recently hosted a diverse group of animal welfare experts at its global headquarters in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, to discuss the advancement of...
7th Mediterranean Poultry Summit, June 8-10, 2022
The Mediterranean Poultry Summit (MPS) is one of the main events of the poultry sector.
Delegates from all over the Mediterranean area meet every...
UK government unveils major animal welfare reforms with implications for poultry sector
The UK government has announced what it describes as the most far-reaching animal welfare reforms in a generation, with the launch of a new...
Cobb enhances South American Technical Services Team
Cobb promoted Marcus Briganó as the new service and research manager for South America, while adding two new specialists.
Briganó, a veterinarian, previously served...
VIV Europe brought the industry back together and exceeded expectations
The animal husbandry sector, with a focus on poultry and egg, gathered two weeks ago for a 3 days of international business and a...
The new issue of Zootecnica – Poultry Magazine is now online!
Discover the latest updates, technical content, and market insights from the global poultry sector.
In this issue:
Company Focus – Aviagen Turkeys opens its doors: a...
Let’s talk about the importance of calcium
How to optimise muscle function and leg & egg shell strength
The rising demand in commercial layer and parent stock performance increases pressure on the...
Hubbard facility awarded Compartment Status
Hubbard is pleased to announce that their French primary breeding operations have officially obtained Avian Influenza Free Compartment status, following the audit conducted by...
MPF postpones 2021 dates and plans hybrid event with in-person convention and virtual companion...
The Midwest Poultry Federation - MPF - Board of Directors has made the decision to reschedule its 2021 convention from March to May 19-21, 2021. The...
Aviagen Kft welcomes West Balkan customers to prestigious Ross 140 Club
Aviagen® Kft customers keep scaling new heights in breeder performance, as the popular Ross® 140 Club continues to grow in the region.
During June 25-July...
Aviagen strengthens customer support in Western Europe
Lorenzo Rossi becomes Regional Technical Manager for Western Europe and Stuart Thomson is named Head of Sales and Technical for UK.
Following Alan Thomson’s appointment...
Aviagen Kft pays tribute to new Ross 400 Club Members from Hungary
Aviagen® Kft. was excited to honor its highest-performing broiler growers in Hungary during a special ceremony on May 10. Due to past COVID restrictions,...
New U.S. actions to strengthen food supply chains
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced more support, resources, and new rules that will strengthen the American food supply chain,...
AveSui EuroTier South America 2019
AveSui EuroTier South America 2019 has closed after a successful three-day run at the LAR Convention Centre in Medianeira, Brazil. With more than 16,000...
Hubbard invests R$ 60 million to increase its production in Brazil
Campinas, SP, Brazil – Responding to growing demand from poultry producers, Hubbard®, an international broiler breeding company, has announced a strategic investment of R$...
Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Netherlands and Denmark suspended
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced on November 4 that in view of notifications from the...
Cobb-Europe partners with RCL Foods on training series on pullet rearing
RCL Foods and Cobb Europe joined together to conduct a series of intensive training sessions on pullet rearing in South Africa. The sessions focused...
VIV Turkey 2019 kicks off on 13th June 2019
The 9th edition of VIV Turkey will house more than 500 exhibitors from 45 countries over 25.000sqm of exhibition. VIV Turkey has a unique position,...