23rd European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition – ESPN 2023
The 23rd European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition - ESPN 2023 will be held from June 21 - 24, 2023 at the Palacongressi di Rimini,...
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...
Wadi Group hosts Poultry Academy for customers and employees
Wadi Group, the distributor of Ross® parent stock (PS) chicks in Egypt, recently offered its third Wadi Poultry Academy (WPA III) in Cairo. The Academy...
Victam Corporation and VIV worldwide continue their partnership in 2022
Last year the Victam Corporation and VIV worldwide announced their partnership in Asia for the VICTAM and Animal Health and Nutrition Asia 2020 exhibition...
Ventilation is important to flock health
Aviagen Anadolu’s production management school highlights importance of ventilation to flock health, welfare and performance. Ventilation is hot topic in Production Management School portfolio.
Aviagen®...
Meyn at IPPE 2019 – Let’s work!
Meyn will participate in the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) 2019 which takes place in Atlanta, Georgia USA, at the Georgia World Congress...
Alan Thomson appointed as General Manager for Aviagen UK Limited
Brings over 20 years’ all-round experience and in-depth industry knowledge to new role.
Aviagen® UK Limited is pleased to announce the appointment of Alan Thomson...
Cobb Asia-Pacific Team Celebrates Banner Year
The Cobb Asia-Pacific team gathered in Cebu, Philippines, to reflect on the region’s 2018 achievements and plan for the year ahead. Accomplishments from the...
Pas Reform’s new SmartControl™ sensor technology
Pas Reform has built on the success of its innovative SmartCenterPro™ hatchery management system with the introduction of SmartControl™.
Designed to ensure the reliable central...
Jamesway’s Platinum 2.0 builds strong relationships in Saudi Arabia
Jamesway continues its long partnership with one of Saudi Arabia’s largest poultry producers with an expansion project in Jeddah. For over 40 years Fakieh...
Avian flu reaches all continents: Australia confirms second H5N1 case in wildlife
Avian influenza H5N1 has officially completed its global spread. Australia, until two days ago the only continent still free from the virus on mainland...
Danit S.r.l., consultancy, design and construction at the service of poultry farmers
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...
Aviagen appoints Derrick Tice as President of Aviagen North America. Industry veteran to lead...
Aviagen is pleased to announce the appointment of Derrick Tice as President of Aviagen North America, effective immediately. Tice brings more than 15 years...
First Saudi Arabian students complete state-of-the-art training
A graduation ceremony at Al Bukayriyah, Al Qassim marked the achievements of the first Saudi Arabian students to complete their training at Al Watania...
Eu recognizes Brazil as bird flu free—exports scheduled to resume
The European Union officially acknowledged Brazil as free from avian influenza, clearing the way for the phased resumption of Brazilian chicken meat exports. This...
European hatcheries are introducing CHEGGY Sex determination in the egg is ready for high-volume...
CHEGGY is the name of the machine that marks a breakthrough in hyperspectral measurement technology. Developed by the German manufacturer AAT, this innovative technology...
Breeder Feed and Nutritional Guidelines available to download in other languages
For optimum breeder performance, both males and females must achieve adequate physiological development and follow the breed body-weight standards through rear and lay. This...
IPPE 2023 – International Production & Processing Expo
IPPE is the world's largest annual display of technology, equipment, supplies, and services used in the production and processing of eggs, meat, and poultry...
Michel De Clercq passing the torch to Stef Vanneste, new CEO of Petersime
After 34 years of service, Michel De Clercq will be stepping down as Managing Director of Petersime at the end of 2018. He will...
Meyn introduces the new Meyn Vent cutter 240 for vent drilling at high speeds
The new Vent cutter 240 has been designed to operate at high speeds, up to 13,500 bph without sacrificing accuracy or adding yield loss....
New €8.7 million financing to boost Zambian poultry processing
The proposed poultry processing project by Zambia's biggest poultry company, Hybrid Poultry Farm Ltd (HPFL), has received a major boost after obtaining a US$10...
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...
World Egg Day 2022: Eggs for a better life
World Egg Day will be celebrated across the globe on Friday 14 October 2022. The annual event honours the highly nutritious and brilliantly versatile...
Cobb: Advancing Poultry Genetics for a Sustainable Protein Future
“It All Starts With Genetics”
Genetics companies are vital in the global protein supply chain, enhancing productivity and efficiency. For over a century, Cobb has...
Ross UK 2020 Flock Award winners are the best of the best
The Aviagen® UK team recently honored their 2020 Ross® Flock Award winners. Commercial and Technical Managers Niamh Molloy and Glenn Bushell arranged visits to...
Midwest Poultry Federation honored by Trade Show Executive
The Midwest Poultry Federation (MPF) Convention was named to the Trade Show Executive Fastest 50, which annually recognizes the significant trade shows of the...
SPACE 2021: new dates and a new format
The challenging 2020 confirmed that SPACE is and will remain the key annual event for livestock professionals. The Expo is eagerly awaited and for many...
Deimos, Roxell’s new distributor of poultry and pig products in Chile
Roxell is delighted that Deimos S.A. has joined the official Roxell distributor network. As a new Roxell ambassador, Deimos S.A. will distribute our feeding,...
Agritech, a big party for the 30th Anniversary
A big party recently saw 120 guests from all over the world joining together to celebrate the anniversary of Agritech, the silos manufacturing company.
Held...
Elanco closes acquisition of Bayer Animal Health
Scale and capabilities of the combined company position Elanco for the long term as a leader in the attractive, durable animal health industry. Transaction...
The digital edition of Zootecnica – Poultry Magazine (September 2025) is now online
The September issue of Zootecnica – Poultry Magazine is now available in digital format, offering a comprehensive look at one of the most pressing...
Electron beam vaccines show promise as alternative to antibiotics in poultry health
The University of Arkansas has received a $100,000 research grant to advance a novel approach to poultry vaccination: electron beam (e-beam) inactivated vaccines. The...
2018 VIV Europe: a big success for everybody!
VIV Europe in its latest edition at the Jaarbeurs Utrecht showground in The Netherlands has justified being described as the World Expo from feed...
Hendrix Genetics Layers awarded AI free Compartment status for all Netherlands-based operations
All Hendrix Genetics Layers Breeding complexes, the GPS farms and its rearing farms, and the hatcheries have been awarded AI free compartment status by...
Jamesway Incubator Company Sign Great Pyramid as Agent in the Sultanate of Oman
Jamesway is pleased to announce that they have just welcomed Great Pyramid of the Sultanate of Oman as a new agent. The Engineering and...
Lavender in crisis: Provence farmers turn to laying hens to survive
In Provence, lavender no longer guarantees a viable income for many farmers. Years of oversupply, falling prices, unstable yields, and increasingly unpredictable weather have...
Marel announces changes in its Executive Team
Marel is pleased to announce the appointment of Roger Claessens to the position of Executive Vice President of Marel Poultry, as of 1 September...
DGAV strengthens recommendations to prevent avian influenza in Portugal
Portugal’s Directorate-General for Food and Veterinary Affairs (DGAV) has issued a new warning on avian influenza, urging travellers returning from affected areas to avoid...
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...
Cobb Europe welcomes new Finance Director
Cobb Europe recently welcomed David Lawton as the company’s new director of finance for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Based in...
Various impacts of mycotoxins on poultry health and performance
Current poultry diets contain much higher levels of maize and byproducts of dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) than in the past. This makes...
New, non-invasive test for bowel diseases (IBD)
In 2015 alone, 250,000 people in the UK were diagnosed with IBD, and 3 million in the United States (1, 2). Symptoms can include...
ECS® Tray Inspector
GI OVO introduces the Tray Inspector, a machine that can identify, separate and remove the broken trays from your production line.
For more than 20...
Aviagen Slower-Growing Breeds get stamp of approval by Italian Ministry of Agriculture
Rowan Range birds recognized for welfare and quality, as market demand grows in Italy.
The Ranger Gold™ and Rowan Ranger® birds in Aviagen®’s Rowan Range®...
Cobb-Vantress purchases building in Downtown Siloam Springs
Cobb announced its purchase of a 35,000-square-foot office building in downtown Siloam Springs, Arkansas – the city where the world’s leading poultry genetics and...
EU audit flags persistent Salmonella monitoring gaps in Poland’s poultry sector
A recent European Union audit has highlighted ongoing weaknesses in Poland’s Salmonella monitoring and control system for poultry, pointing to unresolved discrepancies between official...
Fieragricola 2020: an in-depth insight into the Italian agro-livestock industry
In 2020, Fieragricola will strengthen the areas of animal husbandry and agricultural mechanization thanks to the expansion of its exhibition area; the fair will...
Useful accessories for Socorex® animal health syringes
Optimal injection up to the last animal is guaranteed when selecting a reliable and comfortable syringe model. The re-usable Socorex® self-refilling syringes offer high...
Advancing Poultry Health: Highlights from USPOULTRY’s 2025 Live Production, Welfare and Biosecurity Seminar
TUCKER, Ga. – Oct. 14, 2025 – At the forefront of poultry production, USPOULTRY’s 2025 Live Production, Welfare and Biosecurity Seminar addressed critical challenges posed...
Cobb Strengthens Veterinary Team with Addition of Dr. Montana Oubre
Siloam Springs, Ark.: Cobb-Vantress, LLC, a global leader in poultry genetics, proudlyannounces the appointment of Dr. Montana Oubre as Senior Veterinarian—a strategic move that...
Socorex animal injection syringes
The Swiss made Socorex® syringes with spring-loaded plunger and three-way valve system are designed for precision serial animal injections.
Feed tube and vial holder models...
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...
Sochi seminars features sharing of advice and experiences
Aviagen LLC Sochi seminars on the rise as their popularity grows among customers.
The event featured the most current advice on optimal feed and nutrition,...
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...
Aviagen Group restructures global Welfare, Sustainability and Compliance Team
In an ongoing endeavor to strengthen its success in “Breeding for Welfare and Sustainability,” Aviagen® Group is pleased to announce that Tim Burnside has...
Costs and Implications of the European Chicken Commitment in the EU
The Association of Poultry Processors and Poultry Trade in the EU Countries (AVEC) has published today a new study analysing in depth the additional...
Donato Moro, Director of Petersime do Brasil, retires after 25 years in incubation
At the age of 66, Donato Moro has retired from Petersime do Brasil Ltda after 25 years of service to the company.
The history of...
EuroTier 2026 opens tomorrow in Hanover
From 10 to 13 November, EuroTier 2026, the world's leading trade fair for professional animal farming and livestock management, will bring together more than...
Iowa Poultry and Chicken and Egg Minnesota announce merger
Iowa Poultry Association (IPA) and Chicken and Egg Association of Minnesota (CEAM) has announced their merger, effective July 1, 2022, creating an industry leader...
Demand for Kenya’s indigenous chicken eats into commercial broiler numbers in 2024
Kenya's broiler chicken population declined by more than 8% in 2024 due to the high cost of feed and an increasing preference for indigenous...
Aviagen Swechick Cross-Veterinary Meeting highlights biosecurity and animal welfare
On Nov. 4-5, Aviagen® SweChick Ab welcomed 27 veterinarians representing customers from the Nordic countries of Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, as well as...
FEFAC marks halfway milestone with 5th Feed Sustainability Charter Progress Report
The European feed industry has reached a key milestone in its sustainability journey as FEFAC (the European Feed Manufacturers’ Federation) published the 5th edition...
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...
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...
Aviagen UK hosts Nippon Chunky Delegation in Scotland
Aviagen UK recently extended a warm welcome to longstanding customer Nippon Chunky, Japan’s exclusive Ross® distributor, who visited Edinburgh on April 16 and 17. The...
Egypt looks to Sub-Saharan Africa to expand poultry and egg exports
Egypt is intensifying efforts to expand poultry and egg exports into Sub-Saharan Africa, with Uganda emerging as a key partner in a broader strategy...
Jamesway releasing Hatchcom 4
Jamesway Software Designers proudly released the latest version of Hatchcom.
New features and adaptations to make your hatchery run more efficiently.
Monitors and controls the...
First steps in feeding machines for insects by VDL Agrotech
A new project for a feeding machine for insects has been started by VDL Agrotech as the search for new protein sources as an...
Roxell optimizes the well-known MiniMax broiler feeder
Roxell launches a new version of Minimax feeder to meet the demand of poultry farmers for a more profitable production.
AVEC: The Mercosur Safeguard “Will Never Work” for Poultry
The Association of Poultry Processors and Poultry Trade in the EU (AVEC) has issued a sharp warning that the safeguard clause in the EU-Mercosur...
Cobb-Vantress receives NPIP U.S. Avian Influenza Clean Compartmentalization Certification
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) recently certified Cobb-Vantress U.S. operations as an Avian Influenza (AI) Clean Compartment, helping...
Romania hosts inaugural Ross Club Ceremony
Ross Club first event to award best flocks reflects high performance earned by skill and dedication of PS and broiler customers.
Giving special recognition to...
FEFAC initial assessment of drought impact on EU feed supply chains and possible mitigation...
FEFAC's national feed industry associations confirmed significant adverse impacts from repeated heatwaves in many EU Member States, both in Central, Southern and SouthEastern Europe...
IPWA Launches Welfarelab2050 at IPPE
ATLANTA, GA — The International Poultry Welfare Alliance (IPWA) will launch WelfareLab, a new multi-stage global initiative designed to align poultry welfare science, policy,...
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...
The new digital edition of Zootecnica – Poultry Magazine is now online!
Welfare, nutrition, and chick quality under the spotlight
The latest issue of Zootecnica – Poultry Magazine offers technical insights and field updates from around the...
Aviagen Asia shares expertise on disease diagnostics and prevention
Aviagen workshop in Seoul covered important advice for controlling Salmonella and Mycoplasma
In line with its commitment to bird health and welfare and food safety,...
Infectious bronchitis virus spike protein-pseudotyped virus particles for vaccine applications
USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation announce the completion of a funded researchproject at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, in which researchers evaluated...
KG-Group, Lithuania chooses VDL Agrotech
On the 7th of September 2017 Kaisiadoriu Paukstynas - member of Kauno Grudai Group – Lithuania - celebrated the inauguration of their new broiler...
Ogawa AG becomes new Roxell distributor in Japan
For Kenji Ogawa, New Year's Day 2019 was not only the start of a new year, it also marked the beginning of a new...
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