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The rising demand in commercial layer and parent stock performance increases pressure on the...
Jamesway Chick Master integration announced
TBG, a global leader in poultry equipment and hatchery solutions announced last week that it will combine the operations of its Jamesway and Chick...
Tyson Foods chooses Pas Reform’s SmartPro™ hatchery technology
US-based Tyson Foods Inc. has chosen Pas Reform and NatureForm, the world’s only single-source supplier of integrated hatchery solutions, to equip the hatchery of...
VIV Asia 2017, a global platform
The total number of visits at VIV Asia 2017 recorded during the three days of the biennial event rose by nearly 20 percent compared...
Belgium orders poultry indoors as bird flu resurgence sweeps across Europe and beyond
Belgian authorities have ordered all poultry to be kept indoors starting Thursday, following the detection of new H5N1 avian influenza outbreaks, as Europe and...
Avian Influenza: understanding the threat and enhancing preparedness
Avian influenza viruses continue to pose a growing threat, with the potential to mutate and adapt to humans, potentially triggering future pandemics. In response...
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,...
Aviagen group collaboration ensures security of supply for breeding chicks to Bangladesh
On May 29, Global poultry breeding company Aviagen® and sister company Hubbard®, along with their customers in Bangladesh, an airline, freight forwarders, Ministry of...
Denmark and the Netherlands report new H5N1 bird flu outbreaks in poultry flocks
Two new outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) have been confirmed this week in Denmark and the Netherlands, affecting more than 220,000 birds...
Data-driven Nuova-i performs consistently high and needs little human intervention
The art of evisceration is having consistently high performance on all weights and performing well in the giblet pack harvesting line too. The combination...
Natural Beak Smoothing, a new concept by Roxell
Roxell has recently introduced an innovative feeding concept, the Natural Beak Smoothing system, to solve beak treatment which represents a serious problem for poultry...
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...
Serbia’s Superior Foods expands operations with new poultry processing facility in Šid
Serbian poultry processor Superior Foods has inaugurated a new, state-of-the-art processing facility in Šid, northwestern Serbia, following an investment of €7 million (approximately $8...
Giordano Poultry Plast awarded at SPACE 2016
The NEW feeder pan Twist by Italian Company GIORDANO POULTRY PLAST recently awarded at the SPACE Show, in France.
Bess Lab – DACS MagFan ONe best in test
DACS energy efficient ventilation systems significantly reduce operating cost compared to the competition. This without compromising the in-house climate or the production results. With...
US farmers can see the future of livestock production at EuroTier 2018
Livestock farmers from the United States will be able to find out how an increasingly digitally connected world is opening up new possibilities for...
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...
33rd annual Australian Poultry Science Symposium
The Australian Poultry Science Symposium is the premier avian science conference in Australia, attracting delegates from right across the country and around the world....
MSD Animal Health expands facility in Milton Keynes, UK
MSD Animal Health, a division of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., USA, announced continued expansion activities of its manufacturing, packaging and warehousing facility...
Cobb Europe completes UK hatchery expansion
Cobb Europe recently completed an expansion of the company’s state-of-the-art hatchery in Norfolk, United Kingdom. This milestone allows the facility to increase production capacity...
No IPPE 2021 in-person event; exhibitor engagement and education opportunities to be offered Jan....
The health and safety of all IPPE participants is paramount. After thoughtful and thorough consideration, show management for the International Production & Processing Expo...
New website for Roxell
Roxell, the worldwide innovative leader in house equipment for poultry and pig companies has just announced the launch of their new website.
The new Roxell website...
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...
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...
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...
2026 IPPE set to break records as registration opens
Registration for the 2026 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) opens on October 6, 2025, with organizers announcing what will be the largest edition...
Induction powered LED lighting revolution gains momentum across global poultry industry
Acceleration in uptake of induction
powered LED lighting across the poultry industry is predicted by Matt Kealey,
director of sales and marketing, Greengage Lighting, who has...
Intracare awarded NSF International Certification for Intra Hydrocare
Certification to NSF/ANSI 60 demonstrates compliance with nationally recognised Intracare health effects standard for all drinking water treatment chemicals.
Intracare, a leading innovative company in...
Big Dutchman, change in top management
Change in top management: Dr. Frank Hiller to become Chairman of the Big Dutchman Board of Management
From 1 April 2023, Bernd Meerpohl, long-term Chairman...
Royal Pas Reform introduces Bangladesh’s first SmartStart™ post-hatch feeding system in Joypurhat
A new chapter for chick welfare, uniformity, and early performance in the Bangladesh poultry sector
Joypurhat, Bangladesh, has marked a significant milestone in the nation’s...
Extension of the injection syringes programme for the poultry production industry
Socorex Isba SA is a Swiss manufacturer of self-refilling injection syringes with spring-loaded plunger and three-way valve system. Simple conception, perfect hand balance and...
Poultry industry bound for data-driven processing: Marel’s Poultry ShowHow demonstrates the future
Marel’s third Poultry ShowHow in Copenhagen on 14 November 2019 put the focus on ‘Data-driven Xceleration’, representing the future of digitally controlled poultry processing....
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...
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,...
Pirbright helps tackle avian flu with other UK experts
Pirbright researchers are set to join forces with some of the UK’s top experts in avian influenza in a new research consortium dedicated to...
Intra Multi-Des GA efficacy against Avian Influenza
Recently, outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza have been increasing all over the world. In January 2020 alone, cases of H5N8 influenza have caused...
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...
SPACE 2022, 35 years dedicated to the livestock industry
SPACE 2022 will be held from Tuesday 13 September to Thursday 15 September at the Rennes Exhibition Centre.
Hit by the Covid 19 pandemic for...
Aviagen SAU donates 400 COVID antigen tests to local municipality
Aviagen SAU General Manager Sergio Illán personally delivers tests to San Esteban de Litera Mayor Fernando Sabés.
Aviagen® cares about the people in our local...
License agreement Vencomatic Group and Jansen Poultry Equipment
Jansen Poultry Equipment and Vencomatic Group announced a licensing agreement on 2 systems.
Foodborne zoonoses on the rise – Poultry sector implications
Foodborne diseases remain a significant but often underestimated public health issue in Europe, with thousands of outbreaks and tens of thousands of human cases...
EuroTier and EnergyDecentral postponed to February 2021
New EuroTier exhibition dates: 9th to 12th February 2021 – The two leading international trade fairs will return with a comprehensive exhibition and accompanying...
AgroFarm-IsfahanVET 2018: from April 18 to 21, 2018 in Isfahan, Iran
AgroFarm-IsfahanVET 2018 is the 16th international exhibition for livestock, poultry and dairy, which will take place from April 18 to 21, 2018 in Isfahan,...
Indian River attracts customers to Training Academy in Vietnam
The annual Indian River Training Academy (IRTA), held Nov. 19-23 in Saigon, was enthusiastically attended by more than 70 delegates from 17 nationalities in...
Cobb Europe and RCL Foods continue tradition of excellence, shared expertise
More than 200 poultry professionals and farm managers across southern Africa and Uganda have benefitted from the Cobb Europe and RCL Foods technical school...
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...
Ask the Expert Webinar Series organized by Cobb Europe
Cobb Europe brings you a four-part series of webinars from 3rd to 24th November.
Hear from some of the world's most regarded technical experts in the poultry...
VIV worldwide under new leadership from Asia
Effective April 1, 2019, Mr Heiko M. Stutzinger took full leadership of the VIV worldwide. This includes all trade shows executed by VNU Exhibitions...
PolAIR high pressure cooling
Due to climate change resulting in longer periods of hot weather, it has become more important to more effectively cool poultry sheds. Growers have...
Cobb CAMEX Technical Team hosts regional webinar series on resiliency
The Cobb-Vantress Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean, CAMEX, technical team recently completed their first series of educational webinars for customers. The webinar series...
VIV MEA comes back in 2018 with an enriched second edition
VIV MEA was launched in 2016 as a biennial hub dedicated to serving animal protein providers from the Middle East and Africa to Iran...
Baltic poultry producer keeps up trend of stellar performance
PF Kekava, Latvia’s only integrated poultry company and a valued Aviagen® Kft Ross® customer, continues to climb the ladder of performance excellence.
Over the past...
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...
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...
Biorigin, natural ingredients to ensure better animals’ health
Biorigin is a brazilian company which mobilizes expertise and technology to promote health and quality of life. Using biotechnological products, it produces natural ingredients for...
Vaccination against Avian Influenza may be only way forward
With Avian Influenza posing a such major threat to the poultry industry, Paul Kelly is calling for the Government to consider the option of...
RoboBatcher gets a firm grip on styling
Marel’s new RoboBatcher Flex grippers are the perfect answer for fillets, drumsticks and whole legs. They allow fixed-weight batched products to be placed into...
Aviagen President of International Business Bob Dobbie to Retire
Aviagen customers in Asia Pacific benefit from his commitment, expertise and passion.After more than 43 years of dedicated service to the global poultry industry,...
Aviagen Turkeys Breeding Seminar – Montevarchi (AR), Italy
The 5th Italian Seminar in breeder production organized by Aviagen Turkeys (ATL), which Zootecnica International was honoured to attend, was held on May 16 at...
Cobb hosts Seventh Regional Technical School in Central America
Cobb-Vantress hosted VII Regional Technical School (VII Escuela Técnica Regional Cobb) in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Cobb’s experts talked about the latest product information, insights on...
FEFAC warns of looming soy supply disruptions under EU’s EUDR proposal
The European Feed Manufacturers’ Federation (FEFAC) has issued an urgent warning to EU agriculture ministers over the risk of severe soy supply disruptions resulting...
Petersime’s hatchery technology advances
Petersime’s hatchery technology allows an easy control of all incubation processes.
Peace of mind with Petersime’s new Hatchery Alert System™
Trustworthy, state-of-the-art and dummy-proof. These are...
Slobodan Bob Dimitrijevic appointed as Service and Support manager for new Pas Reform centre...
Mr. Slobodan Bob Dimitrijevic has joined Pas Reform as service and support manager at the new service centre facility, located in Forli, in the...
Aviagen assigns new Head of Global Nutrition Services
Aviagen has named Dr. Marcelo Silva as its new Global Head of Nutrition Services.
Reporting directly to Dr. Bryan Fancher, group vice president of Global Technical...
Arbor Acres Asia training featured biosecurity to safeguard bird health
Aviagen® welcomed more than 80 guests from across Asia to its annual Arbor Acres® Training Seminar in Bangkok on Aug. 16-18. Multiple areas of...
GIORDANO POULTRY PLAST SPA: new coop OPEN PIEDMONT
Starting from November 2017, Giordano Poultry Plast is launching a brand new model within its animal transport coop range: the Piedmont Open (see picture...
Aviagen LLC Receives Golden Mercury 2019 Award
Aviagen received Golden Mercury Award recognizes best foreign companies serving the Russian market.
The company has been honored with the Tula regional Golden Mercury 2019...
Hy-Line International enhances genetic progress with new research farm
Hy-Line International, the world leader in layer poultry genetics, celebrated the completion of its newest research farm today surrounded by federal, state and local...
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...
Let’s Talk Poultry Webinar Series
Webinar host, Rebecca Tierney, Teagasc Poultry Advisor will be joined by guest presenters each webinar to discuss prominent topics such as the benefits of...
NOVOGEN asserts its brand strategy
Launching its new brand identity and “Caring for life” slogan, NOVOGEN is consolidating a position that is charming the egg production industry.
After a successful...
Roxell celebrates its 50th anniversary with Employees’ Day
On the 9th of June, Roxell, the leading manufacturer of automatic feed, drink and heating systems for poultry and pigs, celebrated its 50th anniversary...
Cobb announces new South American leadership and Global Chief Financial Officer
Cobb-Vantress recently announced Shane Sutton as the new managing director of South American operations — a move that poises the company for continued growth....
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...
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...
Introducing Platinum Response Team by Jamesway
Jamesway has launched a customer-focused response team designed to provide 24/7 technical phone support to all customers. The Platinum Response Team provides technical support...
INMAA Welcomes Customers to 10th Sudan Poultry Expo
INMAA recently welcomed more than 170 parent stock (PS) and broiler customers to the 10th annual Sudan Poultry Expo, which took place in February,...
Aviagen, joint venture with Rocio Group results in new company: Aviagen Peru
Aviagen® Group and Rocio Group signed a strategic agreement today for a joint venture. Under the agreement, Avicola del Norte (Avinor), a Rocio Group...
Hubbard Welcomes Roberto Yamawaki as New Global Technical Director
Hubbard is pleased to announce the appointment of Roberto Yamawaki as its new Global Technical Director, taking over from Dr James Bentley effective January...
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...
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