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...
New planning director for Cobb Asia-Pacific
Eric Leow has been appointed as planning director for the Cobb Asia-Pacific region, responsible for the coordination of all Asia production centers including
New Zealand,...
Remote consulting under corona
Being grounded during the Covid-19 pandemic, I'm unable to travel as I usually would to visit hatcheries. I stay in touch with customers via...
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...
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...
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...
AVEC General Assembly: energy and feed price surge put the EU poultry meat production...
Operators in the poultry meat supply chain are struggling to maintain production levels because of the very high energy and feed prices.
Outgoing AVEC President...
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...
Registration Opens for VIV Health & Nutrition Asia 2026, Co-Located With VICTAM Asia
Visitor registration is now officially open for VIV Health & Nutrition Asia 2026, the region’s key meeting point for professionals in animal nutrition, pharmaceuticals,...
Jamesway chosen for Tunisian Hatchery
The Miamys Poultry Company from Tunis, Tunisia will be purchasing Jamesway Multi-Stage machines for their upcoming hatchery project. The contract was signed, with some...
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...
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...
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...
Slovenia’s Jata Emona Farms Earn Ross 150 Club Status
Four farms from Jata Emona in Slovenia have earned a place in the prestigious Ross® 150 Club, a recognition reserved for breeder growers who...
VIV MEA 2025 International trade show from feed to food for the Middle East...
The Middle East’s food industry is changing fast, and VIV MEA 2025 will showcase this transformation like never before. Taking place November 25-27, 2025...
IPC support the responsible use of antibiotics
The World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) 2020, 18 – 24 november promotes awareness in use of antibiotics and on global antimicrobial resistance.
The WAAW, promoted...
Dr. Orlando Fernandez Appointed as New Managing Director of Cobb Asia
Dr. Orlando Fernandez has been appointed as the new managing director of Cobb Asia and reports to Pelayo Casanovas, vice president of Cobb Europe,...
Aviagen invests a $20 million in innovative Wagga Wagga quarantine facility
In keeping with a commitment to rigorous biosecurity to ensure the health and welfare of its birds, Aviagen® has built a leading-edge quarantine farm...
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...
The biggest and most comfortable nest for happy hens and growers
Roxell, the leading manufacturer of automated feeding, drinking, nesting and heating systems, is launching a new version of the Koozii® group nest.
Central to this...
EuroTier 2024: trends in poultry farming and feeding technology
As in previous years, poultry farmers are currently facing a number of challenges. These include, in particular, a further improvement in animal welfare and...
Jamesway launching online parts website
Jamesway is very pleased to announce the launch of its online parts website starting from May 23rd. A large team of Jamesway staff has...
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...
MHP celebrates New Ross 140 Club Members in Ukraine
Exclusive Club recognizes stockmanship excellence and true commitment. Ukrainian poultry integrator MHP is celebrating the high achievements of both their Parent Stock departments. Peremoga...
Aviagen Kft congratulates latest Ross 400 and 140 Club Stars in Romania
Aviagen® Kft customers Avicola Buzua, Avicola Tartaseti Poultry and Oprea Avicom are sterling examples to poultry growers throughout Romania for their Ross 140 and...
Novogen celebrates 10 years of growth
Driven by increasing farm sizes and the rise of alternative systems, Novogen the layer selection specialist, established 10 years ago, now emerges as a...
Minnesota Turkey gives time – and turkey – to help end hunger in Minnesota
The Minnesota Turkey Growers Association (MTGA) is once again celebrating the month of November by giving back to Minnesotans facing hunger. Every year, since...
Automated data gathering drives food safety
In today’s food processing industry practice, traceability and food safety appear to be still at a level too low to respond to the fast...
Eu e Brasile in talks to reopen chicken meat trade
As Brazil works to restore access to its key export markets following an avian influenza outbreak, high-level talks with the European Union signal cautious...
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...
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...
Which innovations for European livestock?
Improving European protein self-sufficiency and the technical, economic and environmental performance of monogastric livestock farms are important challenges.
The European research programme Feed-a-Gene (https://www.feed-a-gene.eu), launched...
Mathieu Lardière appointed as Hubbard Technical Manager EMEA
Hubbard is pleased to announce the appointment of Mathieu Lardière as Technical Manager for the EMEA Region (Europe, Middle East & North Africa). Mathieu...
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...
Insight into VIV China 2018
VIV China is a 3-day event being held from 17th September to 19th September 2018 at the Nanjing International Exhibition Center in Nanjing, China....
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.
Iowa State University: a new approach to fight Salmonella in poultry
Researchers in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Iowa State University have discovered an innovative approach to fight bacteria and their...
Interview to Lorenzo Rossi, new Regional Technical Manager for Western Europe at Aviagen
Lorenzo, what aspects of your experience will benefit your new role?
“I’ve first-hand experience of the poultry production chain, having covered different positions over more...
Cobb new GP operation in Turkey
Five years after its first chicks hatched, Cobb Turkey announced plans to invest more than €2 million ($2.353 million) to create a grandparent stock...
The new Meyn Automatic feet selection system
The Meyn Footpad Inspection System provides a fully automatic feet selection process complete with camera and product sensing equipment, and now complemented by the...
BFREPA calls for urgent housing order as avian flu cases rise in Western Great...
The British Free Range Egg Producers Association (BFREPA) has called for an immediate housing order to be implemented across the western region of Great...
Facco, the future of poultry is here
“VIV Europe 2022 has finally brought us back to a lively feeling of normality, albeit with the awareness that the world has changed forever”....
Roxell launches Titan, the largest feeder pan on the market for large turkeys
On February 6, Roxell, the leading manufacturer of automatic feeding, drinking, nesting and heating systems, is launching Titan, a new automatic feeding system for...
Poultry Sustainability Framework clears development milestones, set to launch in 2022
The U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Poultry & Eggs announced that its full supply chain sustainability assessment tool can be included in chicken, turkey and...
Zootecnica – Poultry Magazine | July–August 2025 Digital Edition
The July–August 2025 issue of Zootecnica – Poultry Magazine is now available in digital format.
This edition delivers up-to-date technical content and global insights for...
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...
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...
Aviagen Asia-Pacific presents “Brooding Masterclass” webinar
During July 13-15, Aviagen® Asia-Pacific hosted a “Brooding Masterclass” webinar as an exclusive, value-added service for its customers. The online meeting featured management practices...
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...
SPACE 2021: a great edition for starting and meeting again
The 35th edition of SPACE, inaugurating its new format, was held from 14 to 16 September, in person, at the Parc-Expo in Rennes, and...
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...
2019 IPPE – In the core of the poultry industry
This year IPPE will offer the largest trade show floor in IPPE’s history, covering all three halls of the Georgia World Congress Center. “Ninety-eight...
Aviagen SAU invests in new hatchery in Spain
Aviagen SAU customers and employees tour new modern hatchery in Spain
Aviagen® SAU has inaugurated a new hatchery in Spain, which will serve the needs...
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...
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...
Q-Wing highly values wing parts
New Marel Poultry technology brings labor-saving quality assessment and distribution.
Today, wing products are so popular that customers demand for both higher volumes and more...
Cobb Global Planning Project safeguards global poultry supply
Integration of the Cobb-Vantress subsidiary in Brazil into the company’s Global Planning Project will help to provide supplies of breeding stock at times when...
First H5N1 bird flu cases confirmed in California elephant seals
In a worrying first for California, tests have confirmed H5N1 bird flu in seven recently weaned elephant seal pups at Año Nuevo State Park,...
Poultry groups applaud agreement to resume imports of U.S. poultry products to China
The National Chicken Council (NCC), National Turkey Federation (NTF) and USA Poultry and Egg Export Council (USAPEEC) applauded the announcement that China will lift...
2019 Cobb Asia-Pacific Tech School focuses on evolving industry
Building on continued growth in the Asia-Pacific region, Cobb-Vantress hosted its second Cobb Asia-Pacific Technical School in Phuket, Thailand, in March. The three-day course...
Jamesway Incubator Company appoints new President
Jamesway Incubation Company Inc., (www.jamesway.com) incubation and hatchery equipment manufacturer, recently announced that Denis Kan, CPA, CMA, will assume the role of President replacing...
Albonat®, innovation from nature
In the current context of reduction of the use of antibiotics in the livestock sector and with the intention of providing its own contribution...
Global Livestock Leaders Unite Behind Common Sustainability Principles
The International Poultry Council (IPC) has joined partners across the global livestock community in endorsing the newly launched Common Principles and Actions for Sustainable...
Bird flu: efsa assesses risks from u.s. outbreaks and potential spread to Europe
In its latest report, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has analyzed the ongoing bird flu situation in the United States and assessed how...
New approach to transfers beneficial genes between breeds
Gene-editing approach transfers beneficial genes between breeds to produce offspring with useful characteristics.
White Leghorn chickens had a naturally occurring change to their genes amended,...
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...
SPACE 2018, an Expo that meets the challenges of the different sectors
Over the years, SPACE has established itself as a major event and one that is unmissable for farming professionals from all over the world.
A...
New Ross UK 420 Club broiler raises the bar on success
Owing to the hard work, skill and commitment of Ross® growers, broiler performance continues to go from strength to strength.
To make sure these...
Use of injection syringes in the animal production industry
Animal health is important to consider, as any disease outbreak can potentially have drastic economical consequences. For this reason, planning and preparing an injection...
That’s a Wrap on the 48th Annual Midwest Poultry Federation Convention!
The Midwest Poultry Federation (MPF) Convention celebrated its 48th year of providing excellence in education and exhibits in Minneapolis last week. The show featured...
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...
Europe faces continued HPAI H5 activity, FLI reports
Although some regions show temporary stability, the continued circulation of the virus among wild birds keeps the risk high for poultry holdings.
The latest Risk...
Minnesota Turkey Growers Association
To commemorate its 80th anniversary, the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association (MTGA) has released the first of several videos highlighting some of its many families...
30th Australian Poultry Science Symposium
The Australian Poultry Science Symposium (APSS) will be held February, 17-20, Sydney, Australia. The event is the premier avian science conference in Australia and...
IPPE 2022, January 25-27, 2022 back in-person!
The International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) continues to evolve to meet the needs of its attendees and exhibitors. For 2022, the show will...
FEFAC publishes Feed Sustainability Charter 2030 at XXIX Congress
The Charter contains concrete feed sector actions at EU and national level featuring animal nutrition solutions that can help increase the sustainability of livestock...
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...
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...
Mexico’s Alipec invests in SmartPro™ technology from Pas Reform for its major new hatchery
Guadalajara-based Alipec has commissioned Pas Reform to deliver its new state-of-the-art hatchery. The SmartPro™ modular, single stage incubation systems will give Alipec a production...
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....
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