Aviagen Hatchery Module of EMEA Production Management School
Aviagen hosted its 2018 Hatchery and Incubation Management Module of the Production Management School for Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in Budapest, Hungary....
Pas Reform will focus on a decade of growth in Ethiopia
ALEC 2018 show (African Livestock Exhibition & Congress) was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia last week and attended by Adriaen Sligcher, Pas Reform’s Sales...
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...
John McGrellis joins Aviagen Anadolu as New General Manager
Aviagen Anadolu has appointed John McGrellis as its new general manager, effective immediately. John will benefit Aviagen Anadolu customers with his extensive knowledge of...
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...
Meyn, Cabinplant and MULTIVAC agree on cooperation
Cabinplant A/S, MULTIVAC Sepp Haggenmüller SE & Co. KG and Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V., complete a strategic alliance. A memorandum of understanding was...
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...
Pas Reform starts celebrating 100 years in the hatchery business
Pas Reform employees across the world came together for a special 100th anniversary celebration – the first in a series of events that will...
Upcoming events for the poultry and livestock industries
Main poultry shows and meetings scheduled in 2022. Conferences, workshops, training courses and other events which focus on poultry production, management, nutrition, diseases and product...
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...
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...
Cobb Asia Champion awards presented to Tyson China and Shandong Fengxiang
Cobb Asia collects breeder performance data to benchmark customer results in four areas: egg production, hatchability, chicks per hen housed and life of flock/hen...
Poultry Events and Fairs in 2019
Here you can find the main poultry shows and meetings scheduled in 2019; conferences, workshops, training courses and other events focussing on poultry production,...
Revolutionizing livestock farming: Introducing VUELA | Always in control
In a world where the quality of indoor air is becoming increasingly important, TPI-Polytechniek is proud to introduce VUELA, an innovative ventilation inlet, designed...
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...
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...
Moba Middle East FZCO open for business
Moba B.V., the leading manufacturer of egg grading, packing and processing equipment for consumption eggs is pleased to announce the opening of its new...
Reasons for preventing the build-up of biofilm
The consequences of biofilm in the drinking line are generally underestimated, while optimal production results mainly depend on good drinking water quality.
Hygiene is an...
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...
The Aviagen Anadolu Seminar
Ross® poultry producers from throughout Turkey came together to explore a wide range of topics, including an outlook of the global poultry market, current...
Midwest Poultry Federation booth sales open for 2022
Midwest Poultry Federation (MPF) is excited to welcome its annual trade show and convention “Back to the Future” at the Minneapolis Convention Center, March...
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,...
Meyn and Cabinplant signed a contract with Norsk Kylling from Norway
In response to the rising demand for high-quality poultry products, Norsk Kylling, owned by REMA 1000, is going to build a whole new poultry...
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,...
Over 35 ShowCo members ready for VIV Asia 2023
Over 35 companies from the ShowCo Association will attend VIV ASIA in March (8 – 10). The association brings together leading companies that supply key...
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...
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...
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...
Marel Poultry and Harim Korea go sky high
Marel Poultry has been chosen to equip one of the world's largest poultry processing plants. The Harim company in South Korea will install four...
Aviagen revolutionizes genomics testing for both Chicken and Turkey Breeds with state-of-the art genomics...
Aviagen is pleased to announce the opening of a new state-of-the-art Genomics laboratory. Based in Scotland, the new laboratory is equipped to process well...
Marel donates € 1,000,000 to South Sudan
Marel is donating 1 million euro to the Red Cross who will use the funds to improve the food security of the most vulnerable...
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...
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...
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,...
VIV MEA 2021, back again with an in-person event
VIV MEA, the international Feed to Food trade show, returns to Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) on 23-25 November 2021 for its third...
Biochem exhibiting for the first time at the Fieragricola, Verona, Italy
To enhance its consolidation in the Italian market, Biochem has participated with a booth during the Fieragricola of Verona. This was a very good...
USPOULTRY Releases Updated Report of Antibiotic Stewardship Within US Poultry Production
Updated research, supported by the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), was released today quantifying the...
Maple Lodge Farms expands hatchery with Jamesway Equipment
Maple Lodge Farms has recently announced an $8-million expansion of the Curtis Chicks Hatchery in Ontario, Canada.
The 22,825-square-foot expansion to the facility is currently...
VIV Worldwide opens visitor registration for two milestone feed-to-food shows
VIV Worldwide announces the opening of visitor registration for VIV Europe's 25th edition and inaugural VIV Select India, both taking place in 2026
VNU Europe...
Aviagen and PPR Broiler celebrate a decade of successful cooperation
On June 12 and 13 Aviagen® and its Ross® grandparent customer PPR Broiler together hosted a seminar in the Republic of Belarus, taking the...
Playing in the top league with the Cobb500
A new award has been introduced by Cobb Germany for the best broiler performance by a Cobb500 flock and has been won by Markus...
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...
Hook2Sisters Scotland Ross 400 Club winners awarded
July 10 marked a special occasion for high-performing Ross 400 broiler growers in Scotland. The Aviagen® UK team presented Ross® 400 Club awards to...
IPC announces June webinar on “Engaging internationally & Global market insights”
With the pandemic still impacting our way of living and working, the International Poultry Council is delighted to announce the webinar “Global poultry meat...
AZA INTERNATIONAL’s new products for poultry farming
The main innovations of AZA INTERNATIONAL concern broilers and turkeys with the launch of the MIXTA feed pan, while the new linear trough feeder BREEDAZA and SELF-DOSY feed pan have been designed for layers and breeders, respectively.
Pas Reform and NatureForm organize specialist technical skills training for US hatchery staff
To ensure the continuous, optimized running of modern, technologically advanced hatcheries, operational staff today need to be skilled across multiple disciplines. This includes having...
Prinzen launches new farm packer
With the introduction of the Prinzen 70, Prinzen extends their product range of farm packers for table egg packing. The new packer is especially...
Special guest lecture on poultry for primary school children in Zeddam
On Wednesday June 12, pupils from the upper classes of Roncalli Primary School in Zeddam, The Netherlands, were treated to a special guest lecture...
SPACE, the great livestock event of September! Here our preview
The 33rd edition of SPACE will be held from Tuesday 10 to Friday 13 September 2019 at Rennes Parc-Expo, in France.
SPACE is the key...
EuroTier 2022, focus on global livestock trends
Strong exhibitor interest is being registered for the EuroTier trade fair, to be held in Hanover, Germany, 15 -18 November 2022. Seven months before...
Poultry Africa returns to Rwanda
Dates of 2nd-3rd October 2019 have been announced for the second edition of Poultry Africa, the expo designed especially for the poultry meat and...
In memory of Antonio Zanella
On Monday, March 30, 2020, Professor Antonio Zanella passed away, a well-known figure in the panorama of Italian and International aviculture, his life quickly...
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...
Roxell builds new type of feed bins for EU market as per EN 1090
Roxell, the leading manufacturer in automatic feeding, drinking, heating and ventilation systems for poultry and pigs, is introducing two new types of feed bins,...
A new guidance for testing of feed ingredients
The International Cooperation for Convergence of Technical Requirements for the Assessment of Feed Ingredients ICCF today launched its draft guidance document on ‘Homogeneity Testing...
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...
Aviagen highlights commitment to breeding for welfare and sustainability at VIV Europe 2022
Aviagen® global specialists and regional customer support teams from Europe, Turkey, the Middle East and Africa (TMEA) look forward to welcoming customers and industry...
Aviagen LLC keeps in touch during COVID-19 with their webinars
In a spirit of finding innovative ways to communicate with customers despite COVID-19 restrictions, Aviagen® LLC Russia organizes regular webinars.
To prepare for the...
How a European poultry group saved millions by linking farm and factory data
A new session in the Poultry 5.0 Masterclass Series will take place on April 7, 2026 at 14:00 (Lisbon time, GMT), focusing on the...
Slower growing chickens experience higher welfare
Slower growing broiler chickens are healthier and have more fun than conventional breeds of birds, new evidence from an independent commercial scale farm trial...
Boehringer Ingelheim’s U.S. launched a vaccine to protect poultry from 3 diseases
VAXXITEK® HVT+IBD+ND vaccine provides a strong immune foundation and optimized protection against Marek’s Disease, Infectious Bursal Disease (classic and variant types) and Newcastle Disease.
Until...
MSD Animal Health calls for Poultry Science Award submissions
Applications Due by April 27, 2018. MSD Animal Health (known as Merck Animal Health in the United States and Canada) is proud to announce...
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...
36 students granted $5,000 by MSD
MSD Animal Health and the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe are delighted to announce that 36 students out of 161 applicants, from all over...
Daniel Gomes joined Hubbard as Asia Business Manager
Asia – Hubbard is pleased to announce that Daniel Gomes has been appointed as Asia Business Manager. Daniel is based in Bangkok and reports...
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...
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...
New Pas Reform service centre in Malaysia
Hatchery technologies specialist Pas Reform is launching a new service centre at Suntech in Penang Cybercity, Malaysia, in response to continuing growth in Asia.
Headed...
Indian River enters market in Nepal
Aviagen Asia and new Indian River distributor P.B. Poultry will work together to strengthen success of poultry producers in Nepal.
P.B. Poultry (P) Ltd. has...
Europe faces renewed bird flu challenge as early outbreaks spread across the continent
Bird flu is spreading rapidly across Europe, with the highest number of early-season outbreaks in at least a decade, reigniting fears of another crisis...
Ukrainian egg exports surge in 2025 amid strong EU demand
Ukrainian egg exports recorded a sharp increase in 2025, reaching levels not seen before, according to data released by the Union of Poultry Farmers...
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...
Cobb strengthenens Asian Technical Service Team
To better meet the growing needs of the poultry industry in Asia-Pacific, Cobb Asia today announced two new hires on the Technical Service Team....
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...
Dr. Hannah Muus joins Hubbard as Technical Manager and Poultry Nutritionist Northern Europe
EMEA – Hubbard is pleased to announce that Dr. Hannah Muus has been appointed as Technical Manager and Poultry Nutritionist for Northern Europe. Hannah...
Meyn introduces the TDS Thigh Deboning Solution M 1.0
Meyn launched a new thigh deboning solution for poultry producers.
New collaboration between Pelbo and Innovo
Moba announces that Pelbo, one of its subsidiaries in Brugherio, Italy, has partnered up with Innovo, an innovative Italian-based company that develops, manufactures, and...
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...
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...
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...