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Researchers are to look at sound analysis of broiler chickens to see what they can tell about the health, welfare and productivity of birds during their lifetime.
Well-planned, carefully designed whole-house broiler trials offer customers significant benefits through comparative testing of breeds, nutrition, environmental factors or management procedures. Along with providing valuable product performance information, trials allow customers to make important economic decisions which may impact the company.
Normally Poultry World wouldn’t pay much attention to pig production, but with the ongoing outbreak of African swine fever in China and many other parts of the world, we cannot turn a blind eye. The pig disease is causing a huge shift in the world’s protein market with consequences for soybean and chicken production.
Retailers and producer groups are leading the way in driving forward positive animal welfare changes across all animal production sectors, according to the findings of the latest Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW) report.
The news that a third of McDonald’s eggs in its US supply chain are now sourced from cage-free systems just three years after it announced it would be totally cage-free in three years shows its impact on the supply chain.
Brachyspira is a bacterium that causes a disease known as avian intestinal spirochaetosis in poultry, primarily in laying hens and broiler breeders. A study showed that Lactobacillus reuteri and Lactobacillus salivarius, were able to inhibit Brachyspira in several different ways.
Poultry is set to become the world’s most consumed meat protein in 2019 as African swine fever spreads in pig herds across China.
Poultry breeders are joining forces with university research teams across Europe and Israel to form a ChickenStress consortium.
2 pieces of research are helping unravel the complex nature of Marek’s Disease Virus (MDV), which is a major threat to the global poultry sector, costing the industry up to $2bn worldwide.
Exactly 100 years ago hatchery automation started in the small Dutch village of Zeddam, at Pas Reform. Since then continuous improvements and clever innovations led to the modern hatcheries of today. Pas Reform’s CEO Harm Langen says: “Even after 100 years, further development and innovation is still our core business. We are far from done.”
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