Agricultural Commodities
As 2018 draws to a close, it’s worth reflecting on the year past, and those that went before it.
It may have been a quiet winter for avian influenza last year, but that doesn’t mean the threat is gone. Poultry World reports.
A team of scientists of the German Leuphana University of Lüneburg has developed a variant of the antibiotic Ciprofloxacin that is broken down in the target animal and eventually excreted as inactive metabolites. Professor Klaus Kümmerer believes more biodegradable antibiotics will follow suit.
Broiler chickens are like elite athletes that can perform at the highest level. Unlike humans, broilers get no parental encouragement or guidance, training or coaching and have only one chance to do their best. So the question is: How much of their tremendous genetic potential can broilers express in a very short grow-out period?
Small-scale meat production operations have direct impacts on the spread and selection of clinically important antibiotics among underdeveloped settings, according to new research.
Egg producers have welcomed the strong animal health element to the US Farm Bill, which was signed off into law by President Donald Trump this week.
Plans to improve crisis management in the fields of food and feed safety following last year’s fipronil egg crisis in the Low Countries will be adopted shortly.
How do you know whether your birds are happy? Is it a case of looking to see how much time they spend preening or the way they run for their food?
Leading poultry firms and stakeholders in the United States are among a group of major stakeholders who have signed up to a framework for antibiotics stewardship in animals.
Ongoing global trade disputes with exporters competing for reduced volumes is likely to lead to a challenging start for the global poultry industry in the first half of next year.
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