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Countries are making significant steps in tackling antimicrobial resistance but serious gaps remain and require urgent action, according to a report released this week by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Poultry World is publishing a special edition on Sustainable Livestock Farming. This special magazine will be available at EuroTier and sent out to over 60,000 readers. Be part of it and reserve your space now!
Belgian food safety authorities have announced a 3rd commercial poultry farm in the country has been infected with Newcastle Disease, marking the 17th case in the country since April.
60 million female commercial chicks are to be produced annually from the world's largest layer hatchery, which has recently opened in China.
Major Russian meat group Cherkizovo has announced plans to buy Altaisky Broiler, one of Russia’s largest poultry producers, as it stands by its commitment to make itself the largest meat player in the country.
One of Asia’s leading healthy food chains SaladStop! has announced it is joining the global cage-free movement.
Today’s broiler shows a marked improvement over the broiler of the middle of the last century, but it is still a relatively inefficient converter of feed into meat. Approximately 10 pounds (4.5kg) of feed are needed to grow a typical 6-pound (2.7kg) tray pack bird. This bird will produce around 4 pounds (1.8kg) of manure over its lifetime while converting 1.65 pounds (0.75kg) of feed into 1 pound (0.45kg) of live weight.
China, the world’s 4th largest country and the highest populated is a land all about scale. The way in which the country’s 1.4 billion inhabitants connect is through the social media platform, WeChat. Poultry World is now also engaging with this large audience by launching a WeChat channel through its Chinese-language sister title, ???? (World of Animal Husbandry).
Further animal welfare commitments have been introduced by broiler giant Perdue, challenging the status quo on how the majority of chickens are raised in the United States.
Growing global demand for protein has helped Cargill reach one of its best financial performances.
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