Health

Entomologist and study lead, Amy Murillo: “We didn’t expect to find skin lesions associated with chicken body lice, but we did. This has not, to my knowledge, been documented before.” Photo: Peter Roek

05-08-2024 | News

Lice significantly impact cage-free birds

The new study highlights the expansion of intensive farming and the resulting environmental degradation as factors which can raise risks. Photo: Canva

31-07-2024 | News

Intensive farming and the risk of new pandemics

Seminar on optimising poultry performance at VIV Africa

30-07-2024 | News

Seminar on optimising poultry performance at VIV Africa

Cases of avian influenza declining in Europe

26-07-2024 | News

Cases of avian influenza declining in Europe

The daily probability of infection from a single poultry farm via aerosolisation of contaminated faeces from wild waterfowl is extremely low, according to the researchers. Photo: Canva

25-07-2024 | News

Wild waterfowl faeces play limited role in airborne transmission of bird flu virus

Feed rejection due to less palatable feed can lead to starve outs in young chicks. Photo: Koos Groenewold

25-07-2024 | Article

Improving feed and water palatability for poultry

Francisco Lopes, Deputy Director of the Department of Animal Health and Defence (DDA) of Rio Grande do Sul, stressed that teams are investigating poultry properties in the region, as well as to guide on biosecurity measures and raise awareness among the population for reporting suspicions. Photo: RBS

24-07-2024 | News

Brazil suspends poultry exports due to Newcastle Disease outbreak

Supplementing compound probiotics promoted the growth performance of broilers in both the pre-growth phase and late growth phase. The effect on the pre-growth period increased with the increase of probiotic dosage. Photo: Canva

18-07-2024 | Article

Enhancing broiler gut health with compound probiotics

Layers

Fairness in the UK’s egg supply chain

Austrian poultry farmers push for local eggs on supermarket shelves

White-egg layers gain ground as UK experience grows

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