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Photo: Elstef
11-01-2022 | Article

Backyard duck keeper first in the UK to contract bird flu

Grilled cultured chicken (bottom) compared to farmed chicken (top). Photo: Future Meat Technologies
10-01-2022 | News

Largest investment means mass production of cultivated meat

There are varying degrees of severity of footpad dermatitis. This condition has an impact on bird welfare and production value and can result in chicken paw downgrades, carcass condemnations, and reduced live weights. Photo: Ton kastermans
10-01-2022 | News

Footpad dermatitis in broilers influenced by orange corn

Research has repeatedly shown that farmers uptake of biosecurity recommendations if often poor. Photo: Bert Jansen
07-01-2022 | News

Biosecurity key for broiler farm workers to control Campylobacter

Boatload of 150 baskets of eggs on Soochow creek, Shanghai, China. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Unknown photographer)
07-01-2022 | News

‘Eggs, a useless by-product of raising chickens’ they said

Poultry products need an identity to move away from being a brandless commodity. Photo: Ruud Ploeg
06-01-2022 | News

Gap between poultry producer and consumer needs narrowing

Farmers say that current feed ingredient supply problems are partly driven by bureaucracy. Photo: Ronald Hissink
05-01-2022 | News

Iran businesses call on gov’t to keep the market economy

Avian flu is widespread and no longer as seasonal as it once seemed. Therefore, solutions should be considered other than the constant culling of poultry. Photo: Koos Groenewold
04-01-2022 | News

Europe faces largest bird flu epidemic ever

One of the migratory paths is across northern Europe and this includes the UK. Photo: Peter Roek
03-01-2022 | News

Bird flu genetic make-up different from previous years

Figure 1: Representation of positive biofilm interaction with S. aureus: positive biofilm alone (a), positive biofilm (green) and S. aureus (red) (b), visualisation of the S. aureus cells only (red) (c) and pure culture of S. aureus (red) (d). Illustration: INRA Micalis
03-01-2022 | Article

Using positive biofilms to manage the microbial environment of poultry

Driven by consumer demand, global companies and industry leaders worldwide are increasingly focusing on improving welfare of chickens in their supply chains. Photo: Rick Barrett
31-12-2021 | News

Focus Brands and Groupe Le Duff abandon eggs from caged hens

With domestic agricultural production under pressure, imports are necessary to supply Russian consumers. Photo: Jan Willem Schouten
30-12-2021 | News

Russia maintains poultry import quotas as production shrinks

In its annual report, Avara Foods has been monitoring pododermatitis, hock mark and total mortality rates. Photo: Atelier 68
29-12-2021 | News

Avara weighs up Better Chicken Commitment standard

Based on observations by the Department of Veterinary Services Malaysia, the country faced an average of 18% shortage of poultry meat in October and November and anticipated this would persist. Photo: Misset
28-12-2021 | News

Borneo permits frozen chicken imports amid shortages

The Aviagen Ranger Gold is among the approved breeds. Photo: Aviagen
27-12-2021 | News

Welfare group to bring a ‘better broiler’ to the marketplace

For the first time, the study applied the One Welfare approach in commercial poultry production. Photo: Ton Kastermans
24-12-2021 | News

Sustainability of broiler rearing systems explored