Layers

Indigenous breeds of chickens provide a pool of potentially useful genetic resources for commercial strains that are characterised by their native resistance and adaptability to environmental conditions. Photo: Peter J.E.Roek

27-07-2020 | Article

Native birds as a valuable genetic resource

One of the issues for the egg sector was that precision tools, while often affordable, had difficulty in transitioning from prototypes to commercial systems. Photo: Van Assendelft

23-07-2020 | Article

Lack of commercialisation of technologies in layers

A price hike in feed grain in combination with lower subsidies push Kazakh egg farmers in the red. Photo: Misset

06-07-2020 | News

Covid-19 brings turmoil to the Kazakhstan egg industry

In Ovo started experimenting with egg sexing in a lab many years ago, now it has developed a high throughput screening machine. Photo: Henk Riswick

03-07-2020 | News

Funding support for chick sexing company

Birds do extremely well in the agroforestry system according to researched by the University of Sao Paulo. Photo: Esalq

01-07-2020 | News

Research looks at ‘forest chicken’ for animal welfare

Led by China the world production of eggs rose by almost a quarter in the last decade. Photo: Henk Riswick

29-06-2020 | Article

Global egg production continues to rise

Innovations such as dust filters make Dutch egg production more sustainable. Photo: Poultry World

16-06-2020 | News

Addressing sustainability challenges in Dutch egg sector

Thailand is home to 60 million hens. Photo: Sinergia Animal

05-06-2020 | News

Burger King commits to cage-free eggs in Thailand

Covid-19 had initially led to panic buying of eggs in supermarkets across the United States and a 200% rise in sales, which led quickly to a shortage of eggs. Photo: Henk Riswick

03-06-2020 | News

Covid-19: Challenges and new opportunities in poultry sector

Avian influenza

Gordon Hickman, head of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs’ (Defra) exotic disease control division, said that while the 2025/6 season had seen substantial losses, the decision to put in housing measures much earlier than in previous years seems to have successful. Photo: Supplied

28-05 | News

Meeting the ongoing challenge of avian influenza in the UK

The government is working together with the poultry sector on a plan to make vaccination against avian influenza mandatory for laying hen farms. Image created with the help of AI.

27-05 | News

Dutch government moves towards mandatory avian influenza vaccination