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Growing problems with antibiotic resistance and increasing pressure from the general public have led to regulations which prohibit the use of growth promoters or antibiotics in turkeys. Photo: Marcel van Hoorn
22-10-2020 | Article

Functional oils as alternative growth promoters in turkeys

Severe pecking results in feather damage and can lead to stress, poor plumage cover and wounds. Photo: schankz
22-10-2020 | Article

Preventing excessive feather pecking behaviour

Precision feeding can improve individual and herd health management. Photo: Dr Aline Remus
22-10-2020 | Article

Sustainability through precision swine feeding

Stress might have various impact on the behaviour of young piglets: it can increase the occurrence of damaging behaviours between pen mates. Photo: Nuqo
21-10-2020 | Article

New strategies to improve welfare and productivity

Piglets fed a soy-based starter diet with minimal ANFs are less vulnerable to gastrointestinal upsets and are able to absorb more of the nutrients essential to healthy growth. Photo: Hamlet Protein
21-10-2020 | Article

Can soy be the sustainable protein of choice?

At the lower density, the slowest growing breed was found to have slightly better welfare, with lower mortality. Photo: Bert Jansen
30-09-2020 | News

Slower growing broilers are healthier

Infestation of hen houses with poultry red mites is a major animal welfare and economic problem for the egg-producing industry internationally. Photo: Marcel van Hoorn
23-09-2020 | News

Chicken red mites go under the microscope

In the research, the fastest growing strains spent more time sitting, and less time standing and walking than slower strains, even at the same stages. Photo: Frank Uijlenbroek
18-09-2020 | Article

Fast growth and high breast yield linked to poor welfare

Using forced ventilation and water spraying can prevent heat stress in broilers and have a positive effect on meat quality. Photo: Hans Prinsen
17-09-2020 | Article

Pre-slaughter measures impact further processing

Chicken Biobank to cut numbers of birds for research
08-09-2020 | News

Chicken Biobank to cut numbers of birds for research