welfare

The interactions between host and gut microbiota play an important role in bird nutrition, physiology and gut development.
17-01-2024 | Article

Towards sustainability with synthetic microbiota in poultry

During transport, it is likely that birds experience a motivation to drink, and the lack of facilities may affect them. Photo: Canva
09-01-2024 | News

Journeys of over 6 hours without water likely to affect poultry welfare

Environmental inputs (including temperature, air velocity, ventilation rate, litter quality, humidity, carbon dioxide and ammonia concentrations) are essential factors affecting health and welfare.
07-12-2023 | Article

Precision poultry production improves welfare and sustainability

In-ovo sexing systems rapidly scan eggs and determine the sex of the embryo, to prevent the culling of male layer siblings.
04-12-2023 | Article

Informed consumers favour tech solutions to end male chick culling

A recent study aimed to develop an accurate, high-throughput protocol for sex determination using small volumes of blood. Photo: Canva
23-11-2023 | News

Real-time polymerase chain reaction for poultry sex genotyping

Welfare highlighted in the latest edition of Poultry World
22-11-2023 | News

Welfare highlighted in the latest edition of Poultry World

The new natural daylight standard will require barn and free-range members to provide natural daylight in houses for all hens by the age of 21 weeks. Photo: Canva
22-11-2023 | News

New welfare standards for laying hens cause concerns

In Ovo will use the funding to propel the expansion of Ella, a fast and accurate technology to determine the sex of hatching eggs at an early stage. Photo: In Ovo
13-11-2023 | News

Dutch In Ovo receives investment to end male chick culling

More than 300 high-profile figures, individuals and brands have endorsed the campaign to phase out battery cages in Taiwan. Photo: EAST
10-11-2023 | News

Pressure for a ban on battery cages in Taiwan

The Humane League argues that the use of the broiler breeds breaches the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007, which states farmed animals can’t be kept if their genes cause them suffering. Photo: Canva
26-10-2023 | News

UK government back in court over fast-growing broilers