Poultry

Thứ 6, 31/01/2025

Feather meal and its nutritional impact

Modern broiler processing plants process huge amounts of birds, with a large tonnage of feathers, offal, trims, blood, etcetera

Poultry

New water-based red mite treatment ‘99%’ effective

The cost of red mite to poultry producers in Europe is estimated at €360 million each year, with the pest increasing bird stress, decreasing weight gain

The battle against red mites

Poultry farmers who feel alone in their battle against red mite populations in their poultry houses might have one small consolation: nearly every poultry

Reduce woody breast and white striping with dietary approach

Recent findings indicate that altering broiler chicken diets can help mitigate the severity of woody breast and white striping, 2 poultry meat quality issues

Laying hen behaviour: Artificial vs natural ammonia

Laying hens spend less time foraging and were slower to begin to forage in ammoniated environments compared to being out in the fresh air.

Clever marketing can lift your egg price

If a customer picks up a product they are more likely to buy it. Ice cream tastes more eggy if the sound of chickens clucking is played while people eat it

10 important days in the life of a broiler

Why does an efficient starter diet during the first 10 days make a difference to broiler performance throughout the production lifecycle?

Innovative farming everywhere you look

Journalists are normally terrible cynics. And for those who report on agricultural affairs, the notion that 9 billion people will need feeding by the year 2050

Eggs play vital role in breakthrough disease research

Japanese scientists have genetically engineered hens whose eggs contain drugs that can fight serious diseases, including cancer and multiple sclerosis

Natural alternative to treating eggs with formaldehyde

Concern about the ongoing use of the chemical formaldehyde to eliminate germs in hatching eggs has led Austrian scientists to develop a natural alternative.

Impact of egg sweating on Salmonella penetration

Salmonella enteritidis prevalence in eggs is a major concern to the egg industry. Impact of egg sweating on Salmonella penetration

Why use a starter feed from the day the chicks hatch?

Chicks grow and develop at an incredible rate during the first week of hatching. With just 34-42 days from the beginning to end of the broiler production cycle