Egg improvements through balanced breeding Huge improvements have been made in egg production over the past 60 years through steady genetic progress in...
Fast growth and high breast yield linked to poor welfare Bird welfare is compromised when broilers are grown faster for higher breast meat yields
UK poultry: Disease challenges drive antibiotic use up Antibiotic usage in the UK’s poultry meat sector rose for the second year running as farmers faced disease...
Chicken Biobank to cut numbers of birds for research Frozen reproductive cells hatched by surrogate hens will lead to the formation of a chicken biobank.
UK stores criticised for selling white striping meat Major retailers in the UK have been slammed for selling cuts of chicken with white striping disease.
Birds culled as UK forced to close plants due to Covid-19 In the past weeks, 100,000+ birds on 2 UK farms were culled due to closures of processing plants because of...
Backyard producers selling affects bird flu transmission Researchers believe small-scale poultry farmers could be increasing the risk of avian influenza transmission...
UK’s cheap food could be spreading Covid; WHO envoy warns Demand for cheaply produced food in the UK could be fuelling the spread of Covid-19, according to World Health...
Campylobacter cases in humans rise in Sweden Human cases of campylobacter have risen sharply in Sweden in the past few weeks, coinciding with an increase in...
US backyard flocks: Salmonella infection rates cause concern Concerns about the increase in people infected by strains of Salmonella linked to contact with poultry in...
New egg academy launches in UK A shortage of people entering the UK egg industry has prompted one of the nation’s major retailers to join...
UK egg farmer plays music to his hens Egg producer Glenn Haggart has for the past 4 years been trialling sounds and music in hen sheds to his 64,000...
Changing role for poultry meat in Europe Academics and industry leaders are to come together in the autumn to discuss the role of poultry meat as part of...
Insight into AI highlights its harmful infection potential Commercial poultry should be protected from the risk of contracting harmful bird flu from migrating flocks,...
Roadmap for upscaling insect protein production Global environmental charity WWF-UK and supermarket giant Tesco have commissioned agricultural consultancy ADAS...
EC approves aid for Lithuanian poultry sector hit by covid Lithuania has been given the green light from the European Commission to issue state support to poultry and egg...
Eggs developed for the health and wellness market UK-based St Ewe Eggs has launched a “super-nutritious” everyday egg specifically designed for the health and...
KFC: Findings of chicken welfare audit UK and Ireland Welfare experts have worked with fast food restaurant chain KFC UK and Ireland to produce a first welfare...
Wearable sensor technology to detect poultry mites Wearable senior technology has shown that Northern fowl mites significantly increase hen preening behaviour...
Creating sustainable protein from carbon emissions One of the UK’s leading academic research centres is involved in a £3m project that could transform food...