Rabobank: Global poultry outlook to improve in H2 2020 Global poultry sector to recover in next half of year but problems still exist in Europe according to Rabobank...
High mortality rates in IBDV explained Differences in virulence between strains of Infectious Bursal Disease Virus (IBDV) may be partly due to changes...
Vaccine efficiency is key in poultry production Vaccination, an 11 letter word. Larger than many, however, it is a huge subject and justifies its size, given...
China suspends poultry imports from Brazilian slaughterhouse Due to rising concerns about Covid-19 after new outbreaks in Beijing, China has revoked the export...
Uzbekistan promotes smallholder farms to fight poverty President Sjavkat Mirzijojev of Uzbekistan has ordered the distribution of 50,000 live birds among the...
Poultry World edition 5 of 2020 is now online In this edition we interview the CEO of Alltech, Dr Mark Lyons, who sees opportunity in the agriculture space....
China to end sale of live poultry at wet markets China has vowed to gradually phase out the slaughter and sale of live poultry at food markets. Wet markets often...
Major Russian poultry producer up for sale Russia’s third-biggest poultry producer, agricultural holding Prioskolie plans to sell a part of it’s assets,...
Brazilian firms sign China´s request for covid-19 free meat All of Brazil’s main slaughterhouses have signed statements requested by Chinese authorities to assure their...
Are insects and microalgae the broiler feed of the future? Investigations into the feeding of insects and microalgae to broilers has found that both sources of protein...
Irish govt offers financial support to 14 bird flu flocks A number of poultry farmers in the Republic of Ireland that suffered total flock losses due to Avian Influenza...
Covid-19 brings turmoil to the Kazakhstan egg industry Egg production in Kazakhstan may fall by up to 30% during the next few months as Covid-19 is driving farms out...
Role of betaine in layer production Betaine is a functional nutrient commonly used as a feed additive in animal nutrition, mainly as methyl donor....
Farm-specific reduction of antimicrobial use is the future A closer study of the data collected in a European project entitled ‘Ecology from farm to fork of microbial drug...
Funding support for chick sexing company One of the world’s leading companies looking into overcoming the controversial issues of male chick culling has...
India: Corn import tariffs reduced to boost poultry sector India has authorised the import of half a million tonnes of corn in 2020 at a concessional 15% import tax to...
Latvian poultry market is on the fast track to recovery Demand for poultry meat is already recovering in Latvia. “Forecasts made on the impact of Covid-19 on the...
Research looks at ‘forest chicken’ for animal welfare The University of São Paulo (USP) has done research into the viability of a so called agroforestry system. The...
Global egg production continues to rise Global egg production continues to see substantial growth with latest figures suggesting a 24% increase in the...
Ducks to combat locust plague in Pakistan China could send 100,000 ducks to Pakistan to help tackle the swarms of locusts. A chicken can eat about 70...