Turkey feeding time can boost growth rates Egyptian research has found that feeding turkeys mainly or totally in the afternoon can be used as a good...
UK: Poultry sector at risk of food fraud The poultry sector faces an increased risk of food fraud, which could cost individual businesses dearly and...
Research: Detecting Salmonella in poultry processing Recently completed research are the University of Arkansas successfully developed a rapid detection assay for...
H5 AI confirmed on Ontario turkey farm H5 avian influenza has been confirmed on a turkey farm near Woodstock, Ontario, by Animal Health Laboratory at...
Australian favour for chicken boosts production Chicken meat production is set to continue to grow and maintain its number one position as the most consumed...
Russia to increase poultry export in 2015 In 2014, Russia increased its export of poultry by 5% to 57,000 tonnes, according to a study by the Russian...
New measures by USDA against Salmonella and Campylobacter The US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has proposed new federal...
Trial: Effect of decreasing calcium in turkey diets Hybrid Turkeys recently partnered with the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland for a nutrition...
Pre-Christmas drop in UK fresh chicken sales The market for fresh chicken in the UK has seen a drop in the run up to Christmas, with UK consumers cutting...
UK: Calls for decisive lockdowns in future AI outbreaks Leading figures in the free range egg industry want the United Kingdom to take much more decisive action against...
Avian Influenza confirmed on two Canadian farms Preliminary testing by the Canadian province of British Columbia has confirmed the presence of H5 avian...
Incubation temperature profiles affect broiler feathering Feathers affect thermoregulation and protect skin from litter contact and scratches from other broilers. Earlier...
Clean broiler coops to reduce bacterial load Broiler transport coops in the US, are rarely washed and may result in carcass contamination. Trials, conducted...
WUR examines HPAI spread through wild birds Birds that spent the summer in Siberia might have been the source of the new bird flu outbreaks in the...
New: Powder AI vaccination with dead virus particles Dutch researchers have developed an avian influenza vaccine that can be applied on a large scale on poultry...
Campylobactor persistence boosted by ‘chicken juice’ A study from the Institute of Food Research has shown that Campylobacter’s persistence in food processing sites...
Commentary: Foster Farms and the US Salmonella outbreaks Chick-Cite has commented recently on the ongoing investigation of outbreaks of Salmonella Heidelberg attributed...
Supporting optimal duck performance New research looked at ways to improve duck productivity. Previous trials have shown that providing adequate...
Cameras offer individual carcass analysis Elanco, through its knowledge transfer business EKS, is beginning to use imaging to analyse the condition of...
Carcass quality affected by nutrition and management Understanding where critical points are in the poultry meat production cycle and investing in solving critical...
Assessing Salmonella typhimurium persistence Composting of poultry carcasses is a common practice during normal mortality and whole flock disposal. Several...
Controlling deposition in broilers Broiler chickens have traditionally been perceived to produce lean meat. In recent years, however, chicken meat...
Towards a more reliable comparison of the FCR Luc Maertens, the newest member of World Poultry's panel of experts, is a senior poultry researcher at ILVO,...
Insight into poultry carcass lesions The objective of poultry abattoirs is to produce saleable chicken carcasses, meat and products that carry no...
Whole turkey "best value for money" Paul Kelly managing director of Kelly's Turkeys in the UK, gives his view on why whole turkey is the "best value...
Vascular fragility, carcass lesions and downgrades The genetic growth potential of modern broilers, combined with high quality feed with readily available...
Securing carcass quality with minerals Over the last 5 years broiler carcass prices remained below 1.8 euro/kg and cut prices were stagnating ranging...
Boosting performance through production and plant... Producing and slaughtering broilers are not two separate stand-alone activities. The opposite is true. Close...
Blood rules the quality of the carcass Like in every living creature, blood is a vital part of the chicken’s body, influencing the most important...
Adequate welfare for good quality and yield The various successive steps in poultry processing start from feed withdrawal at the farm to shipping of the end...
Reducing Campylobacter in poultry Food borne diseases are receiving high priority in human nutrition. Campylobacter is a major cause of such a...
Properly managing mortality Dead birds dying or destroyed on the farm can become an important source of diseases by serving as a direct...
Intelligent cutting 2.0 maximises efficiency The new experimental robotic, intelligent cutting and deboning system of GTRI, uses machine vision and robotics...