Cobb and Roslin publish gene preservation breakthrough Global breeding giant Cobb and the Roslin institute have recently published details of a breakthrough in the...
The chicken or the egg – roots of the modern broiler... Genomics has been used to study breed formation and the roots of modern broilers.
Hubbard launches Efficiency Plus female breeder A new female breeding bird that promises to give the industry outstanding efficiency throughout the whole...
Gene-edited chicken cells resist bird flu virus Scientists have used gene-editing techniques to stop avian influenza from spreading in chicken cells grown in...
What role for the dual-purpose chicken? Scientists have been looking to see if a dual-purpose chicken can in the future provide a viable alternative to...
ChickenStress consortium to launch this year Poultry breeders are joining forces with university research teams across Europe and Israel to form a...
Mortality due to feather pecking can be reduced through... Mortality rates due to feather pecking can be reduced through breeding, according to new European research...
European training network covering ChickenStress to... Poultry breeders are joining forces with university research teams across Europe and Israel to form a...
Variations in chicken genes could help fight viruses Researchers from the UK have identified variations in the genes of chicken antiviral proteins (IFITMs), which...
Focusing on welfare by selecting for good feather cover Poultry farmers can focus on welfare by selecting birds with good feather cover, according to geneticist Teun...
Cobb releases new management guidelines Global poultry genetics giant Cobb Vantress has released new management guides and product supplements.
Ingham’s chooses HatchCare for new hatchery facility The Australia and New Zealand-based poultry integrator Inghams Group Limited has announced it will install...
Grant to fight against Newcastle Disease in Africa Ways to tackle virulent outbreaks of Newcastle Disease in Africa are being further explored thanks to a $5m...
Launched: Method to identify gender in hatching eggs Millions of day old male chicks will no longer need to be gassed following the launch of a market-ready method...
Cobb Vantress opens subsidiary in Colombia Global poultry genetics firm Cobb-Vantress has launched its first unit in Colombia this week and is also looking...
Prize funding for ovo-sexing breakthrough Up to $6m is being made available for developing technologies that can accurately and quickly determine the sex...
With technology we will manage One cannot attend a conference in the food or feed producing arena without hearing the pressing need to produce...
Poultry nutritionists and veterinarians; how interactive... The poultry industry is a complex network of technical people with different educational backgrounds such as...
A creation of nature The discovery of a duckling with four legs, in the United Kingdom, hit the news this week and not in a small...
Evolution of scientific poultry nutrition The pioneers in the field of poultry nutrition defined the nutrient requirements of chickens, ducks and turkeys...
Russian domestic super breed for independence Over the past decades Russian poultry production suffered from a lack of domestic breeding material and had to...
Novogen: ‘Year of the big turnaround’ Novogen celebrated its 10 year anniversary, looking back at a decade of uphill struggles in the layer breeder...
Gates Foundation grant for poultry breeding in Africa Poultry farmers in Africa have received a boost following the announcement of support from the Bill and Melinda...
The limits of genetic potential Laying hens and broilers have enjoyed great leaps in performance over the decades in which large-scale genetic...
Epigenetics for more efficient broilers When broiler breeders are confronted with a lifetime of protein restriction, their offspring grow at least...
Breeding a healthier hen is possible Postdoctoral researcher Tom Berghof discovered that it’s possible to breed selectively on the amount of ‘natural...
Management tips to stop feather pecking The UK branch of the World’s Poultry Science Association held its annual conference in Cambridge this summer....
Evaluation of the Danish footpad lesion surveillance Footpad dermatitis or foot pad lesions, is a well-recognised multifactorial syndrome of welfare concern in...
Gene editing has potential for future poultry breeding Genetic modification of animals has been around for decades but genome editors are a new tool that allow small...
Genetic manipulation studies examine chick sexing potential Research is underway in Edinburgh on the sex-determining mechanisms in the chick, which could have major...
In-ovo feeding can programme performance The next major advance in poultry nutrition will come from feeding chicks in-ovo, and ‘imprinting’ behaviour...
Poultry crossbreed saving lives Poultry is being hailed as the saviour for some people as it not only provides meat for consumption, the birds...
Endoscopic system for sexing day-old chicks Sexing day-old chicks is very important for poultry production. Females are used exclusively for commercial...
Case study: China’s Year of the Rooster looking foul While 2017 may be the Year of the Rooster in China, forecasts suggest that the country’s poultry sector will...
Expansion of chick giant Wimex The Germany-based Wimex recently took over the Dutch hatcheries Probroed & Sloot and Lagerwey. Wimex is a market...
Breeding for a changing environment As the US and EU transitions away from cage housing systems, members of the industry are making steps to ensure...
Photo Report: European Poultry Conference 2014 ends In the city of Stavanger, Norway, the XIVth European Poultry Conference was held this past week. Around 1,000...