German free range farm achieves 500 eggs in 100 weeks A German free-range farm has become the first commercial laying unit to breach the 500 eggs in 100 weeks milestone.
Carbon footprint on meat and eggs per country analysed German nutrition retailer nu3 has analysed data from countries belonging to the UN Food and Agriculture...
IEC: Global standards for animal health and welfare vital Global standards for animal health and welfare, which are being established by the World Animal Health...
Japanese authorities battle bird flu outbreak Japanese authorities have culled 92,000 chickens following the discovery of the highly pathogen H5 avian...
IEC - global database of animal welfare legislation launched The International Egg Commission (IEC) has launched a global database of animal welfare legislation.
European farmers more upbeat about prospects The results of the latest DLG Trendmonitor Europe survey, conducted this spring by the German Agricultural...
Farmers should do their utmost to ensure good hygiene According to virologist Ron Fouchier, biosecurity is the most important tool the poultry sector can use to keep...
EU vet calls for data driven animal health care Alongside the subject of antimicrobial resistances, hardly any topic has been so controversially discussed in...
Brexit a ‘massive gamble’ for poultry farmers Pig and poultry farmers in Great Britain will lose the certainty of access to a market that buys 19% and 14.4%...
Commercial poultry embryo sexing a step closer A commercially viable test to determine embryo chick sexing will be available by early next year, German...
German poultry industry lowers antibiotics use Germany’s animal husbandry sector has managed to reduce the amount of antibiotics used. Key has been a ‘strategy...
Project to reduce antibiotic resistance in poultry The German Federal Ministry of Nutrition and Agriculture (BMEL) is funding a collaborative research project to...
More AI outbreaks reported across Europe Avian influenza has been detected in as many as five poultry flocks in France, one in Germany, and one in Italy.
The latest edition of World Poultry is now online In this issue of World Poultry we focus – among other things - on a proverbial new kid on the block. Vaccination...
International Poultry Council marks its 10th anniversary The International Poultry Council, the first global association dedicated to improving dialogue and cooperation...
US poultry sector tightens biosecurity The US government is looking to tighten biosecurity on poultry farms following what has been described “as the...
Animal Protection and Ostriches in the EU The EU Council Directive 98/58 "concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes" states that...
New sheds offer precise airflow control A farm energy firm has adapted technology more commonly found in cooling data server farms than broiler units,...
EU must help to protect the food chain Having the job of protecting the food chain from disease is like being an air traffic controller: no one notices...
Incredible technological advance Sometimes one runs into things that are really mind blowing. One example of that is technology that can...
German parliament rejects male chick cull ban The German parliament has voted down the proposed ban on culling male chicks, instead opting to stick with the...
Latest issue: How did AI in France get out of control The first edition of World Poultry for 2016 is now online. The areas highlighted in this edition include; the...
Biosecurity on the edge of Berlin Close to one billion eggs. That`s the annual production of SVB, a gigantic layer site just 30 kilometres...
Focus on key traits in layers Gather an audience of layer distributors and hatchery experts from around the world and you can be assured that,...
Dutch quality ducks The Dutch duck farmer Erik Staal spends a lot of time making sure his animals are of high quality and uniform....
Influence of two-hand catching methods in broilers In poultry production most steps are mechanised, whereas broiler catching is typically done by hand, since...
Poultry people on the move The global poultry industry is always on the move - and so are the people who work in the industry.
Getting to grips with avian influenza If one looks at the overview of the world organization for animal health (OIE) concerning outbreaks of avian...
Meeting water discharge limits at the poultry plant Poultry processing involves the use of quite some water, in the case of the new plant of Celler Land...
Reviewing 50 years in the egg industry The International Egg Commission (IEC) is a unique organisation that is keeping track of worldwide egg...
Containing AI with fingers crossed The poultry business is a professional global industry. Nothing new, we all know that. Everyone involved does...
Boosting performance through production and plant... Producing and slaughtering broilers are not two separate stand-alone activities. The opposite is true. Close...
Mapping H5N8 across Europe Just when poultry producers in western Europe thought avian influenza was a thing of the past it strikes. World...
PHOTO REPORT: Eurotier 2014 This year’s EuroTier is an edition without the World Poultry Show. But does that mean there is absolutely no...
EuroTier 2010 Hanover - Germany The whole animal husbandry world gathers this week in Hanover, Germany, for the biannual exhibition of EuroTier....