Optimum Humidity for Ostrich Incubation
By Pas Reform. Ostriches are indigenous to Africa, although today it is not uncommon to find them being farmed commercially around the world for meat and leather production.

Reducing Energy Use with Solar Transpired Walls in Poultry Houses
By Sanjay Shah, BAE Dept., North Carolina State University Bob McGuffey, North Carolina Solar Center, published in the North Carolina Poultry Industry Joint Area Newsletter. The Energy Information Administration reported that in North Carolina, wholesale...

Transplantation and Cryopreservation of Chicken Gonads
By Dr Fred Silversides and Dr Yonghong Song, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and presented by the Canadian Poultry Industry Council.

Automated Measurement of Foot Pad Lesions
By Welfare Quality®, Science and Society Improving Animal Welfare. This article was published in Update8 e-zine. The scoring of foot pad lesions in broiler chickens is one of the parameters of the broiler welfare assessment system that is currently being...

Chillin’ Chickens - Which Method Works Best
By Sharon Durham, Agricultural Research Service Information Staff, United States Department of Agriculture. Chicken processing is big business with almost 9 billion broiler chickens being produced in the United States last year.

Livestock and Poultry World Markets and Trade
China and the European Union are expected to be net broiler meat importers again in 2008 on the basis of continued strong demand, higher domestic prices, and strengthening currencies, writes the United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural...

Alternative Bedding for Broiler Chickens
Poultry bedding availability issues are arising rapidly in the broiler industry that may alter the type and quality of bedding available to broiler growers, writes Chris Harris, Senior Editor, ThePoultrySite.

CAFOs Uncovered - The Untold Costs of Confined Animal Feeding Operations
The Union of Concerned Scientists looks into the costs of confined animal feeding operations.

Creating the Ideal Hatching Climate
By Pas Reform. The transfer of eggs from setter trays to hatcher baskets is routine in the hatchery, while the embryo continues to develop.

Effect of Pellet Quality and Manufacturing Method on Fat Distribution in a Commercial Feed System.
In the poultry industry, flock uniformity is critical and the way and amount of feed that is distributed along a feed line could impact on the performance of the flock and the uniformity of the growth rates, writes ThePoultrySite Senior Editor, Chris...

Challenging Year for Livestock Production
The livestock and poultry industry in the US will be increasingly challenged this year by rising feed prices that drive up costs and lower returns, and by consumers confronted with uncertain economic conditions.

UK Poultry and Poultrymeat Statistics - April 2008
By Defra. This monthly publication combines the UK Hatcheries Survey and Poultry Slaughterhouse Survey results together with other Defra statistics, and trade data.

Russian Federation: Poultry and Products Semi Annual Report 2008
Domestic poultry production will continue to increase in Russia even though demand for biofuels is contributing to rising feed costs and hurting profits, according to the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. The Russian government continues to search for...

Regulations Coming to Control Salmonella in Turkeys
Directives and regulations from the EU have been driving to control zoonotic infections in livestock and in particular poultry as part of the improved food hygiene legislation, writes ThePoultrySite Senior Editor, Chris Harris.

US Poultry Outlook Report - April 2008
By U.S.D.A, Economic Research Service - This article is an extract from the April 2008: Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook Report.