Drying Digestates from Biogas Plants
By Dipl.-Ing. agr. Janett Peschel, Big Dutchman International GmbH. Generating power from renewable energies is becoming increasingly important in Germany as well as on the international level.

Leg Health in Large Broilers
Leg health is one of the most prevalent causes of culling and late mortality during grow-out of heavy broilers according to Edgar O. Oviedo-Rondón, DVM, PhD., Dip. ACPV Department of Poultry Science North Carolina State University.

Economic Organization of US Broiler Production
U.S. consumption of chicken averaged 86 pounds per person in 2006, more than triple the 1960 level, writes James MacDonald in a USDA Economic Research Service, Report Summary.

Red Hocks in Day Old Chicks or Poults
A day old chick is considered to be of good quality if it has the capacity to grow and mature in line with its genetic potential.

Commercial Egg Tip...Difficult Phosphate Situation
As has been obvious to everyone, the price of feed phosphates has undergone an almost incredible increase, write Nicholas M. Dale, Extension Poultry Scientist at the University of Georgia, Athens.

Probiotics for Turkeys
By Jesse L. Grimes PhD, Professor of Poultry Science and Nutrition, Extension Turkey Specialist, Department of Poultry Science at North Carolina State University and published in the North Carolina Poultry Industry Joint Area Newsletter.

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

Lessons Learned from an AI Outbreak
The full impact of the 2007 outbreak of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), at a farm belonging to the country's leading turkey company, has been published in a report by Jeremy Hall of Bernard Matthews, reports Jackie Linden, ThePoultrySi...

Biosecurity - Do You Need to go to a Higher Level?
In a previous poultry tip it was concluded that there is no good way to depopulate a large cage layer house to contain an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian disease, writes A. Bruce Webster, Extension Poultry Scientist for the University of Georgia Cooperate...

Litter Management
By Dr Ken Macklin, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist Department of Poultry Science, Auburn University and presented at the 2008 North Carolina Broiler Supervisors Short Course, North Carolina State University.

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

How Effective is Your Hatchery Cleaning and Disinfection Programme?
By Pas Reform Hatchery Technologies. Cleaning and disinfection are fundamental to effective hygiene in the hatchery. Cleaning can remove up to 85 per cent of micro-organisms, preventing their development by removing their food sources, or "dirt". Any...

Application of MS Live Vaccine (MSH) in Layers
Significant advances in the control of mycoplasmosis have been achieved since the introduction of the mild, effective Mycoplasma gallisepticum vaccine, ts-11, according to a paper by Teruaki Ouchi of Nippon BioLogicals, Inc, Yasuhisa Munakata...

Scandinavians Focus on Food Safety and Welfare
Representatives of the Danish and Swedish poultry industries highlighted food safety in their presentations at World Poultry 2008 conference organised last month in London by Agra Informa, writes ThePoultrySite editor, Jackie Linden.

FAO Reports on Global Avian Influenza Situation
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has published its latest 'HPAI Situation Update'. Outbreaks in commercial poultry were reported in Egypt and Bangladesh (one outbreak each), Republic of Korea (22) and Vietnam (6).