New US Southwest Regional Sales Manager
US - Bob Ickes has been appointed Southwest regional sales manager for Cobb-Vantress covering Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and the West Coast regions.

Aviagen Names Product Development Center Supervisor
ALABAMA - Aviagen, the world's leading poultry breeding company, recently named Tracy Beauchamp as Product Development Center supervisor for the company's facilities in Albertville, Alabama.

Aviagen Holds Production Management Course
ALABAMA - Aviagen, the world's leading poultry breeding company, recently completed its annual production management course. This four-week workshop brings participants from around the world together to learn the latest information in all areas of poultry...

Cobb Appoints New US Sales Manager
US - Heath Wessels has been appointed US sales manager for Cobb-Vantress, filling the position recently vacated by Dr Aldo Rossi, now general manager for North America.

Pas Reform Appoints Representative To Support Smart Growth In The USA
US - Since launching its industry-leading Smart single-stage incubation system in the USA in January 2007, Pas Reform announces further expansion to its worldwide network, with the appointment of Mr. Dave Neff to drive the company’s commercial activities...

Technical service appointment in the US
US - Charles Swain has joined the Cobb team as a technical service representative in the United States.

Hubbard LLC Appoints Andy McRee As Veterinary And Technical Services Director
US - Hubbard is very pleased to announce that Dr. Andy McRee has been named Veterinary and Technical Services Director of Hubbard LLC.

Cobb Appoints General Manager For North America
US - Aldo Rossi, who has held sales and technical roles with Cobb during the past seven years, has been promoted general manager for North America.

Hubbrd LLC Names Eddy Slick As Sales Representative
US - Hubbard is very pleased to announce that Eddy Slick has been named the Hubbard LLC Sales Representative for the states of Nebraska, Minnesota, Indiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky.

Jose Barella To Succeed Jerry Belle As Executive Chairman of Merial
DULUTH - The Board of Directors of Merial Ltd., one of the world's leading animal health companies, announced that Jose Barella will succeed Jerry Belle as Executive Chairman of Merial, effective June 1st.

Peter Page Departs From Aviagen
US - Aviagen, the world’s leading poultry breeding company, have announced the departure of Peter Page, who has accepted the position of Chief Executive Officer of a publicly quoted international food company and will be leaving Aviagen at the end of...

Alpharma Expands Presence in China
US - Alpharma Inc., a leading global specialty pharmaceutical company, announced it has acquired the assets of Shenzhou Tongde Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd ("Tongde") in Shenzhou City, China.

Aviagen Holds First Poultry Management School in China
US - Aviagen, the world's leading poultry breeding company, recently completed a week-long poultry management course in Beijing. The school brought participants from all across China together to learn the latest information in all areas of poultry science...

CPC Poultry School Honours Dr. Mohammed Farouk Bedewi
US - The 9th CPC Poultry School organized by the Cairo Poultry Company, parent company of CPGP and CMPG, distributors of Hubbard breeding stock in Egypt, took place on 4-10 March 2007 in Egypt at Hurghada on the Red Sea.

Aviagen Names New Technical Manager
US - Aviagen, the world's leading poultry breeding company, has named Gary Hogue as technical manager for the western region of the USA. In this role, he is responsible for providing technical service to Aviagen customers within this region and will...

Aviagen Appoints New Regional Technical Manager for Asia
US - Aviagen, the world's leading poultry breeding company, has named Bruce Evans as regional technical manager for Asia.

Two Brazilians to head Cobb's Latin American region
GLOBAL - Two new senior appointments have been made by Cobb-Vantress Inc in Latin America where Jairo Arenazio becomes general manager for the region and Fausto Ferraz sales and technical director.

Aviagen Appoints New Nutritionist
ALABAMA - Aviagen, the world's leading poultry breeding company, recently named Dr. Marc de Beer as a poultry nutritionist.

Hubbard and Metamorphix Announce Alliance To Produce Predictive Markers For Broiler Breeding
ATLANTA - Hubbard S.A.S. and MetaMorphix, Inc. announced today the alliance to jointly develop a set of genomic markers to maximize the genetic progress of Hubbard's products.

EggTester.Com launches a new product, Egg Force Reader at Int'l Poultry Exhibition in Atlanta!
EggTester.Com (officially known as "Orka Food Technology") will be launching a new product, Egg Force Reader, at the 2007 International Poultry Exhibition during 24 - 26 2007 at Atlanta Georgia, USA.

Davian’s Russ Larsen to head Pas Reform launch into the USA and Canada
NORTH AMERICA - Following Davian’s appointment as Distributor for Pas Reform’s Smart single stage incubation systems and hatchery technologies in the USA earlier this year, Mr Russ Larsen has been appointed to drive operations - as plans for the Dutch...

Latin America Ross Association Technical Meeting Held in Miami
US - Aviagen, the world's leading poultry breeding company, recently held is annual Latin America Ross Association (LARA) meeting in Miami, Florida. The three day program brought together more than 20 Ross customers from eight countries across Mexico,...

Aviagen Names New Regional Technical Manager for Latin America
US - Aviagen, the world's leading poultry breeding company, has named Mario Padron as regional technical manager for Latin America. In this position, he will lead the Latin American technical team and will play a key role in developing the customer support...

US launch of Smart incubation system: IPE Atlanta, January 2007
US - In January, at the International Poultry Exposition (IPE) in Atlanta (January 24-26), Pas Reform unveils its widely acclaimed Smart incubation technologies to US audiences for the first time.

Chicken Meat Increasingly Carries Type of Salmonella
US - From 2000 through 2005, there was a fourfold increase in positive test results for salmonella enteritidis on chicken carcasses.