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It is said that the Philippines is what you would get by spending 300 years in a convent… and 50 years in Hollywood.

In Zimbabwe’s second city, Bulawayo, poultry farmers at all levels are taking advantage of the country’s growing demand for indigenous birds.

A change in water intake is often one of the first signs of a health or management issue which may result in a drop in performance and/or bird welfare. Water consumption should be recorded using a water meter at the same…

Protocols vary widely, but vaccinating broiler breeders against infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) remains an important strategy for protecting broiler progeny against the virus, according to panelists at a roundtable on …

With media outlets showing empty grocery stores and hinting at potential food shortages due to panic buying, Farm Gate host ffinlo Costain sits down with Roland Bonney of FAI Farms and Jo White of Behaviour Change for Animals to discuss the psychology of panic buying and how our food system can adjust to the new normal.…

In India, tribal communities have been involved in rearing backyard poultry since time immemorial – long before the government and development agencies counted it as a form of livelihood and a key component of food-secur…

Newcastle disease (ND) is caused by virulent strains of the Newcastle disease virus (NDV), also recently designated as the Avian Orthoavulavirus 1 (AOAV-1).

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How To... Prepare the breeder house for cleaning and disinfection after depletion

For many years, raised CO2 levels at the end of the incubation period were thought to be harmful for the developing bird embryo – this is a myth that couldn’t be further from the truth.

Evonik Porphyrio brings digital solutions to Evonik's Precision Livestock Farming division.

Learn trends in the feed additive industry and how research is changing farmer perceptions of feed additives.

During a crisis, such as the global pandemic of the COVID-19 outbreak, many business can slow down or even close down when normal operations are not possible to maintain, even with workers working from home.

Rumours about the spread of coronavirus through chicken have wreaked
havoc in West Bengal’s poultry industry, with losses amounting to
several billions of dollars and thousands of farmers losing their
livelihoods.…

The novel coronavirus has certainly put the world in defensive mode as media outlets continue their non-stop coverage of new daily outbreaks around the world, and the World Health Organization (WHO) has just recently categorized it as pandemic.…

According to the National Chicken Council, in 2018, more than 9 billion broiler chickens were hatched, and more than 40 billion pounds of chicken meat were produced. This resulted in the US being the largest broiler chicken producer in the world.…

Separate-sex feeding considers the differences in head size and height between males and females and allows for more effective control of body-weight gain and uniformity in each sex.Using separate-sex feeding equipment w…

A short-chain poultry unit in the Netherlands is changing public opinion and proving that poultry production can be done sustainably, ethically and affordably for everyone. Melanie Jenkins reports.

A good vaccination program, along with proper flock management and biosecurity, plays a key role in the health and productivity of broiler breeders.The use of bacterins has been shown to lessen the effects of certain dis…

To achieve good hatchability and chick quality, bird eggs need careful management from the time they are laid to the time they hatch. Breakout analyses are a valuable tool in the hatchery manager’s hatching egg managemen…