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Learn what can happen to eggs on a conveyer system and why it's important to monitor the process.

Poor eggshell quality can represent a substantial loss to poultry operations. A myriad of factors, both nutritional and non-nutritional, can influence eggshell quality. In an interview with Josh Yoshida, Co-CEO at Orka F…

A free range egg producer in the UK, farming 16,000 layer hens, shares his experience solving the challenge of keeping his water lines clean.

Highly contagious and constantly evolving, infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) is notoriously difficult to control. According to the University of Georgia’s Mark Jackwood, PhD, vaccination is critical to keeping flocks pro…

Learn more about Kate Barger-Weathers, veterinarian and director of world animal welfare with Cobb-Vantress

USDA predicts that European chicken production will bounce back from the declines seen in 2020.

Housing is a crucial cornerstone of healthy broiler development,” says Heinz Südkamp, Product Manager Climate at Big Dutchman, leading supplier of poultry equipment and housing. “Creating the right environment sets chick…

I rarely get on a soap box, but I’m going to make an exception in this case. As an industry, if we’re going to continue with “no antibiotics ever” (NAE) production, we have to know the quality of water our flocks are dri…

Demand for insect protein is strong, but there are limiting factors for growth

The dark side of soybean meal in chicken feed In several articles recently published on this website (Blanch, 2020 a, b; Blanch, 2021), it has been shown that some anti-nutritional factors (ANF’s) in soybean meal (SBM) …

Outbreaks of H5N8 influenza continue to wipe out chickens in the EU, pressuring egg prices.

Many egg markets have moved to more cage-free table egg production systems. In cage-free facilities the nesting behavior of hens is an important economic trait. Eggs that are laid outside of the nests are more likely to …

COVID-19 severely impacted the US poultry industry in 2020. Now, it looks like we’re seeing signs of stability and recovery.

Based in the UK, Dinah Nicholson, Head of Aviagen’s Global Hatchery Support team, works with team members in the US, Turkey, China and Malaysia to provide effective hatchery support to Aviagen and customer hatcheries and…

Since public interest drives public policy, it’s no surprise USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) tightened the standards for the maximum acceptable limit of Salmonella at processing.

Avian pneumovirus or avian metapneumovirus (aMPV) is a respiratory disease that causes infectious turkey rhinotracheitis (TRT) and Swollen Head Syndrome (SHS) in broiler chickens, layers and breeders.

More than 60 years of research and experience have made it clear that infectious bursal disease in broilers is here to stay, and that unless it’s managed, considerable losses can occur.

Though economic data suggests that the United States is recovering from the COVID-19 crisis, recent bouts of sub-zero temperatures threaten the agriculture sector.

COVID-19 has served as a catalyst for changes in digitization, deglobalization, economic and social turmoil, consumer habits and price dynamics.

In Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia, meat production has increased significantly over the past few years.