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What does closed borders mean for business and holiday travelers and the British food supply

Imports of chlorine-washed poultry could impact on UK quality standards.

Read the USDA's monthly poultry and egg report and see updates on Asia's bird flu outbreak in this week's Poultry Digest.

Aviagen® has just released two Briefs entitled “Coccidiosis Control in Broiler Breeders with the use of Vaccines” and “Coccidiosis Control in Broilers with the use of Vaccines”. These documents were written by Jose J. Br…

The Pirbright Institute confirm that cholesterol production and transport play a crucial role in how Mareks disease virus (MDV) infects poultry cells

Two circumstances have initiated reconsideration about the value of Marek’s disease (MD) vaccination. One is the explosion in no-antibiotics-ever poultry production and concern that in ovo vaccination for MD could lead t…

German consumers demand more and more organic eggs. While 6.2 % of bird places were for organic egg production in 2010, this figure had nearly doubled by the end of November 2018, at 11.1 %. Since sales volumes for organ…

Vilsack’s return to the USDA is being applauded by Midwestern US ag groups and lawmakers, including Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa).

Bird flu continues to roil the European and Asian poultry industries and Chick-Fil-A alleges price fixing in new lawsuit.

Vermin are considered to be wild animals that are believed to be harmful to crops and livestock or carry disease. Therefore, the definition of vermin is not specific to certain species but rather the circumstances. In po…

Poor egg shell quality and contaminated eggs are often the main factors to poor hatchability

It is estimated that to feed the world’s population in 2050 we will need to produce 56% more calories than we do today. However, at the same time we need to reduce our reliance on the world’s natural resources, reduce ca…

An interview with Kalen Cookson, DVM, MAM, Director of Clinical Research, Zoetis

In September 2020, HIPRA has launched a new version of HIPRAlink® Vaccination. A renewed software to control coccidiosis prevention at hatchery level.

Jim Wyckoff runs through everything from lab-grown chicken in Singapore to new coronavirus import protocols in China in this week's poultry digest.

Broiler breeders fed twice a day were calmer and laid more eggs

Introduction The ban or rejection of the use of antibiotic growth promoters (AGP) in poultry feed in many countries as well as the increasing restrictions on the use of antibiotics therapeutically are leading to a new pa…

Rapid development of wind energy across the American Great Plains has spurred concern about potential effects on grassland birds, the most rapidly declining avian group in North America.

In this week's poultry digest, Jim Wyckoff outlines the continuing avian influenza cases in Europe and Poland's increase in turkey production.

The cost of a classic Thanksgiving Day dinner has gone down slightly