Genetics

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The NFU believes new precision breeding techniques, such as gene editing, could protect crops and animals from pests and disease, help deliver net zero and allow farmers to produce more home-grown food.

The modern layer hybrid production is facing to quite a lot and different type of demands are arising from the markets, the societies and the climate changes, like product quality, safety, efficiency, environment sensiti…

With EPEF scores surpassing 500, New Zealand growers keep outdoing their best

Aviagen® India customers continue to outdo their best and have recently reached a significant milestone -- Performance Efficiency Factor (PEF) scores of greater than 500. In fact, many customers are seeing 400+ PEF numbe…

Researchers at University of Edinburgh's Roslin Institute have found that gene-editing can transfer beneficial genes between breeds to produce offspring with useful characteristics.

Researchers are investigating the genetic make-up of 3,000 chickens.

USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue has signed a MOU that puts the Department of Agriculture as the chief regulator over farm animal biotechnology and gene editing.

Turkey becomes Aviagen’s fourth production base to achieve compartment status worldwide

The NFU believes that harnessing gene editing technology and biotechnology can help the UK reach its net zero carbon ambitions.

Plans to consult on gene editing – which could unlock substantial benefits to nature, the environment and help farmers with crops resistant to pests, disease or extreme weather and to produce healthier, more nutritious food – will be set out today by Environment Secretary George Eustice in his speech at the Oxford Farming Conference.…

A newly discovered gene linked to bone quality could lead to better health in laying hens

Key data on poultry has been included in the UK's National Breed Inventory, ensuring that poultry species will continue to be viewed as a vital genetic resource.

Researchers have identified the genetic regions associated with resistance to Marek's disease in chickens.

A new federal grant will support an Iowa State University-led effort to spur development of a “genome to phenome” infrastructure for scientific collaboration across crops and livestock.

Some poultry companies have switched to slow-growing broilers. What was the reason for this switch and will everyone soon follow suit? Jalal Haddad analyses the trend and explains the results.

Focusing on chick quality from the moment eggs enter the incubator is critical to ensuring birds have the best chance of being healthy and productive in no-antibiotics-ever (NAE) systems.

Aviagen NZ keeps raising the bar due to increasing performance of Ross birds

The calls of wild jungle fowl have reverberated throughout the jungles of Asia for thousands of years. Generations of people have hunted and caught the wary birds in traps, delighting in the succulence of fresh poultry.

In recent years researchers have found it difficult to source sexed day-old broiler chicks for research purpose. This is due to the change in genetics of current commercial broiler breeds resulting in feather sexing bein…