Genetics

USA, 14 December 2018 - North Carolina State University (NCSU) researchers Dr Shaymaa Abousaad, Dr Ramon Malheiros, and Dr Peter Ferket, along with White Dog Labs’ personnel Shawn Jones and Bryan Tracy, will be presentin…

UK, 14 December 2018 - Modern meat chickens are a defining feature of the Anthropocene according to new research by Dr Carys Bennett and colleagues from the University of Leicester in conjunction with Nottingham Trent Un…

Today’s broiler shows a marked improvement over the broiler of the middle of the last century, but it is still a relatively inefficient converter of feed into meat.

The Coalition for Responsible Gene Editing in Agriculture has created communication resources to help those researching, developing and using the technology to support an informed dialogue on gene editing in food and agr…

Cobb Europe’s EMEA Grandparent Technical Seminar delivered one constant message for distributors from across Europe, the Middle East and Africa: uniformity.

SCOTLAND, 15 November 2018 - TIBA, the Indian River distributor for Egypt, sponsored the largest, fully dedicated stand for a broiler breeder at the AGRENA show in October, 2018

TURKEY, 20 November 2018 - Five years after its first chicks hatched, Cobb Turkey has announced plans to invest more than €2 million ($2.353 million) to create a grandparent stock operation in the country

BELEK, ANTALYA, TURKEY, 13 November 2018 - Ross customers throughout Turkey exchanged ideas on nutrition and current issues

USA, 8 November 2018: Since the last update on July 19, 2018, 74 ill people from 26 states have been added to this investigation

Throughout Africa, chickens are vital to family nourishment, income and food security. But African poultry production is threatened by an extremely virulent Newcastle disease virus that can decimate entire flocks within …

CHINA - In response to bird flu pandemics starting in 2013, officials in China introduced a new vaccine for chickens in September 2017

USA - Al-Watania Poultry Company, one of the leading poultry producers in the Middle East, recently signed a distributor agreement with Cobb Europe for the territories of Saudi Arabia and a number of surrounding Gulf Coo…

USA - Al-Watania Poultry Company, one of the leading poultry producers in the Middle East, recently signed a distributor agreement with Cobb Europe for the territories of Saudi Arabia and a number of surrounding Gulf Coo…

East Yorks-based Soanes Poultry rejoices in its new membership in the Ross® 400 Club

EDINBURGH, Scotland - 31 July 2018: Aviagen recently welcomed a delegation from the Japan Chunky Association (JCA) to its stand at VIV Europe 2018 in the Netherlands and to Aviagen SAU in Spain

While detailed behaviour tracking in larger livestock has proved a valuable tool for improving efficiency, a poultry flock’s greater population and erratic habits have made chickens much harder to pin down. Until now. Me…

New innovation and technologies will result in vaccines becoming even more efficient and playing a greater role in disease prevention

A $500,000 gift to Auburn University’s College of Agriculture from Crossville, Alabama–based D&F Equipment Sales Inc. and its founding Fortenberry family will support ongoing development of the Charles C. Miller Jr. Poul…

During the week of April 23-26, Aviagen® hosted its annual European Technical Managers’ Meeting (ETMM) in Sevilla, Spain. This assembly of Aviagen’s European Technical Service Managers’ provided an invaluable platform to…

Why a ban on beak trimming won’t stop the ‘super peckers’ going for feathers, Melanie Epp reports