Genetics

A blueprint study prioritises animal genomics research over the next 10 years to help producers meet the needs of a growing world population.

New study will identify genes that reduce Influenza A infection in pigs and chickens, and genes that limit the spread of the virus to people.

Top specialists gather to share insights into the challenges and future of modern breeder to broiler production

MSD Animal Health announced a collaboration agreement with Rapid Genomics which grants the company exclusive rights to Rapid Genomics’ vaccination verification tool, Viral Flex-Seq®. The collaboration was announced at th…

UK - Chickens that are genetically modified to produce human proteins in their eggs can offer a cost-effective method of producing drugs

UK (Reuters) - British scientists are developing gene-edited chickens designed to be totally resistant to flu in a new approach to trying to stop the next deadly human pandemic

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