Genetics

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. …

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

WOODSTOCK, Ontario, Canada - A new $15 million hatchery is being built in the Canadian province of Ontario

2nd Edition. Dr Phillip Sponenberg, Alison Martin and Jeanette Beranger

Rachel Lane investigates how identifying and storing the genetic marker for turkey fertility could change the industry

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is partnering in the Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), biology's version of the moonshot, an effort that will yield millions of powerful new solutions to agriculture's challenges

Hy-Line International, the world leader in layer poultry genetics, has added to its Southeast Asia team Ms. Princess Cortez as Technical Service Specialist. She will be based in the Philippines.

A powerful alliance of 52 organisations have set out their stall for how to eat meat and dairy more sustainably

Charoen Pokphand Foods PLC commits to sustainability and welfare improvement targets in 2017 sustainability report

WASHINGTON – As new, alternative “beef” products make their way onto grocery store shelves, National Farmers Union (NFU) is encouraging federal officials to establish labelling requirements that better inform consumers a…

Hy-Line International, the world leader in layer poultry genetics, is pleased to announce its layer breeding stock distributor, Hy-Line do Brasil, has been awarded compartmentalisation status by the Brazilian Ministry of…

New suite of documents offer in-depth advice for Aviagen’s slower-growing and colored bird portfolio.

Jamesway Incubator Company is very pleased to be offering a series of webinars which tap into the vast knowledge of our hatchery professionals

Aviagen to feature chicken and turkey breeding programs and genetics expertise at New Zealand conference.

Learn more about Cobb-Vantress and how the genetics company is driving the poultry industry forward at the 2018 International Poultry Processors Expo (IPPE) opening in Atlanta on January 30.

“We are achieving progress in all lines faster than has ever been seen before,” noted Dr. Danny Lubritz, research and development director for Hy-Line International, in a recent discussion regarding Hy-Line’s intensified…