Genetics

US - The US' 64th National Breeders Roundtable, sponsored by the US Poultry and Egg Association (USPOULTRY), recently took place in St Louis, Missouri.

Traditional pure breeds carry important, irreplaceable genes, the value of which remains for future events to determine. They are also beautiful, productive, will reproduce your flock and connect you to history, writes C…

GLOBAL - Richard Weatherley, who joined Cobb Europe three years ago as broiler specialist, has been appointed production director for the region covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

NETHERLANDS - Hendrix Genetics, a leading multi-species animal genetics company, and NPM Capital, a subsidiary of family owned SHV Holdings, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for NPM to become a minority sharehol…

AUSTRIA - Half the chicken meat samples purchased by researchers from retailers in Austria contained animal viruses capable of transferring antibiotic resistance genes between bacteria, from the University of Veterinary …

EU - The European Commission (EC) has announced that a new scientific advice body will be set up, so that Europe has timely access to high-quality, independent scientific expertise.

US - Hy-Line International, the world leader in layer poultry genetics, was pleased to provide the opening speaker for the second day of the Egg Industry’s Center’s 7th Annual Egg Industry Leadership Forum in April in De…

EUROPE - Aviagen's recent Euro Seminar focused on ‘Managing for Potential’.

FRANCE - Last month, a delegation of several Russian poultry integrations, coming from different regions, visited the facilities of Hubbard in France.

SUDAN - The Arbor Acres international team joined poultry businesses from across Europe and Asia at the recent Sudan Poultry Show in Khartoum, to transfer technical knowledge to customers.

US - Aviagen has expanded the capacity of its hatchery in North Alabama by 52 per cent.

UK - Eggs are not impervious to infection, according to Aviagen, offering advice on keeping hatching eggs as hygienically clean as possible.

EGYPT - Al-Watania has become the first company to receive the new performance awards given by Cobb Europe for the Middle East.

EGYPT - A one-day road show designed to help Wadi parent stock farmers improve the technical and production performance of the Ross® 308 flocks in their care was well attended with over 45 people from the surrounding are…

RUSSIA - The new hatchery developed by Akashevo to provide four million Cobb500 parent stock per year in Russia has made its first delivery of chicks to Vasilievskaya, part of the Cherkizovo group.

TURKEY - The ‘cutting edge’ Aviagen® Anadolu laboratory in Ankara, Turkey, recently hosted a lab training event for Ross® distributors from Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Sudan.

SCOTLAND, UK - European proposals to re-nationalise policy on the use of animal feed containing GM are unworkable and could throw the Scottish, UK and European livestock sectors into disarray, said the Scottish National …

INDONESIA - Hy-Line International recognised its 15-year partnership with C.V. Missouri of Indonesia while at the VIV Asia trade show in Bangkok, Thailand.

SOUTH AFRICA - Experts from Aviagen® came face to face with top nutritionists in South Africa recently to discuss the best way to feed the Arbor Acres® (AA) bird, as part of AA’s annual International Nutrition Roadshow.

EU - The EU Commission has presented the outcome of its review of the decision-making process for the authorisation of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) as food and feed.