Genetics and traits

AFRICA - Zied Azzez has been announced as Aviagen’s new International Technical Manager for Turkey, the Middle East and Africa (TMEA) region, covering Aviagen customers in North Africa and Sub-Sahara.

GLOBAL - Aviagen® is pleased to launch the latest in the series of the popular How To’s. This time, the focus moves from the hatchery to broiler breeders.

CANADA - Agri Group of Nova Scotia is the latest winner of the award for the top Cobb500 breeder performance in Canada.

THAILAND - The Aviagen® stand at VIV Asia in March 2015 featured the theme ‘Industry Leader’ during the recent VIV Asia exhibition, differentiating the company and promoting the three commercial brands – Arbor Acres®, In…

UK - Aviagen explains how weighing eggs can tell you a lot about the needs of your birds.

INDIA - The Project Directorate on Poultry has now been given a higher mandate to take up research in all the field of poultry production, reports Dr T. Kotaiah of Indbro Research and Breeding Farms.

UK - Aviagen Turkeys has produced a new poster 'Deboning and Yield Measurement'.

US - Researchers at Michigan State University have studied the genetics of the feral chicken population overrunning the Hawaiian Island of Kauai.

EGYPT - Ross® recently supported Wadi Group, its Grandparent distributor in Egypt, by holding a four day interactive training seminar on stock management, aimed at technical and commercial personnel.

CHINA - More than 50 international and local guests attended the official opening of the new Cobb-Vantress Asia-Pacific regional head office in Shanghai, seen as an important step in developing the Cobb foothold in China…

EGYPT - Mansoura is located in the Nile Delta region about 120km northeast of Cairo and was selected by Misr Poultry Grandparents (MPG), the local Arbor Acres® distributor, as a suitable site for a seminar in one of the …

US - H&N International GmbH, based in Germany, has appointed Centurion Poultry, Inc. as its distributor for the marketing and sales of H&N branded egg layers in the United States.

US - On 6 March, Hubbard LLC hosted an open house located at a new production complex, which is its first in the isolated region of north-east Alabama.

SUDAN - Aviagen® and INMAA for Poultry promoted the Ross® brand at the 8th annual Sudan Poultry Expo, held recently at the International Fairs Ground Khartoum.

ETHIOPIA - Going back to the basics of broiler growing was the focus at the Ross® broiler seminar held recently in Ethiopia, where Ross is the breed of choice for local customers.

UK - A new breed developed to help producers meet the growing demand for smaller Christmas turkeys is being introduced this season by FarmGate Hatcheries.

US - Two senior appointments have been made by Cobb-Vantress to strengthen its research and development team.

THE NETHERLANDS - Aviagen® EPI in The Netherlands attended the Venray Show LIV recently, building several new relationships and gathering a lot of interest in the slower growing Rowan Ranger® bird and Ross Ranger® bird.

IRAQ - Vano Group has been recognised as a new member of the Ross® 400 Club, having achieved outstanding performance with two of its broiler flocks.

GLOBAL - Hy-Line International has promoted Jessica Boor to the position of international quality and planning manager.