Poultry welfare

Humane League UK highlights the link between improved poultry welfare practices and decreased antibiotic use.

A new report from the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) finds that the USDA's oversight of large slaughterhouses is lacking, leading to widespread mistreatment of birds.

New data on antibiotic sales show that UK farmers and veterinarians have been working together to use antibiotics responsibly.

Listening to baby chicks’ calls could help identify welfare problems early on

Study proves slow-growing chickens live under better welfare conditions than faster-growing breeds

Researchers have developed a RFID system that monitors the activity and welfare of boiler chickens from day of hatch.

Britain and the United States report that ongoing trade talks are heading towards a comprehensive agreement.

The RSPCA says that a post-Brexit subsidy scheme that incentivises improved animal welfare outcomes could help millions of farm animals in Wales.

The British Veterinary Association welcomes stronger legal remit for the Trade and Agriculture Commission.

Animal health authorities in the Netherlands will cull 35,700 broiler chickens after a highly contagious strain of bird flu was found on a farm.

Britain has sovereign choices to make on Brexit and they will determine its future access to the EU's internal market, the chairman of the bloc's leaders said on 21 October, stressing it was now up to London to break an impasse in trade negotiations.…

NFU President Minette Batters met Prime Minister Boris Johnson on 14 October to discuss the need for the UK to safeguard British farming's high standards in trade policy.

The British Poultry Council (BPC) warns that allowing the UK to dilute its food standards for free trade agreements in the Agriculture Bill would penalise British poultry and egg producers.

Reducing the crude protein (CP) content of broiler diets has the potential to significantly reduce nitrogen (N) excretion and consequently improve litter quality, flock health and bird welfare while maintaining growth pe…

Limiting stress in broiler flocks is key to preventing birds from succumbing to an infectious respiratory disease which is showing a resurgence in some areas of the US, according to a poultry expert.

The RSPCA is urging residents of Bradford, Yorkshire to write to their MP this week before a critical vote on the UK’s Agriculture Bill on 1 October.

The latest Antibiotics Report from the British Poultry Council shows that Britain's poultry sector has dramatically reduced its antibiotics use and improved antimicrobial stewardship.

UK vets and activists welcome move that could prevent food imports produced at lower animal welfare standards.

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has welcomed a crucial clause in the Agriculture Bill that imposes a requirement for agricultural and food imports to the UK to meet domestic standards.

A research grant worth nearly £500,000 has been awarded to the Moredun Research Institute to develop a novel way of studying poultry red mites.