Countries are making significant steps in tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR), but serious gaps remain and require urgent action. This is according to a report released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), World Organisation for Animal Health [...]
Protected benzoic acid improved growth performance in birds that were subject to Eimeria challenge, according to new research released this week by Novus International. Frances Yan, senior poultry nutrition research scientist at Novus, told the Poultry Science Association annual meeting, [...]
Asia Pacific countries play a key role in global laying hen husbandry and egg production, contributing nearly two thirds of egg production in 2016 and 60% of the global hen inventory. China, the world’s largest egg producer, provided almost 36%, [...]
Cobb’s pedigree breeding complex at Herveld in the Netherlands has been awarded compartment status by the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Authority (NVWA) this month. The facility, which is the European hub for Cobb research and development, is the latest [...]
Pigs on the move inside the farm – it’s a poorly covered topic in textbooks according to swine management expert John Gadd. He has some practical tips as to what to do – and what not. Strange, isn’t it, that [...]
Labour shortage is one of the major problems in modern-day swine production. Yet, switching to technology to save manpower seems a giant step to take, says swine feed technology expert Dr Casey Bradley. She has at least 3 good [...]
A new literature review has highlighted the role eggs can play in improving infants’ protein, vitamin and mineral intake during childhood. The report, by nutrition student Amy Smith, looked at international intervention studies, and found eggs to support child development [...]
Countries are making significant steps in tackling antimicrobial resistance but serious gaps remain and require urgent action, according to a report released this week by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the [...]
60 million female commercial chicks are to be produced annually from the world’s largest layer hatchery, which has recently opened in China. The Huayu International Poultry Incubation Centre, which includes an international training and conference centre, has been officially opened [...]
A combination of antioxidants and selenium yeast for beef bulls helps improve the meat quality, as shown in a new trial by the Universidad Politéchnia de Madrid. Today, meat quality is a key criteria of choice for consumers, processors, and [...]
