Thursday, August 7, 2008

Vaccination, hygiene key to Marek’s control

Vaccination, hygiene key to Marek’s control

Poultry now a third of all meats

Poultry now a third of all meats

Portioning options

Portioning options

Brazilian broiler firms vie for top spot

Brazilian broiler firms vie for top spot

On-farm egg storage: Avoid pre-incubation

Temperature fluctuation lowers hatch rate by as much as 3.5%.

Betaine in broiler diets increases yield

Betaine in broiler diets increases yield

The boom in clean-room slicing

The boom in clean-room slicing

Using biofuel by-products in poultry feed

Although biofuel by-products present challenges to poultry nutritionists, they also offer opportunities.

Offering a choice based on science

Offering a choice based on science

Aviaries: alternative housing for layers

The European Union’s forthcoming ban on conventional cages for laying hens is stimulating aviaries to develop alternatives.

Low-pathogenic avian flu: learning from experience

Lessons learned from two outbreaks of low pathogenic avian flu in the USA last year.

Uniformity equals profitability

An uneven broiler flock can cause losses at each stage in the processing plant.

Regain consumer confidence

Insights into optimizing global egg production from the IEC spring meeting.

Global egg uptake to grow by 12mt by 2015

Global egg uptake to grow by 12mt by 2015 forecasts future egg consumption around the world and highlights that most of the increase in demand will come from six Asian countries.

Buyers Guide

All the equipment, services and supplies needed by poultry producers and processors by category, and lists the name and location of each company offering that particular item or service.

Latest advances in poultry health

Latest advances in poultry health covers the highlights of the recent Southern Conference of Avian Diseases in Atlanta, USA.

IPE reflects trends in further processing

IPE reflects trends in further processing looks at the ways that new poultrymeat further processing equipment on show at the International Poultry Expo in Atlanta meets growing demand for processed products.

Clear Sign of Poultry Industry Groeth in Russia and eastern Europe

The Eastern European poultry output exceeds world average highlights how developments in the poultrymeat and egg industries are inconsistent across the countries in the region. This article highlights the most promising areas for the future.