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Bringing artificial intelligence into the barn»
A pioneer research effort in Brazil is exploring an
innovative method in the study of animal behaviour and welfare: the use of
automated image analysis and interpretation systems. They have potential for
evaluating differences in hen behaviour und...
Chickens bred from burrowed spermatozoa»
Scientists around the world are continually searching for methods to genetically improve existing commercial strains and to reproduce the best ones quickly and efficiently. Today, both traditional and new methods are used. Transplanting specific...
New Cobb-Vantress president Jerry Moye: The market expects Cobb to offer multiple products»
Jerry Moye has recently become the president of the broiler breeder company Cobb. In his new role, Moye speaks to World Poultry about the position of his company in the world chicken market, the move to multiple products and his vision for the fut...
The featherless broiler is ready to go to market »
Four years after the first information on featherless
broiler research was known the attention of the public and world media was
attracted. Commercial trials show the big advantages over their feathered
relatives, especially when kept in tropical ...
Hybro: The science of breeding excellence»
Hybro, a leading broiler breeding company, has succeeded
in gaining market share since the introduction of its enhanced product
portfolio, completed in June with the addition of its PN+ product. Hybro, having
completed extensive renovations to its...
Fifteen years of growth for Centurion in North America»
Centurion Poultry, Inc., founded in 1991, focused
initially on both broilers and layers, but soon dropped the meat side and
focused primarily on egg breeding in North America. The company, which in June
2006 celebrated its fifteenth anniversary, c...
WPSA Poultry Genetics Symposium in Croatia»
Almost seventy poultry geneticists gathered in Dubrovnik, Croatia for the
4th European Poultry Genetics Symposium. The programme included discussions of
the latest developments in molecular genetics and bioinformatics, biodiversity
and genetic con...
28 Feb 2006
Assembling the chicken genome opens new breeding opportunities »
After many years of investigation a group of geneticists from more than fifty research centres around the world succeeded in unravelling the entire poultry genome puzzle. Now completed, the question is what can be done with it?
The impact genetics has on breeder management »
Modern breeds are expected to perform better than the traditional breeds. To optimise the efficiency of modern breed traits, management practise must be adjusted too. Have a look at the reasons why!
Immunosuppression – threat to bird health and welfare»
Have our birds become vulnerable to diseases due to a weakened genetic resistance, as many want us to believe, or have other, hidden factors created conditions that makes these an easy target for disease causing organisms?
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