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Multivac launches R515 thermoforming packaging machine

05 Mar 2012 - With the R 515 machine Multivac is bringing a new model of its thermoforming packaging machines onto the market, a model which is designed for the particular requirements of the fresh meat industry. Read more >>

Myanmar reports outbreak of H5N1 among layers

02 Mar 2012 - The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 has broken out at two farms in the Chaung U Township, Sagaing, Myanmar. Read more >>

Second stage of registrations for WPC about to end

02 Mar 2012 - The second stage of registration to the 24th World Poultry Congress (WPC 2012) will finish in about a month. This stage started in December, 2011 and will end on March 31st. Read more >>

People: Danisco appoints new poultry US key account manager

02 Mar 2012 - Danisco Animal Nutrition has announced the appointment of new US-based key account manager, Andrew Carlson. Read more >>

Cantrell made a distributor for Murzan pumping systems

02 Mar 2012 - Cantrell, a poultry and food processing equipment, sales and service company, has been named a distributor of Murzan pumping systems. Read more >>

Ukrainian poultry farmers switch to innovation technologies

02 Mar 2012 - Ukrainian poultry houses, which specialise in growing broilers have started introducing cage housing into their production process. Read more >>

Agromars intends to significantly increase production capacity

01 Mar 2012 - Complex Agromars (Gavrilovsky Kurchatov, Kiev region), one of the largest poultry producers in Ukraine, plans to double its chicken production capacity in 2012 to 300 tons per year. Read more >>

DSM publishes 12th edition of vitamin supplementation guidelines

01 Mar 2012 - DSM Nutritional Products has announced the publication of the 12th edition of its Vitamin Supplementation Guidelines. This work has been a feed industry reference tool on optimum vitamin nutrition (OVN) levels for domestic animals such as poultry since the first edition’s appearance in 1958. Read more >>

‘IPPE’ becomes the name for the new USPOULTRY, AFIA & AMI co-located tradeshow

01 Mar 2012 - The International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) will serve as the umbrella name for the new U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY), American Feed Industry Association (AFIA), and American Meat Institute (AMI) 2013 Expo in Atlanta. Read more >>

Company update: Sanderson Farms sees losses shrink

01 Mar 2012 - Sanderson Farms, has reported results for the first fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2012. Net sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2012 were $517.8 million compared with $427.7 million for the same period a year ago. For the quarter, the company had a net loss of $8.0 million, or $0.36 per share, compared with a net loss of $33.6 million, or $1.52 per share, for the first quarter of fiscal 2011. Read more >>

Japanese earthquake aftermath claimed 4.37 million chickens

01 Mar 2012 - At least 4.37 million chickens being raised in Aomori, Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures of Japan died following the closure of ports after the earthquake and resulting tsunami last year. Read more >>

People: Pfizer expands poultry team for UK and Ireland

29 Feb 2012 - Tony Grainger has been appointed manager for the Pfizer range of in-feed products for the poultry industry in the UK and Ireland. Read more >>

AFGRI Poultry becomes 3rd supplier to KFC

29 Feb 2012 - AFGRI Poultry, the broiler producing and processing arm of leading listed South African agricultural services and foods group AFGRI Limited, has been appointed as a supplier to the world’s most popular chicken restaurant chain, KFC, which is owned by Yum. Read more >>

EFSA speaks on flavouring compounds in poultry feed

29 Feb 2012 - EFSA's feed safety panel, FEEDAP, has recently published scientific opinions on the use of phenol derivatives as flavouring compounds in poultry feed. Read more >>

EU meat consumption and production falls

29 Feb 2012 - Both meat production and consumption in the EU are expected to decrease in 2012, according to a recent report by the European Commission. Read more >>

Aviagen launches the Ross 400 Club

29 Feb 2012 - In order to recognise farmers who achieve exceptional broiler performance, Aviagen has recently established the Ross 400 Club. Read more >>

Study: Sodium butyrate enhances disease resistance of chickens

28 Feb 2012 - Host defense peptides (HDPs) are natural broad spectrum antimicrobials and an important first line of defense in almost all forms of life. Read more >>

Indonesia: Bird flu case in Situbondo and one death in Bali

28 Feb 2012 - Recently 30 chickens of backyard poultry in Situbondo, East Java died of bird flu. Rapid test conducted by the agency of animal husbandry of Situbondo regency confirmed that the cause was avian influenza virus. Read more >>

SA nutriceutical expert addresses poultry forum in Dubai

28 Feb 2012 - Eddy Mehta, managing director of Ashkan Animal Health in South Africa, has been invited to address delegates at the 3rd VETme International Trade Exhibition and Conference that will take place in Dubai from 2 to 4 April 2012. Read more >>

MSD Animal Health updates poultry vaccines guide

28 Feb 2012 - MSD Animal Health has updated its safety guide for the use of inactivated poultry vaccines. The wallet-sized guide has become popular with poultry managers seeking to remind staff of the potential dangers from accidentally self-injecting and the immediate steps which should be taken in the event that this unintentionally occurs. Read more >>
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