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Transport ban affecting Egyptian poultry industry

16 Jan 2012 - The poultry industry in Egypt is not only facing high prices of feed but the banning of the transportation of poultry from one governorate to another to prevent avian flu spreading has seen a severe reduction in the number of slaughterhouses. Read more >>

Indonesia: Feed consumption predicted to increase in 2012

16 Jan 2012 - With Indonesia’s economic growth reaching 6.7%, feed consumption in Indonesia in 2011 reached 11.2 million tonnes. Whereas in 2010, feed consumption in 2011 was predicted about 10.3 million tonnes. In 2010, feed consumption was approximately 9.7 million tonnes. Read more >>

Hatchery excellence the focus for Iran

16 Jan 2012 - Following the recent opening of their new hatchery, Ross distributor Zarbal together with Aviagen recently held a number of events in Iran, highlighting the latest developments in hatchery best practice. Read more >>

ISA to build new PS and GPS hatchery

13 Jan 2012 - Institut de Sélection Animale (ISA) will build a brand new (Grand) Parent Stock hatchery in the Netherlands. Read more >>

Study suggests poultry is healthier meat than beef

13 Jan 2012 - Not all protein is equal and eating lots of red meat raises the risk of having a stroke while poultry lowers it, according to results from a US study. Read more >>

Indian poultry industry heading towards crisis, experts warn

13 Jan 2012 - The poultry industry in the Indian sate of Andhra Pradesh is heading for a major slump with thousands of marginal and big farmers incurring huge losses, The Times of India is reporting. Read more >>

People: Jos Ramekers new president Dutch Poultry Centre

13 Jan 2012 - Since the first of January this year, Jos Ramekers is the new president of Dutch Poultry Centre (DPC). He took over this role from Jacco Wagelaar, who had been in this position from the moment DPC was founded in 2003. Read more >>

Bird Flu back in Bhutan

13 Jan 2012 - The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has confirmed that H5N1, the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, has been signalled the Bhutanese village of Tsimasham, in the Chhukha district. Read more >>

Big Dutchman co-founder passes away at age 100

13 Jan 2012 - Jack DeWitt, who founded Big Dutchman in 1938 with his brother, Dick DeWitt, passed away at his home in Zeeland, MI on 6 January 2012. Read more >>

14 EU member states fail to meet hen welfare deadline

12 Jan 2012 - Fourteen EU member states have failed to fully enforce the Welfare of Laying Hens Directive and will face legal proceedings in the coming weeks, according to the European Commission. Read more >>

Fowl cholera spreading actively in Moldova and Ukraine

12 Jan 2012 - Fowl cholera has been actively spreading in Moldova over the last three months, representatives of the country’s Ministry of Agriculture recently reported at a press conference. Read more >>

Petersime publishes brochure on embryo-response incubation

12 Jan 2012 - Petersime has published a scientific brochure on embryonic development. The brochure describes how the three most important environmental factors - temperature, CO2/O2 levels, and humidity - influence embryonic development and how they evolve during the complex process of incubation. Read more >>

Qatar issues decree to stimulate domestic production

12 Jan 2012 - The Gulf State’s Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani issued a decree this year to organise the Qatar National Food Security Program (QNFSP), Reuters reports. Read more >>

Novogen enters the UK and Irish market with Tom Barron

12 Jan 2012 - Novogen and Tom Barron Limited have entered into an agreement to distribute the Novogen Brown and Novogen White layers into the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Read more >>

US: Training on poultry handling

11 Jan 2012 - A “Train the Trainer” workshop of the Poultry Handling and Transportation Quality Assurance Program (PHTQA) will be held on March 15/16, following the Midwest Poultry Federation Convention in St. Paul, MN, USA. It is designed to help facilitate the training of poultry catch crews. Read more >>

Jakarta: Hundreds of backyard poultry stamped out

11 Jan 2012 - Hundreds of backyard poultry in five locations in Jakarta have been stamped out on the first day of sweeping conducted by agriculture and marine agency of DKI Jakarta province. This action follows the death of a 23 year old man last Saturday (January 7, 2012) allegedly due to bird flu infection. Read more >>

Salmonella control programme works in German poultry

11 Jan 2012 - The annual national status report on Salmonella forms part of an EU control programme, which was established in 2008. The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) recently evaluated the 2010 data and found fewer Salmonellas in chicken than previous years. Read more >>

Nutrition and wet litter problems in poultry

11 Jan 2012 - The use and management of suitable bedding material is a crucial part of bird welfare in intensive production systems. Read more >>

Kabir Chicks founder Zvi Katz passes away

11 Jan 2012 - Zvi Katz, founder and president of Kabir Chicks Ltd. passed away on January 1st, 2012, at the age of 84. Katz had a full creative life, and retired from the Israeli company about a decade ago due to health problems. His son, Josef, who worked with his father almost 30 years, took over the company in 2000. Read more >>

Kazakhstan achieves self-sufficiency in egg production

10 Jan 2012 - Kazakhstan produced 105 thousand tonnes of poultry meat and 2.8 million eggs in 2011, the head of Kazakhstan's Union of Poultry Breeders Ruslan Sharipov reported. Read more >>
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