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Seven thousand Russian chickens poisoned by mycotoxins

17 Apr 2012 - One of Russia's largest poultry producers, ‘Amur broiler’ has reported a staggering number of chicken deaths. Read more >>

EFSA suggests reduction targets for Salmonella in turkeys

16 Apr 2012 - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was asked by the European Commission to evaluate the impact on public health of reducing Salmonella levels in turkeys across the European Union (EU). Read more >>

EU puts off organic poultry feed rules till 2014

16 Apr 2012 - The European Union have postponed the introduction of a 100% organic diet for monogastric animals for two years. Read more >>

Belarus ramps up poultry meat and egg production

16 Apr 2012 - In the first two months of this year, Belarus produced 74.1 thousand (live weight) tonnes of poultry, which is 17% higher than what was produced in 2011 during the same period. The growth in production volume has been across the board for all regions of the country, the Ministry of Agriculture reported at a recent meeting with Alexander Lukashenko on April 12. Read more >>

UK reports massive growth for meat exports

16 Apr 2012 - Exports of livestock products rose to £2.325* billion in 2011, an increase of 22% from 2010, according to data released by EBLEX and BPEX. In 2006, the first year following the resumption of beef exports, total livestock product exports represented only £1.032 billion. Read more >>

FDA calls on drugmakers to help limit use of antibiotics

16 Apr 2012 - The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has called on drug companies to help limit the use of antibiotics in poultry, pigs, and other livestock within the next three years. Read more >>

Dioxin in eggs from two more German farms

13 Apr 2012 - German authorities said on Friday the highly-poisonous chemical dioxin had been found above permitted levels in eggs from two more German farms following its discovery in eggs from three other farms in early April. Read more >>

Uzbek teachers paid in poultry

13 Apr 2012 - Public sector workers in Uzbekistan received part of their wages in Serbian chickens and might be getting Ukrainian calves soon, Radio Liberty said on Wednesday. Read more >>

Canada will help Atlantic coast poultry farmers

13 Apr 2012 - Atlantic poultry farmers will be more competitive in the market with the support of the Government of Canada. MP Scott Armstrong on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, announced in Truro, Nova Scotia, an investment plan of more than $600,000 to the Atlantic Poultry Research Institute (APRI). Read more >>

South Africa cooks around EU ostrich ban

13 Apr 2012 - South Africa’s ostrich industry can sidestep the ban on its products imposed by the European Union (EU) due to avian flu, by selling heat-processed meat. Read more >>

The latest FDA statement on antibiotics: criticism and approval

13 Apr 2012 - Reactions are mixed regarding the latest statement of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the use of antibiotics in poultry, pigs and other food animals. Read more >>

Global demand for hatchery automation shows steady increase

13 Apr 2012 - Despite the setback in the global economy during the last few years, hatchery automation specialist Viscon experienced a steady increase in the demand for hatchery automation systems. Read more >>

IKO Poland expands with Pas Reform

13 Apr 2012 - IKO Kompania Drobiarska, established on the Polish poultry market since 1999, recently expanded its hatchery with Pas Reform equipment. Read more >>

Atria (Finland) teams with Petersime for major hatchery upgrade

13 Apr 2012 - One of the leading Finnish food processing companies, Atria PLC, has recently decided to substantially upgrade and expand its broiler hatchery located in Seinäjoki, Finland. Petersime will be supplying S-line BioStreamer incubators as well as a brand new HVAC system. Read more >>

Emka completes large-scale projects

13 Apr 2012 - Last month, Emka Incubators completed Lunar 2 in Zimbabwe with 18 incubators. Moreover the company converted all 22 hatchers at Lohmann Tierzucht in Germany to Teggnologic27 technology, while adding another three machines. The company also successfully turned on the first stage of their newest hatchery project in Belarus recently. Read more >>

Selection for ascites incidence influences hatch window

13 Apr 2012 - There is documented association between incubator environment, chick quality and ascites incidence in broilers. Because of this association, one could expect selection for ascites susceptibility to impact hatch characteristics. Read more >>

Aviana Uganda 2012 in November

13 Apr 2012 - The international expo for poultry and livestock “Aviana Uganda 2012" will present a gateway to East Africa by providing a platform to exhibit products, services and innovative technologies to top decision makers and create business partnerships, with exhibitors from more than 20 countries. Aviana Uganda is a Poultry and Livestock Expo exemplifying a single aim of prosperity in African animal health sector: with the mission, “Animal's Health, Nation's Wealth". Read more >>

Uniform incubation conditions optimise the hatch window

13 Apr 2012 - To obtain a good overall chick quality and uniformity in commercial hatcheries, chickens have to emerge from their eggshell in a time period up to 36 hours. Read more >>

Japfa to merge with Multibreeder

12 Apr 2012 - PT Japfa Comfeed Indonesia (Japfa), one of the largest integrated poultry companies in Indonesia, will merge its business with PT Multibreeder Adirama Indonesia (Multibreeder), a chicken breeding company, and two of Multibreeder subsidiaries, PT Multiphala Adiputra (Multiphala) and PT Hidon. Read more >>

Delacon appoints Antje Holthausen product manager

12 Apr 2012 - Markus Dedl, CEO of Delacon Biotechnik, is pleased to announce the appointment of Antje Holthausen as product manager, sales and marketing division. Read more >>
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