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Maryland, USA, a signature away from banning arsenic in chicken feed

12 Apr 2012 - The state of Maryland, USA, is set to follow the EU and Canada in banning the use of feed additives containing aresenic. Read more >>

First ihsig Symposium addresses poultry intestinal health management

12 Apr 2012 - The Intestinal Health Scientific Interest Group (ihsig), created in 2010, held their first symposium last month in Gent, Belgium. The symposium attracted 150 people from more than 20 countries—including representatives from the poultry industry’s scientific community, consultants and veterinarians. Read more >>

Lahore CCI attends to poultry in budget proposal

12 Apr 2012 - Pakistan's Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry has made energy the focus of iut's bidget proposals, but has also put forward proposals on the import tariffs on grandparent stock. Read more >>

Aarhus University to look at whether LED lights are good for chickens

11 Apr 2012 - Chickens in a research project at Aarhus University can look forward to new LED lights. Scientists will investigate whether this type of light can reduce, among other things, the incidence of leg problems and breast blisters in chickens. These problems are lessened if chickens are more evenly distributed in the chicken house and a better light distribution could promote this. Read more >>

WTO: India and US consult at DSB on Indian ban of US poultry

11 Apr 2012 - India and the US have embarked on a trade war over restrictions on poultry imports and higher visa fees. India has dragged the US to the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) dispute settlement body (DSB) over an increase in the professional visa fee. Both sides will present a case to the WTO's dispute settlemement body (DSB) on India’s ban on US poultry imports, Business Standard reports. Read more >>

Ghana rules out imported poultry ban

11 Apr 2012 - Persistent concerns expressed by poultry farmers over the influx of imported poultry products has lead the Ghanaian government to categorically state that it has no immediate plans to ban the importation of poultry into Ghana. Read more >>

Ceva developed Vectormune HVT AIV vaccine gets USDA approval

11 Apr 2012 - Ceva announced the successful development and subsequent USDA approval of Vectormune HVT AIV, a recombinant vaccine against Avian Influenza (AI), at the 8th International Symposium on AI. Read more >>

Pennfield sells poultry mill to Wenger Feeds to focus on dairy

11 Apr 2012 - Wenger's Feed Mill Inc. is to purchase the poultry feed mill of Pennfield Corp. in West Hempfield Township in Philadelphia state, USA. Read more >>

Aviagen takes on Dutch poultry research facility Spelderholt

10 Apr 2012 - Aviagen has boosted its global Research and Development capacity through a long-term lease of the research facilitiesof the internationally renowned applied poultry research institute Spelderholt, based in Lelystad, the Netherlands. Read more >>

Tuffigo Rapidex introduces heavy poultry pan

09 Apr 2012 - Tuffigo Rapidex has extended its automatic weighing range with a new heavy poultry pan (turkey, turkeys, ducks). Read more >>

Aviagen Italia holds successful broiler seminar

09 Apr 2012 - Aviagen Italia recently held a broiler seminar for customers in Bologna, Romagna Region of Italy, with presentations from a number of key Aviagen experts. The event attracted over 85 attendees representing all players in the Italian poultry industry. Read more >>

People: New head for Cobb World Technical Support Team

09 Apr 2012 - Dr Steve Bolden has joined Cobb as director of its World Technical Support Team which provides high-level expertise for customers to support the regional technical service personnel. Read more >>

UK research into eggshell recycling to benefit producers

09 Apr 2012 - Scientists and food industry experts in the UK have launched a £20,000 research project which could shed new light on the way people recycle egg shells, saving the egg industry thousands of pounds each year. Read more >>

Cherkizovo Group launches poultry breeding facility

06 Apr 2012 - Cherkizovo Group, one of Russia’s leading integrated and diversified meat producers, has successfully launched the first line of the breeding facility Pervomaiskaya in the Bryansk region. Read more >>

UAE quail producer to expand capacity by 25%

06 Apr 2012 - Al Semman Farm, a major quail producer based in Al Ain and a member of UAE-based Liberty Group, is set to expand its production capacity by 25% - from 200,000 to 250,000 quails per month, by the end of 2012. Read more >>

People: Petersime expands sales and marketing team

06 Apr 2012 - Petersime has appointed Rudy Verhelst to join the sales and marketing department as product manager. Read more >>

Cobb officially opens new Asian office in Thailand

06 Apr 2012 - The new Cobb office for the Asian region in Bangkok, Thailand, has been officially opened by the company’s president Jerry Moye. The ceremony and dinner was attended by the whole Cobb Asia team, executives from the USA and senior managers from Thailand based companies CP Foods, GFPT, Saha Farms and Betagro. Read more >>

Dioxin found on two more German farms

06 Apr 2012 - Dioxin has been discovered in above permitted levels in eggs from two more farms in the central German state of North Rhine Westphalia, the state agriculture ministry said on Thursday. Read more >>

EU restrictions on Thai poultry lifted

05 Apr 2012 - The European Union has announced that the restrictions on the import of fresh poultry meat from Thailand will be lifted. The restrictions had been in place since 2004 following an avian flu outbreak. Read more >>

Only legal eggs to be served at Olympic Games

05 Apr 2012 - The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games has announced that only eggs from legal housing systems will be served at Olympic Games venues. Read more >>
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