23 May 2012 - German authorities have reported that another farm has been found with eggs containing the chemical dioxin at higher than permitted levels, Reuters reports. Read more >>
22 May 2012 - Students at City College hotel school at Norwich and goose producers are to work together in developing new recipes and in reviving an ancient Michaelmas tradition. Read more >>
22 May 2012 - The latest appointments at Cobb Europe feature three people who have joined the UK poultry industry in recent years taking up new quality assurance and product manager roles. Read more >>
17 May 2012 - Aviagen Kft, Aviagen’s Hungarian business unit, recently arranged a visit for one of the biggest and leading poultry integrators in Eastern Europe, Baromfi-Coop Kft. Read more >>
16 May 2012 - Yann Le Pottier is appointed at the head of Grimaud Freres Selection, to replace Olivier Rochard becoming General Manager of Hubbard -another subsidiary of the Groupe Grimaud. Read more >>
16 May 2012 - Entries are invited for the 2012 Pfizer Poultry Trainee of the Year Awards with opportunity to win a £2000 training grant in career development. Read more >>
15 May 2012 - Using the feed material calcium pidolate in layer feed reduces the number of downgraded eggs and is proven to improve bone strength, research from the French National Centre of Veterinary and Animal Studies (CNEVA) has revealed. Read more >>
15 May 2012 - A group of scientists collaborating from Canada, Spain and Italy have published a study in Current Biology on the sleep and waking patterns of chicken embryos and how they can be influenced from outside the shell.
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15 May 2012 - A recent publication, based on research conducted in northwestern Spain evaluated the bacterial level on the shells of eggs from hens housed in various production systems. The authors confirmed higher levels of bacterial contaminations on eggs derived from extensive (free range) systems.
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15 May 2012 - The Grando nest of Vencomatic has been designed to fit the needs of broiler breeders. An updated version of this nest is now available.
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14 May 2012 - Microban antibacterial technology is finding new applications in the hatchery sector, through an agreement that gives Dutch hatchery technology company, Pas Reform, sole use worldwide. Read more >>
11 May 2012 - The health and welfare standards of Kelly Turkeys won an accolade in the 2012 Pig & Poultry Marketing Awards presented at the London Haymarket Hotel. Read more >>
11 May 2012 - Ceva Animal Health Asia Pacific held the first “Hatchery Vaccination Summit Asia - The Future is Today” on Jeju Island, South Korea from April 26th - 27th 2012. The conference attracted more than 150 professionals from 10 different Asian countries who collectively produce over 3 billion broilers. Read more >>
10 May 2012 - TV chef Jamie Oliver and Moy Park, the UK's largest producer of chicken, have teamed up to develop higher welfare chicken products that will launch under the Jamie Oliver brand. Read more >>
10 May 2012 - Dutch poultry housing company, Vencomatic, has received the prestigious ‘Koning Willem I’ award 2012, in the category Small and Medium Sized Enterprises. Read more >>
10 May 2012 - A new ‘intelligent’ system which will automatically chlorinate and make drinking water safe for all animals has been launched. Read more >>
09 May 2012 - Chick Master and Anolytech officially signed an agreement for Chick Master to promote and sell the Anolytech water disinfection system for the poultry industry.
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09 May 2012 - Italian research investigated the use of a Bifidobacterium-based synbiotic product to reduce the transmission of C. jejuni along the poultry food chain. Read more >>