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On farm test to early detect Salmonella
06-07-2011 The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates, each year, about 9.4 million people get sick from contaminated food. A new test may detect Salmonella infection in an early...
Green power from poultry manure
06-07-2011 Green energy technology business ENER-G in the UK is using poultry power to help a chicken farm become more eco-friendly and create a new income stream.
UGA wins grant to produce healthier chickens in Africa and Asia
06-07-2011 ...from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has awarded a $1.6 million grant to the University of Georgia Research Foundation to develop a new disease-resistant breed of chickens.
Arasco Foods chooses for HatchTech 3 in 1 concept
06-07-2011 Arasco Foods, Saudi Arabia, and HatchTech have signed an agreement for the delivery of 3 HatchTech productlines. Arasco will double their current hatchery capacity with HatchTech...
New version Basket Fans from Vostermans
06-07-2011 Vostermans Ventilation will release a new version of their Basket Fan. For both brands, Multifan and EMI, the fans will be provided with streamlined grills, which are also easy to mount and...
Aabar buying stake in Turkish Banvit
05-07-2011 Aabar Investments of Abu Dhabi is not just interested in glamorous companies such as Glencore, Virgin Galactic and Daimler. It also signed a preliminary agreement to buy 16.3 million shares...
Import of poultry products from Japan resumes, except five prefectures
05-07-2011 The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department in Hong Kong announced that importing poultry meat and eggs from Japan (excluding Fukushima, Ibaraki,...
Thought for Food: student challenge to securing future food supply
05-07-2011 Student teams from London Imperial University, Reading University and Wageningnen University have been selected as winners of the pan-European Thought for Food student challenge. These...
Foodmate US names Tim Morgan as area sales manager
05-07-2011 Foodmate US Inc., the North American distributor for Netherlands-based Foodmate, recently named Tim Morgan as an area sales manager.
US Ethanol programme threat to broiler production
04-07-2011 The US broiler industry is under intense economic pressure from the rising cost of feedgrains, much of which is caused by the federal government’s ethanol programme, according to industry...
Big growth in poultry set to continue in India
04-07-2011 The growth trend in the domestic poultry industry is likely to continue in the present decade, as the demand is growing steadily on the back of favourable socio-economic factors like...
Scientists find bacteria from Dutch poultry linked to superbugs in people
04-07-2011 Bacteria on raw poultry meat in the Netherlands may be a source of superbugs in people, according to a study that suggests the use of antibiotics in food animals is causing life-saving...
Nigerian bank to develop its own poultry farm
04-07-2011 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is making plans to build its own poultry farm, which will, upon completion, be the largest poultry farm in Nigeria.
Russia may ban live poultry imports from Europe
04-07-2011 The Russian veterinary watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor may ban imports of live poultry from Germany, the Netherlands and possibly other European countries in light of reports on an outbreak of...
Hungary hosting Aviagen’s successful Central European seminar
01-07-2011 Aviagen Kft, Aviagen’s Hungarian business unit, recently held their 5th seminar for Central European (CE) Parent Stock customers. Attended by over 220 guests from 17 countries, the...
Bird flu wreaks havoc in poultry industry
01-07-2011 A third of farm-raised chicken in Bangladesh has been decimated by the latest outbreak of the bird-flu, a top poultry farmer said, demanding compensation for the affected farms.
Research into the digestion of organic laying hens
01-07-2011 Research by Wageningen UR Livestock Research has shown that the current nutritional data for laying hens in the Feed Table of the CVB in many cases can not be applied to biological...
Merck Animal Health new name for Intervet Schering-Plough
30-06-2011 Merck’s animal health division, formerly known as Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health, announced that it will begin using the new name, Merck Animal Health. It will be known as MSD...
Russian Cherkizovo starts building major poultry complex
30-06-2011 In the city of Elets, in the Lipetsk region in Russia, a foundation stone for the major new poultry production complex of Cherkizovo was officially laid on June 28. The ceremony was...
Carlos Vega joins Diamond V Latin America
30-06-2011 Diamond V Latin America is pleased to announce the addition of Carlos Vega as Technical Development and Planning Manager.
Petersime joins European research project on animal welfare
30-06-2011 Petersime has joined the Bio-Business Project, a European research framework that examines the impact of industrial developments on animal welfare.
http://www.worldpoultry.net//petersime-joins-european-research-project-on-animal-welfare-id9047.html
New layer breed invented in Bangladesh
30-06-2011 The Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI) has invented a new type of layer breed. The so called BLRI-1 was invented by conducting research on two Japanese breeds 'Pure Line' and...
Iowa State animal scientists to study heat stress in poultry
29-06-2011 Iowa State University animal scientists are collaborating on a study of poultry genetics and management to help chickens deal with increased heat.
Kemin opens new innovation and technology center in Belgium
27-06-2011 This year, Kemin is celebrating their 50th anniversary. A milestone of this achievement is the opening of their new innovation and technology center in Herentals, Belgium.
http://www.worldpoultry.net//kemin-opens-new-innovation-and-technology-center-in-belgium-id9038.html
Jerry Moye named 2011 industry leader of the year
27-06-2011 Jerry Moye, President of Cobb-Vantress, was named the “2011 Industry Leader of the Year” by The Poultry Federation during their 52nd Annual Poultry Festival.
Agri Vision 2011 hosts dialogue for future global food strategy
27-06-2011 Several enabling factors essential to feeding the world of 2050 sustainably were identified in two days of lively debate between a broad spectrum of stakeholders in the agri-business value...
Dr. Steve Chu joins Ceva
27-06-2011 Ceva Santé Animale appointed Dr. Steve Chu as its new Vice President, Global Biology Research and Development
DSM and Tatenergo JSC open premix plant in Russia
27-06-2011 DSM Nutritional Products and Tatenergo JSC (Republic of Tatarstan) have opened their first premix plant in Russia under its newly created affiliate DSM Nutritional Products Rus. Located in...
Kazakhstan steadily increases domestic production
27-06-2011 According to the Ministry of Agriculture in Kazakhstan, poultry production will reach one hundred thousand tonnes in 2011.
Nutrition targeting animal health boosts productivity and sustainability
24-06-2011 A gathering of top animal scientists at the InnoVision meeting organised by animal nutrition specialist Nutreco saw promising evidence that there is far greater potential for functional...
American Egg Board launches new consumer website
24-06-2011 The American Egg Board has launched a new consumer website, FunctionalEgg.org, designed to answer questions and provide free educational information for viewers about the unique and...
2 Sisters goes for less energy in expansion
24-06-2011 2 Sisters Food Group has invested in four new low-energy farms that will house an extra six million birds a year.
Saudi Arabia: Almarai plans $1.1bn poultry investment
24-06-2011 The Gulf's biggest dairy firm, Saudi Arabia’s Almarai Co, has announced plans to spend 4bn Saudi riyals ($1.1bn) to expand its poultry business.
FAO: “Higher agriculture commodity prices here to stay”
24-06-2011 Higher food prices and volatility in commodity markets are here to stay, according to a new report by the OECD and FAO.
Worms a threat to game birds as temperatures rise
23-06-2011 This year’s dry spring and fluctuating temperatures have brought their own problems for farmers and livestock producers and with a potentially tough year ahead it might seem tempting to cut...
Research: Cooling eggs to fight against salmonella
23-06-2011 Once eggs are laid, their natural resistance to pathogens begins to wear down, but a Purdue University scientist believes he knows how to rearm those defenses.
US broiler meat production down 2% in April
23-06-2011 Total broiler meat production in April 2011 was 2.97 billion pounds, a decrease of 2.3% from the previous year, according to the latest figures from the USDA.
JS West installs US’s first enriched colony housing system
23-06-2011 JS West & Company, a family owned egg farming business in California, has installed and opened the first enriched colony housing system for layer hens in the United States, and American...
Russia prepares for poultry exports to Europe
22-06-2011 Russia is preparing special conditions for poultry exports to the EU by making a quality control system in line with European standards, the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary...
Bairaha to increase broiler supply in Sri Lanka
22-06-2011 Sri Lankan poultry producer, Bairaha Farms is investing in a new broiler farm in Puttalam at a cost of 360-million-rupee (US$8.01 million).
Keeping ventilation noise levels low in the poultry house
22-06-2011 With IPPC Regulations and national and European government requiring reductions in noise levels, local planning officers are now looking very closely at noise emissions from agricultural...
UK egg consumers paying more whilst producers get less
22-06-2011 Whilst consumers are facing bulging food bills, Britain’s free range egg farmers are facing economic ruin because their payments are being cut, reports the British Free Range Egg Producers...
Indians encouraged to report hen starvation practice
21-06-2011 Humane Society International has launched a confidential whistleblower program in India to allow concerned citizens to anonymously report the practice of starving hens to induce molting.
Enzymes in poultry feed discussed at Indian seminar
20-06-2011 More than 100 delegates attended a seminar in Karnal, India aimed at increasing profitability through the better utilisation of enzymes in feed.
Poultry farmers offered layer system loan discounts
20-06-2011 Poultry farmers investing in new housing and production systems could get a discount of up to 0.8% on loan interest rates from Lloyds TSB Agriculture, which is being offered for a limited...
Armenian poultry farm chooses Pas Reform for hatchery project
20-06-2011 Leading Armenian poultry farm Arax has elected to work with Dutch hatchery technology specialist Pas Reform for a new turnkey hatchery project that will deliver 15 million day old chicks a...
Benefits of benchmarking discussed with Ross distributers
17-06-2011 The 6th annual Ross Distributor Customer Focus Team meeting, attended by Grandparent customers from Turkey, the Middle East and Africa (TMEA), recently took place in Antalya, Turkey. One of...
Miratorg plans $500 million investment in poultry production
17-06-2011 Agro-industrial holding Miratorg, one of the largest producers of pork, and owner of a large-scale project for beef production in Russia has decided to organise its own poultry project in...
Danisco research highlights the benefits of E-coli phytase
17-06-2011 Danisco Animal Nutrition has announced a research breakthrough in understanding the antinutrient effect of phytate in animal nutrition which results in reduced feed costs.
VIV Turkey: International poultry show with regional fragrance
16-06-2011 In Istanbul, Turkey, the 5th VIV Turkey tradefair for poultry technologies took place from June 9-11, 2011. A mixture of international and Turkish companies exhibited their products and...
