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Poultry World
2d ago
Up to £35 million has been made available for on-farm poultry manure combustors to facilitate the export of poultry litter away from the River Wye catchment area in the West Midlands. The announcement, as part of a government initiative to “preserve” the river, also includes the establishment of a new river champion, the creation of ..read more
Poultry World
3d ago
Post-vaccination surveillance is crucial for promptly detecting outbreaks of avian influenza and proving disease freedom, enabling the safe movement of birds. This is the key outcome of EFSA’s new scientific opinion, which also assesses risk mitigation options following emergency and preventive vaccination. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was asked to give an overview of ..read more
Poultry World
4d ago
The Russian Agricultural Ministry has proposed banning free-range poultry, citing the need to protect industrial farms from infectious diseases. The step is expected to hurt thousands of backyard farms and the organic segment. Under a new set of veterinary rules, free-range poultry will be banned from 1 March 2025. Russian poultry industry executives spoke in ..read more
Poultry World
4d ago
Histomoniasis, also known as blackhead, was identified as a parasitic disease of gallinaceous birds over 130 years ago when it was first reported in a turkey flock in Rhode Island, USA. Unfortunately, it still negatively affects poultry health today. This article explores the disease dynamics, developments and solutions. Histomoniasis, caused by an extra-cellular protozoan parasite ..read more
Poultry World
6d ago
Oakham Gold, Marks and Spencer’s premium high welfare chicken brand, has helped grow the retailers’ business in the fresh poultry meat sector. Launched in 2022, Oakham Gold, with the support of television advertising, has helped increase the company’s trade by 33% amid good volumes and high levels of bird optimisation (75%). There have also been ..read more
Poultry World
6d ago
Former Poultry World editor and passionate horse-rider, John Farrant, has died at the age of 85. He will be remembered for his passion for racing, which was funded by his understanding and expertise of the world of commercial poultry. John grew up in Northiam, East Sussex, on the family farm alongside many cousins. Holidays were ..read more
Poultry World
6d ago
Highly-pathogenic avian influenza seems here to stay for the foreseeable future and although the disease has caused enormous bird suffering and exhausted the economic and labour resources of both poultry producers and governments, there is good news. Vaccines for this disease are being developed and rapid on-farm testing is about to become available. Highly-accurate molecular ..read more
Poultry World
1w ago
Food wastage represents the loss of both economic and resource investments. Recent desk research has suggested an incorporation level of up to approximately 20% is associated with positive or neutral impacts on growth performance indicators in broilers. The study, led by Professor Christopher Simmons of the Department of Food Science and Technology at the University ..read more
Poultry World
1w ago
Despite protein reduced poultry feed – better performance parameters and less burden for the environment! High protein levels are deemed a necessity in poultry feeds. However, these high protein levels also result in a suboptimal amino acid balance. Being out from the optimal relation for poultry feeding, part of them cannot be used for the ..read more
Poultry World
1w ago
The UK’s poultry meat sector has welcomed the announcement that the UK had introduced self-declared zonal freedom from highly pathogenic avian influenza across Great Britain, in line with World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) rules. The UK does not currently have outbreaks of HPAI in poultry or other captive birds and the current risk to ..read more