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6 components of effective avian flu vaccination

USDA leader shares keys to a successful avian influenza vaccination program during talk at IPPE

August 29, 2022

The USDA has not approved a highly pathogenic avian influenza vaccination program, but the agency has examined what details would be necessary for such a program to be effective if approved.

ALPHA initiative celebrates five years of success in Africa

From training and disease prevention through to diagnosis and treatment, the Zoetis-led program is raising African farmers’ productivity.

August 24, 2022

Mark Clements

A five-year project in Sub-Saharan Africa has laid solid foundations for increasing farmer knowledge, improving disease control and raising livelihoods.

Top world broiler and egg rankings for 2021

More detail added, and greater collaboration makes this year’s rankings better than ever.

July 26, 2022

Mark Clements

The latest edition of Poultry International’s World’s Top Poultry Companies shows reveals some significant changes in the global rankings, and increasing dominance of a handful of companies.

Moy Park puts poultry farms on the market

In Northern Ireland, the leading poultry producer has set out to sell three of its farms with the view to leasing them back for chicken production.

July 26, 2022

Jackie Linden

Three Moy Park poultry farms in Northern Ireland are up for sale and leaseback for around GBP2 million (US$2.4 million).

Broiler welfare compared under different production systems

Welfare of chickens can be affected more by individual farm management factors than by the perceived animal welfare credentials of the production system, researchers in the Netherlands have found.

July 26, 2022

Jackie Linden

A Wageningen University study revealed that health and well-being scores were on average slightly improved for broilers kept in higher welfare production systems, although other factors had a bigger impact than the system.

Leading sustainability discussions with proactive action

Industry organizations are playing an important part in shaping a debate where truth is not always as much in evidence as it could be.

July 22, 2022

Luis Romero

The interest in sustainability continues to grow and industry bodies are playing a particularly important role in keeping the discussion on track.

Latin America's 2021 growth restricted to broiler sector

Latin America slaughtered over 2.4% more broilers last year, but its layer flock contracted.

July 22, 2022

Benjamín Ruiz

While Latin America’s broiler producers may have managed to grow last year, the region’s egg producers were not so lucky.

OIE becomes WOAH!

Fifteen years after the Office International des Epizooties changed its name to the World Organization for Animal Health, its acronym has followed suit.

July 22, 2022

Mark Clements

The World Organization for Animal Health has finally dropped its legacy acronym, adopting the contraction WOAH.