Monthly Archives: August, 2024

POULTRY INCUBATION

Switzerland completely bans chick culling from 1 January 2026

Swiss industry solution to eliminate chick culling Bern, 31 August 2024. «Unity is strength»: this motto has always been the driving force behind the players...
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AVIAN HEALTH

SWITZERLAND also begins in-ovo sexing to avoid culling of male chicks

The Swiss food sector will adopt from 2025 the technology that allows the sex of chicks to be determined before hatching, in order to...
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EGG PRODUCTION

In ovo sexing advances in the USA

In mid-August 2024, it was announced that a new in ovo sexing technology would be implemented in two egg sector hatcheries in the United...
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AVIAN GENETICS

Domesticated poultry and pigs modified their genes to better resist infections

This study investigates the genetic changes associated with domestication in animals such as pigs and chickens, compared with their wild ancestors, the wild boar...
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FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

An earth-air heat exchanger can cover up to 45% of heating...

In an interesting article entitled "Performance of an earth-air heat exchanger in cooling, heating, and reducing carbon emissions of an industrial poultry farm: a...
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EGG PRODUCTION

Review of the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED)

Review of Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control), published on 15 July...
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AVIAN HEALTH

US poultry farmers and livestock producers call for accelerated development and...

US laying hen producers, turkey growers and dairy cattle farmers are stepping up pressure on the American administration to authorise vaccination of production poultry...
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EGG PRODUCTION

Small organic egg producers from Girona and Barcelona join forces in...

The idea of joining together emerged after the pandemic, when farms noted the sharp rise in costs Seven small organic egg producers from the provinces...
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AVIAN HEALTH

Elisa Pérez Ramírez, virologist: “We are five mutations away from avian...

The specialist from the Animal Health Research Centre (INIA-CSIC) warns that border controls for monkeypox make no sense, nor does linking zoonotic viruses to...
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POULTRY NUTRITION

Generational impact of broiler breeder nutrition

Abstract Continuous genetic selection in meat-producing poultry has driven rapid growth, increasing production and reducing rearing time. This selection has not only impacted nutrient metabolism...
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