Daily Archives: Jul 10, 2026

Newcastle disease hits pullets for first time in Spain: 181,000 affected...

Avian health · Newcastle Alert · Valladolid · July 6, 2026 MAPA confirms this Monday, July 6, two new outbreaks in the province of Valladolid....

Huevos Guillén creates an R&D&I company to squeeze the broken...

One million kilos of broken eggs a year turned into 250,000 kilos of protein for pets and other uses. Huevos Guillén creates an R&D&I company to squeeze even the waste. Diversifying without letting go of the egg?

WPC 2026: a practical guide to not getting lost at the...

Eight days, more than 4,000 communications, and a single event that only comes around every four years. Toronto isn't about producing more poultry meat or more eggs: it certifies the shift from volume to value—measurable welfare, accountable footprint, genetic resilience—. Is your company reading the agenda that will define the next decade, or waiting for the competition to define it?

Newcastle disease, which Spain considered nearly extint, is already affecting 600,000...

From an almost disease-free country to more than a million birds affected in seven months, with ten outbreaks on farms that had already been vaccinated. Are we vaccinating out of routine? Should we reconsider / re-evaluate the vaccine antibody titers that actually provide protection before fall arrives?

A new outbreak on a farm with 300,000 laying hens raises...

AVIAN HEALTH · NEWCASTLE ALERT · UPDATE JULY 1, 2026 The outbreak in Olmedo (Valladolid), confirmed by MAPA on June 30, is the sixteenth of...

The Spanish Sergio Illán new President of Aviagen TMEA

EDINBURGH, Scotland, June 30, 2026 – Aviagen® TMEA (Turkey, Middle East and Africa) marks a new chapter in its regional leadership with Sergio Illán,...

The heat wave devastates the French poultry industry: between 2 and...

In just one week of extreme heat, France has lost between 2 and 3 million birds—nearly 1% of its total count—with the carcass removal system collapsed and emergency burials taking place on the farms themselves. In 2003 it was five million; today the figure is once again being counted in the millions. The question is no longer whether there will be another heat wave, but whether the barns—and the strict administrative requirements of Bio and Label Rouge certifications—will be adapted in time.

Fiber in poultry farming: functional nutrient or antinutrient?

Poultry Nutrition · Gut Health · 114th PSA Congress The 114th Annual Meeting of the Poultry Science Association brought together five presentations to reopen an...

Newcastle disease surges in Valladolid: from 1 to 5 outbreaks in...

MAPA confirms four new outbreaks in the province: now five in total, and the tally rises to 117,150 laying hens and 33,000 broiler chickens affected. Three vaccinated farms barely showed symptoms; the only unvaccinated one reached 40% mortality. And while Castilla y León becomes the new epicenter, Valencia closes out: restrictions lifted the same day. Contained regional outbreak or the beginning of something bigger?

Bird flu in cows: should we be worried?

Bird flu in cattle: how worrying is that? In december 2025 the avian influenza virus infected a cow in the Netherlands for the first time...

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