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High stocking density, climate conditions, type of housing or changes in feed formulation can subject broilers to stress factors that makes them highly susceptible to infectious diseases and (metabolic) disorders. [Photo: World Poultry]
04-12-2015 | Article

Potential antiviral properties of alpha-monolaurin

Uniform hatching eggs of good quality is the result of good breeder management. Yet transport on the farm has to be a careful operation and have critical parameters, such as temperature and shocks. [Photo: World Poultry]
02-12-2015 | Article

Best quality hatching eggs

PHOTO: Shutterstock<br />Some American consumers are biased when it comes to salted duck eggs imported from China.
01-12-2015 | Article

Preserved duck eggs market segmentation analysis

Case study: India s middle class boosting poultry output
30-11-2015 | Article

Case study: India’s middle class boosting poultry output

The body weight and body condition of the bird as she comes into lay will be the ultimate factors for determining how good the performance of the breeder is going to be. [Photo: Henk Riswick]
30-11-2015 | Article

Fit and well-proportioned broiler breeders

Photo: World Poultry<br />Countries that temporarily embargoed poultry meat from US regions are happily supplied by Brazilian exporters.
27-11-2015 | Article

Brazil ups poultry exports 
at the cost of the US

Human health and animal health are closely related, as addressed during the 3rd IHSIG symposium One World, One Health . [Photos: Phileo, Lesaffre Animal Care]
25-11-2015 | Article

Diagnosing dysbiosis in broilers

Photos: World Poultry</p> <p>Managing director, professor Rudi Preisinger of Lohmann Tierzucht, explains why his company is focusing on key traits more than on welfare traits. Profit per hen housed is the name of our game.
23-11-2015 | Article

Focus on key traits in layers

The flock Dekalb White hens in an aviary system at Van Loon reached 100 weeks of age and produced 500.5 eggs per hen housed. [Photos; Dick van Doorn]
20-11-2015 | Article

500 eggs in 100 weeks

Consumers in many parts of the world have greater spending power and are creating demand for the perceived welfare and eating quality differences of slow-growing birds, compared with conventionally produced broilers. [Photo: World Poultry]
18-11-2015 | Article

Breeding for alternative markets