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The application of engineering techniques in broiler farming to monitor, model and manage animal production aims to increase the farmer’s ability to maintain contact with individual animals as broiler production intensifies. Photo: Hans Prinsen
19-09-2022 | Article

Automatic lameness detection using smart broiler farming

Projections for 2028 show a further increase in eggs and poultry meat by about 3.5% year-on-year. Photo: Hans Prinsen
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Welfare, sustainability and environment take centre stage at WPC 2022

Mansson uses fast-growing trees to provide shelter from predators. Photo: Mansson
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Full data integration gives peace of mind for Danish poultry farm

Meat quality measures the organoleptic and physiochemical properties of fresh or value-added meat. Photo: Michel Zoeter
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Where the fork hits the plate

Alltech CEO Lyons: "We are truly at the interface of two big ideas: nourishing the present and the preservation of the future." Photo: Alltech
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Calculations show that broilers need to eat for about 8 minutes every hour, but this is never achieved in one session. Photo: Sebastiaan Rozendaal
10-08-2022 | Article

Sustaining broiler feed intake at high stocking densities

Hatching concepts such as on-farm hatching provide an opportunity to supply newly-hatched birds with optimal nutrition. Photo: Van Assendelft
08-08-2022 | Article

Early feed access to improve poultry growth performance

Incubator environment is particularly important because it affects broiler organs for over half of its life (58%) considering 21 days incubation and 36 days rearing. Photo: Koos Groenewold
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Effect of incubation conditions on broiler lameness

In this study the diet supplemented with high dose anhydrous betaine significantly improved weight gain and feed intake, decreased the FCR and increased the breast and thigh muscle yield. Photo: Hans Prinsen
02-08-2022 | Article

Improving broiler meat quality with betaine