Aviagen and PPR Broiler toast fifth anniversary
Aviagen and its Grandparent (GP) customer PPR Broiler recently celebrated the fifth anniversary of its successful working partnership to supply Belarus with Ross Parent Stock (PS).
The partnership has seen years of cooperation and seminars, while Aviagen helped PPR build a brand new Ross GP operation with a high level of biosecurity, currently producing 1.8 million Ross PS per annum for the Belarusian market.
To celebrate the success of Ross in Belarus, PPR Broiler and directors of key Belarusian PS operations travelled to Aviagen’s premises in Edinburgh recently to see the Ross achievements in Europe and to get a behind the scenes look at the Aviagen research and development programme. They were also presented with an award to commemorate five years’ successful cooperation.
Tyark Osterndorff, Business Development Director, at Aviagen said: “After almost three years of preparations, the first Ross 308 GP delivery was placed in October 2008 in Belarus. It has always been a pleasure working with PPR and the Belarusian poultry industry and to observe the outstanding performance of Ross 308 on parent stock and broiler farms, which are so well operated and managed by our customers.”
Visitors to Aviagen in Edinburgh were given an update on the latest genetic trends of Ross that they enjoy in their own GP stock as well as a tour of Aviagen farms and trials facilities. During the visit, Agrocombinat Dzerzhinsky was presented with a Ross 400 Club award, for a record of over 40 instances of achieving a European Production Efficiency Factor (EPEF) over 400.
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