broilers

The Humane League UK argues that the use of conventional meat chicken breeds breaches the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007. Photo: Wirestock
05-10-2022 | News

Judicial review challenging the use of fast-growing broilers granted

Backyard farms in Russia are usually family-owned operations allowed to produce food for personal consumption only. Photo: Zoe Schaeffer
23-09-2022 | News

Russian agri giants call to ban backyard poultry farming

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

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

A comprehensive poultry biosecurity programme as a prerequisite
25-07-2022 | Article

A comprehensive poultry biosecurity programme as a prerequisite

Photo: Mark Pasveer
15-07-2022 | News

Economic consequences of stopping ‘thinning’ in broiler production

Variations in environmental conditions in a poultry shed can be significant so sensors should be equidistant, so that sheds can be split into zones to micromanage specific areas. Photo: Tim Pestridge
28-06-2022 | Article

Real-time data drives progress in the broiler sector

The reduction of dietary protein while substituting maize grain with maize starch modified the dietary composition considerably. Photo: Hans Prinsen
13-06-2022 | Article

Dynamics of readily digested maize starch in broiler diets

Russia's Smena 9 crossbreed. Photo: Igor Sakharov
08-06-2022 | News

Russia invests billions in Smena-9 broiler breeder crossbreed