genetics

The Aviagen Ranger Gold is among the approved breeds. Photo: Aviagen
27-12-2021 | News

Welfare group to bring a ‘better broiler’ to the marketplace

The Avantis team has 4 broiler barns with 10,000 birds each, 1 male barn and 2 broiler breeder barns. Photo: Doris Berube
17-12-2021 | Article

Flock Award: working together for success

Scientists have used gene editing technology to create female-only and male-only mice litters with 100% efficiency. Photo: Mark Pasveer
16-12-2021 | News

Gene-editing breakthrough could end male chick culling

A research team at the University of Georgia gathered and analysed vast amounts of data to determine the likely origins behind the global spread of Salmonella Enteritidis. Photo: Dr StClaire
30-09-2021 | News

Poultry breeding stocks likely source of Salmonella

Russia wants to up its hatching egg production and is now planning to reimburse 20 percent of investments in the sector. Photo: Bert Jansen
07-09-2021 | News

Russia introduces major state aid for breeding farms

27-08-2021 | Article

How to optimise layer breeder flock performance

Based on the success of the field trials, Smena-9 is attracting a lot of attention from Russian producers. Photo: Vladislav Vorotnikov
28-07-2021 | Article

Russia places hope in own broiler breeding stock

Based on the success of the field trials, Smena-9 is attracting a lot of attention from Russian producers. Photo: Vladislav Vorotnikov
28-07-2021 | Article

Russia places hope on Smena-9 breeders

Poultry and humans share similar preferences to temperature, researchers have found. Photo: Bert Jansen
12-07-2021 | News

Examining poultry heat stress

Variation in the response of chickens to Campylobacter helps identify key genes that may provide resistance to infection. Photo: Henk Riswick
30-06-2021 | News

Research shows genes could offer resistance to Campylobacter