Animal welfare in Poultry World 8
The latest edition is available online and highlights strict chain management and the anticipation of market demands as a recipe for success in Norway. We consider alternative proteins with a lower carbon footprint for poultry, and have a closer look at the poultry industry innovations that wre awarded at the recent EuroTier show. This and more in the latest online edition.
Clear choice for poultry welfare pays off for Norsk Kylling
Strict chain management and anticipating social demands is Norsk Kylling’s formula for success. The 142 poultry farmers have a stable, virtually guaranteed income. The operation grew by almost 1.8% in meat sales in 2023. Poultry World finds out more.
Interview with Ivo Lansbergen, DSM-Firmenich: Data-driven approach needed to enhance sustainability
A data-driven approach helps to support the livestock industry to produce more efficiently – Ivo Lansbergen, president of animal nutrition and health at DSM-Firmenich, is convinced of that. Precision farming solutions, he says, provide an opportunity for the livestock sector to enhance sustainability.
Alternative protein sources for poultry diets
The elevated soybean meal price and the need for a sustainable poultry industry increases the need for effective new protein sources with a lower carbon footprint and less land use. This article discusses animal, plant and insect-based alternative protein sources in poultry diets.
Poultry industry rakes up EuroTier medals
At the 2024 edition of EuroTier, 2 poultry industry innovations received a gold medal. No less than 7 innovations were awarded a silver medal. With 9 out of a total of 25 medals awarded to the livestock industry, the poultry industry showed its most innovative side.
Welfare comes at a cost
Over 300 leading companies across Europe have signed up to the European Chicken Commitment (ECC), a framework of standards developed by animal welfare NGOs that they say will enhance broiler welfare. Studies reveal drawbacks of the EEC in terms of cost and impact on the environment.
Improving feed and water palatability
Through the addition of flavours, more palatable feed is more easily digested than less palatable feed and thus will have greater conversion effciency. The addition of feed flavours also helps to prevent ‘starve outs’ in very young chicks and keep chickens ‘on feed’ until they gradually increase their consumption of feeds that they initially avoided.
Russian poultry industry in the eye of the storm
Poultry farmers in Russia struggle with a multitude of problems: expensive loans, a serious labour shortage, and soaring costs of imported feed additives and technologies, to name a few. Strong demand currently helps maintain average business profitability, but the industry’s long-term future may be more uncertain than it looks at first glance.
Aiming for optimal turkey coccidiosis vaccination
Coccidiosis vaccination has become more common in recent years, especially in ABF and NAE production facilities. The turkey industry has a limited number of anticoccidials compared to the chicken industry. Vaccination is a wise strategy to maintain the efficacy of existing anticoccidials, combat coccidiosis and support drug sensitivity.
New bedding strategy at no cost
A US company called Poulterra has launched its ‘Manure-as-a-Service’ platform, an innovative contracted approach to providing crop-based bedding to poultry farms at no cost. The High Point, the North Carolina-based company’s concept, uses miscanthus – a perennial grass used today as bedding for poultry, horses and other livestock in the US.
Column: Think global
Rick van Emous, researcher at Wageningen UR livestock research, talks about how the real exchange of knowledge and getting ‘to the next level’ requires personal contact and trust, and that by observing birds, he gains a wealth of knowledge that can be shared globally.
