Listed South African agribusiness, Quantum Foods, expects a stable performance in its feed and farming operations and a hike in profitability in the egg business for FY2018.
Anpario hopes to gather more data on its gut health oregano-based feed additive as it drives its presence forward in the UK layer sector, its commercial director says.
Feeding wet diets to laying hen chicks in the first few days could enhance starter feed intake capacity, basic body development and gut maturation, finds a researcher.
Cargill is focused on quality control of ingredients, mycotoxin management, precision feeding and the factors that influence the microflora of the bird
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French genetics experts have seen economical and environment gains from their research that involved feeding broilers of medium growth rate, selected on the basis of good digestive efficiency traits, a challenging diet.
The US National Chicken Council (NCC) says findings from a survey it ran showed 77% of consumers ‘mistakenly’ believed US chickens are raised on hormones or steroids and 78% that chickens are genetically modified.
Hens raised in conditions generating heat stress may lay better eggs if their diet includes supplemental phytase, even if diet quality is poor, says a group of Iranian researchers.
The goal of Perdue Foods, said Bruce Stewart-Brown, senior vice president of food safety, quality and live production at the US chicken processing company, remains to end the use of antibiotics and eliminate the need to use them.
The team behind an industry and academia collaborative project claims they have pinpointed seven potential biomarkers for gut barrier failure in broilers – an outcome that could support the hunt for effective antibiotic alternatives in poultry production.
Tyson Foods said probiotics are one of the nutritional tools it is using in its shift away from human medicine important antibiotics in its broiler chicken flocks.
EFSA’s experts say a compound feed based on Solanum glaucophyllum leaves mixed with flour may be safely used for pigs and chickens up to a certain level in the diet.
The benefits of probiotics in animals go beyond gut health, says an animal nutrition scientist, who claims the bacteria can play a vital role in ensuring more profitable and sustainable poultry production.
More than a quarter of a million chicken eggs are being recalled in Germany after in-house testing discovered “excessive levels” of the poisonous chemical, dioxin.
The whole infrastructure of European egg production will be
decimated ifcurrent legislation to improve animal welfare is
allowed to passunhindered into European law, without protection
against importsproduced to lower standards.