Poultry Mortality News
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6 Major Benefits of Poultry LED Lighting
Light plays an important role in poultry production as it can affect poultry's immune function, growth rate, and reproductive hormones. As a result, market demand for stable and high-quality poultry lighting is rising. A study in the Journal of Applied Poultry Research claims that poultry raised with LED lighting systems can produce more eggs and mature faster. In addition, the poultry ...
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New avian influenza’s rapid spread to Europe threatens poultry sector especially in low-resourced countries
A new bird flu strain detected in Europe which is similar to strains reported to be circulating in 2014 in Asia poses a significant threat to the poultry sector, especially in low-resourced countries situated along the Black Sea and East Atlantic migratory routes of wild birds, FAO and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) warned today. Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom ...
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Successful Breeder Management is All in the Details
"How do we optimize egg production? We all know that a lot of things have to fall into place…programs such as housing and nutrition, but the biggest factor is understanding the reproductive system in both male and female breeders,” remarked Chad Mason, breeder-hatchery manager with Columbia Farms, a division of House of Raeford, at USPOULTRY’s 2014 Hatchery-Breeder Clinic held ...
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