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Future of Genomics in Poultry Breeding The commercialisation of genomic selection in chicken breeding programmes is tantalisingly close, according to Dr John Ralph of Aviagen Turkeys, and the technology could be available in turkeys soon.

At the start of his presentation to the Turkey Science and Production conference in the UK earlier this year, Dr Ralph explained that genomics, in the context of his presentation, concerns the information on a bird’s

DNA make–up and how this can be used in the selective breeding programme to deliver improvements in performance.

Breeding companies are principally interested in genetic variation as this is what they exploit to deliver improvements in performance. One of the main sources of natural genetic variation between individuals at the DNA level is single base-pair differences This feature is continued on page 4

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Forecasts point to a further two per cent increase in poultry meat output worldwide this year, writes seasoned industry watcher,Terry Evans. Our Global Poultry Trends series for 2012 starts with his analysis of chicken meat production trends in Asia.

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Trouble-Shooting Common Turkey Breeder Issues - P14 Well documented and regularly audited monitoring programmes can help prevent egg production and fertility problems in turkey breeder flocks, according to Dr Dennis Bauman of Hybrid Turkeys, reports senior editor, Jackie Linden who attended a key turkey conference.

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Editorial ‘Breeding and Genetics’ is the theme we have chosen for this month’s edition of ThePoultrySite Digital, the area of poultry production responsible like no other for the improvements in poultry production over the last decades and one on which we rely to help feed the world’s growing human population in the years ahead.

Breeding & Genetics Jackie Linden ThePoultrySite.com Senior Editor jackie.linden@5mpublishing.com

Since the publication of the chicken genome in 2004, much progress has been made in helping us to understand the genetic control of broiler production.

According to Dr John Ralph of Aviagen Turkeys, the commercialisation of genomic selection in chicken breeding programmes is tantalisingly close and its application for turkeys is not far behind.The first feature in this issue explains how this progress has been achieved.

Turning the focus on more practical matters, our third feature examines how to prevent egg production and fertility problems in turkey breeder flocks, based on advice from Dr Dennis Bauman of Hybrid Turkeys. Speaking at a turkey conference earlier this year, he stressed how well-documented and regularly audited monitoring programmes can help.

Our new series of articles on broiler production around the world – Global Poultry Trends 2012 - starts this month with seasoned industry watcher,Terry Evans, examining chicken meat output in Asia in recent and coming years.

Forecasts point to a further two per cent increase in poultry meat output worldwide this year as this sector continues to account for an increasing share of world total meat production.

Finally, Cobb’s new director of world animal welfare outlines her views on welfare and the challenges ahead for the poultry industry.

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Future of Genomics in Poultry Breeding feature continued from page 1

Example of single nucleotide polymorphism Bird 1

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Bird 2

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called Single Nucleotide Polymophisms (SNPs).These can be readily detected in the laboratory using blood samples and a process called genotyping.

Poultry breeders are interested in how these SNPs are related to traits of economic interest and how they can be used to develop novel selection tools.

The combination of genomics information with currently available pedigree and phenotypic information will further improve rates of progress in product performance, said Dr Ralph.

He identified two main potential benefits of genomics to the poultry industry. Firstly, the accuracy of selection will be improved because phenotypic information, e.g. reproduction, growth, feed conversion etc., is impacted by environmental factors as well as genetics. Furthermore, selection can be made for traits recorded in one sex or those not measured in all selection candidates, such as disease resistance. The second main benefit is better management of genetic variation within and between lines.

DEVELOPMENT OF GENOMICS IN COMMERCIAL CHICKEN BREEDING In 2004, the International Chicken Genome Sequencing Consortium published the DNA sequence (genome) and more importantly for breeders, said Dr Ralph, the International Chicken Polymorphism Map was released in the same year. This covered some 2.8 million SNPs and made the possibility of using DNA–based selection in poultry breeding programmes into a reality.

Sparse coverage of the genome with markers required detailed studies to understand the linkage of potentially useful markers to traits of interest before 2004. No big players were found but rather a

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"At the end of the day, the success of a breeding operation will be judged by how the breed performs in the hands of the customer, not the sophistication of the breeding process."

Dr John Ralph

large number with small effects, said Dr Ralph. Furthermore, these studies were very costly and in fact, significant progress had been achieved in poultry breeding programmes with the old techniques.

But with the publication of the 2.8 million SNPs in 2004, it became possible for chicken breeders to run genome–wide marker association studies.The result, he said, was a panel of SNPs that can be routinely used from selection purposes although he highlighted the problem that it has been challenging to identify robust SNPs that are validated across generations.

An alternative approach to using markers in breeding programmes, genomic selection, was proposed in 2001 and involved typing birds using a large panel of densely spaced markers across the genome to predict the genetic merit of a particular individual. This is a costly procedure and in 2005, an industry-funded project – involving Aviagen, Iowa State University, the University of Wisconsin and the Roslin Institute – was set up to investigate the feasibility of genomic selection in a commercial breeding operation.

According to Dr Ralph, the evaluation of genomic

FEATURE ARTICLE according to Dr Ralph. Although the same challenges are presented in integrating genomics–based technologies into turkey breeding as with chickens, the time–scale for delivery in turkeys will be shorter because of the groundwork already done by the chicken breeders.

Already, commercial breeders are able to capitalise on the progress made in chicken breeding operations and the wide experience of the project team members should avert any unexpected problems.

It is anticipated that the application of genomics in turkey breeding will enhance improvements in low– heritability and difficult–to–measure traits such as disease resistance, immuno-competence, robustness and welfare–related traits, said Dr Ralph.

Summing up the current position, he said, the prospects for genomics in turkey breeding is now a technical reality. Decisions about future progress will be based on validation in chickens, cost–benefit analysis and viewed in context of alternative breeding investments.

"It is anticipated that the application of genomics in turkey breeding will enhance improvements in low–heritability and difficult–to–measure traits such as disease resistance, immuno-competence, robustness and welfare–related traits."

Dr John Ralph selection in this project is at an advanced stage.

APPLICATION OF GENOMICS IN TURKEY BREEDING Advances in the development of genomic technologies have been rapid, he said, explaining that the turkey genome was published in 2010 at a fraction of the cost of the chicken genome just six years previously.

It is clear that the background resources needed for chicken breeders to progress genomics is fast becoming a reality for turkey breeders, he added.

Putting the scientific advances into perspective, Dr Ralph added: “At the end of the day, the success of a breeding operation will be judged by how the breed performs in the hands of the customer, not the sophistication of the breeding process.”

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FEATURE ARTICLE

Feature Article

Poultry Increases its Share of Global Meat Production Forecasts point to a further two per cent increase in poultry meat output worldwide this year, writes seasoned industry watcher, Terry Evans. Our Global Poultry Trends series for 2012 starts with his analysis of chicken meat production trends in Asia.

Although the annual growth in poultry meat production has slowed to a little under two per cent, the estimate of output in 2012 by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) at 103.5 million tonnes (table 1) represents a further slight increase in poultry’s share of global meat production (excluding fish) to a record near 34.3 per cent.

While bovine meat (beef and veal) output is expected to stagnate this year at around 67.5 million tonnes, pig meat production is forecast to expand by some 2.6 per cent to 111.7 million tonnes, though almost entirely due to an increase in China.

Looking to 2013, global poultry meat output will likely approach 106 million tonnes.

Over the past 12 years or so, chicken meat has increased its share of world poultry meat production from less than 86 per cent to the current estimate of almost 88 per cent. Global chicken meat output increased by 27.5 million tonnes between 2000 and 2010, equivalent to an average annual growth rate of almost four per cent.

Although the rate of expansion has almost halved since then, output in 2012 should total around 91 million tonnes (table 1 and figure 1) and approach 93 million tonnes next year.

Regarding international chicken meat data, it should be noted that the figures released by the FAO are for all chickens (table birds and culled layers) while the data released by other authorities such as the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) do not include estimates of the meat from culled layers.

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Table 1. World poultrymeat and chicken meat production by region (million tonnes) World poultrymeat production Region Africa

2000

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011E

2012F

3.0

3.6

3.6

4.0

4.2

4.4

4.6

4.8

4.9

Americas

30.1

35.9

37.0

38.9

41.1

40.1

41.8

42.8

43.0

Asia

22.9

27.3

28.3

30.1

31.8

32.9

34.5

36.1

37.4

Europe

11.9

13.2

13.1

14.0

14.4

15.7

16.1

16.6

16.9

Oceania WORLD

0.8

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.3

1.3

68.6

80.9

83.0

87.9

92.5

94.2

98.1

101.6

103.5

World chickenmeat production (million tonnes) Region

2000

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011E

2012F

2.8

3.4

3.4

3.7

4.0

4.2

4.4

4.6

4.7

Americas

27.2

32.7

33.7

35.3

37.4

36.7

38.4

39.2

39.4

Asia

18.7

22.5

23.5

24.9

26.4

27.2

28.6

29.9

31.0

9.4

10.7

10.8

11.7

12.1

13.4

13.8

14.2

14.5

Africa

Europe Oceania WORLD

0.7

0.9

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.3

1.3

58.7

70.2

72.3

76.7

80.8

82.5

86.2

89.2

90.9

E=estimate; F=forecast, Source: FAO

Figure 1. World chicken meat production by region (million tonnes)

The five major regions shown in Table 1 have exhibited differing rates of growth. Based on figures expressed to the nearest 100,000 tonnes, over the period 2000 to 2010, both Africa and Asia have recorded increases of around 4.5 per cent a year, while growth in the other regions has been below four per cent, averaging 3.9 per cent in Europe and 3.5 per cent in the Americas.

Since 2010, all the regions have recorded slower

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growth rates, reflecting lower profitability in the face of higher costs – principally feed – while in some countries, disease outbreaks have also played a role in this scenario.

Chicken meat production throughout Asia rose by some 10 million tonnes between 2000 and 2010 from 18.7 to 28.6 million tonnes (Table 2). A key factor to note here is that the data for India released by the FAO last year (which we did not publish in our report)

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Table 2. Chicken meat production in Asia ('000 tonnes eviscerated weight) Country

2000

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

13.2

32.3

24.4

17.6

20.8

20.8

20.8

1.2

4.6

5.1

5.8

6.7

5.0

5.4

17.2

34.7

36.3

49.2

51.6

67.0

64.5

5.8

5.1

4.3

5.2

6.1

6.2

6.3

94.0

130.0

138.0

147.0

150.5

156.8

161.7

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

Brunei Darussalam

11.3

13.9

16.1

18.3

18.9

18.9

18.9

Cambodia

19.5

17.2

17.2

18.0

19.0

19.0

19.5

9,064.2

9,965.4

10,164.8

10,728.0

11,303.7

1,442.6

11,840.6

32.3

33.2

26.9

27.8

28.4

26.9

27.5

Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan

China Cyprus Georgia

13.7

16.9

11.2

12.4

12.9

12.4

11.6

India

864.0

1,403.0

1,512.0

1,713.0

1,815.0

2,026.0

2,300.0

Indonesia

804.0

1,125.7

1,260.2

1,295.8

1,349.6

1,408.8

1,650.0

Iran Isl. Rep.

803.0

1,237.0

1,360.0

1,468.0

1,566.0

1,610.0

1,650.0

Iraq

74.0

85.0

60.0

81.0

49.0

49.0

50.0

Israel

270.0

370.0

402.5

420.3

440.0

436.0

450.0

Japan

1,194.5

1,273.1

1,366.7

1,366.1

1,369.3

1,394.5

1,400.5

118.5

132.6

115.8

133.8

140.5

141.2

154.9

Kazakhstan

33.3

45.7

64.5

64.3

65.3

79.5

103.0

Korea Dem. Peoples Rep.

26.8

35.8

34.7

33.6

31.9

31.9

31.9

373.6

484.0

510.0

513.0

488.0

498.0

514.2

33.0

32.4

42.0

45.3

42.8

43.1

45.6

Jordan

Korea Rep. Kuwait Kyrgyzstan

4.6

5.4

5.0

5.3

5.8

4.0

4.1

Lao Peoples Dem. Rep.

9.7

15.4

16.2

16.0

17.2

17.2

17.2

Lebanon

105.0

122.4

132.1

135.2

136.0

136.4

140.4

Malaysia

650.0

860.0

922.0

931.0

1,162.6

1,202.0

1,295.6

Mongolia

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

Myanmar

216.9

560.7

649.6

726.5

797.5

800.0

826.1

Nepal

12.7

15.5

15.6

16.1

16.6

16.7

16.5

Occ. Pal. Territories

69.5

69.1

53.6

45.2

47.1

47.3

49.0

4.3

5.8

5.0

5.8

5.8

5.8

5.8

Pakistan

327.0

384.0

512.2

553.5

599.8

650.4

705.0

Philippines

533.1

649.5

658.0

661.8

740.7

715.0

744.0

Oman

Qatar

4.2

5.3

5.0

5.4

5.4

5.4

6.0

483.0

537.0

548.0

559.0

564.0

570.0

575.0

Singapore

85.5

75.7

76.0

83.1

82.6

86.2

89.3

Sri Lanka

63.2

97.3

78.8

100.1

102.5

99.3

99.0

Saudi Arabia

Syrian Arab Rep

106.6

162.1

173.6

173.5

178.9

182.2

189.8

Tajikstan

0.1

0.2

0.7

0.7

1.1

4.5

1.1

Thailand

1,045.6

1,007.2

1,068.8

1,106.7

1,157.9

1,153.6

1,220.3

1.0

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.8

0.8

0.8

643.4

936.7

917.7

1,068.5

1,087.7

1,293.3

1,444.1

6.0

14.0

17.0

19.0

19.0

19.5

21.6

United Arab Emirates

27.3

33.6

28.8

26.4

36.0

36.0

36.0

Uzbekistan

16.0

21.3

23.4

22.4

24.0

25.0

27.0

Viet Nam

Timor - Leste Turkey Turkmenistan

295.7

321.9

344.4

358.8

448.2

528.6

456.6

Yemen

66.7

113.2

117.7

129.5

135.6

139.7

144.1

ASIA

18,644.5

22,491.9

23,543.0

24,914.0

26,349.0

27,232.6

28,641.6

WORLD

58,698.2

70,208.0

72,319.7

76,676.9

80,785.7

82,511.5

86,205.0 Source: FAO

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Poultry Increases its Share of Global Meat Production have been revised sharply upwards and as a result, India has regained her position to the number two spot in the rankings (table 3). The latter reveals that in 2010 eight countries, all producing more than a million tonnes of chicken meat a year, had a combined output of 22.8 million tonnes or almost 80 per cent of the regional total.

China is easily the leading producer in Asia. However, a glance at Tables 2 and 4 shows that estimates of output vary quite markedly depending on the source, underlining the importance of treating all data with a degree of caution as the margin of error can be quite large.

An additional problem regarding data for China is knowing if the figures relate just to mainland China or whether they include Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. FAO’s production data normally includes Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao with what is called mainland China. However, both USDA and FAPRI chicken production figures for China exclude Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao.

The USDA and FAPRI consider that chicken meat production in Taiwan is in the region of 550,000 tonnes. And if this is added to the mainland China estimates, then total output in say 2010 would amount to around 13 million tonnes, which contrasts starkly with the FAO total for China for that year of 11.84 million tonnes.

Using USDA data, then production in mainland China will grow by almost four per cent this year to around 13.7 million tonnes and will likely rise to almost 14.3 million tonnes in 2013 (Table 4 and Figure 2). However, using the FAO data, the corresponding figures would be around 12.1 and 12.6 million tonnes, respectively. The FAO figures have been used for our regional and world calculations as this puts all the data on the same basis.

Chicken meat is the second most important form of animal protein in China behind pork. High pork prices for most of 2011, coupled with fewer chicken imports, have given broiler production in China a boost of some four to five per cent this year.This expansion will benefit the larger commercial operations which tend to be in isolated areas and have a rela-

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Table 3. Chicken eat production ranking in Asia in 2010 ('000 tonnes) China

11,840.6

India

2,300.0

Iran Isl. Rep.

1,650.0

Indonesia

1,650.0

Turkey

1,444.1

Japan

1,400.5

Malaysia

1,295.6

Thailand

1,220.3

Myanmar

826.1

Philippines

744.0

Pakistan

705.0

Saudi Arabia

575.0

Korea Rep.

514.2

Viet Nam

456.6

Israel

450.0

Syrian Arab Rep.

189.8

Bangladesh

161.7

Jordan

154.9

Yemen

144.1

Lebanon

140.4

Kazakhstan

103.0

Sri Lanka

99.0

Singapore

89.3

Azerbaijan

64.5

Iraq

50.0

Occ. Pal. Territories

49.0

Kuwait

45.6

United Arab Emirates

36.0

Korea Dem. Peoples Rep.

31.9

Cyprus

27.5

Uzbekistan

27.0

Turkmenistan

21.6

Afghanistan

20.8

Cambodia

19.5

Brunei Darussalam

18.9

Lao Peoples Dem. Rep.

17.2

Nepal

16.5

Georgia

11.6

Bahrain

6.3

Qatar

6.0

Oman

5.8

Armenia

5.4

Kyrgyzstan

4.1

Tajikstan

1.1

Timor - Leste

0.8

Mongolia

0.3

Bhutan

0.3 Source: FAO

FEATURE ARTICLE Table 4. Leading broilermeat producers in Asia ('000 tonnes) Country

2000

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011E

2012F

2013F

China

9,269

10,200

10,350

11,291

11,840

12,100

12,550

13,200

13,730

14,279

India

1,080

1,900

2,000

2,240

2,490

2,550

2,650

2,900

3,200

3,520

Iran

803

1,237

1,360

1,468

1,566

1,610

1,650

1,723

1,775

1,828

Indonesia

804

1,126

1,260

1,295

1,350

1,409

1,465

1,515

1,540

1,566

Turkey

662

978

946

1,012

1,170

1,250

1,430

1,614

1,687

1,763

Japan

1,091

1,166

1,258

1,250

1,255

1,282

1,290

1,235

1,270

1,305

Thailand

1,070

950

1,100

1,050

1,170

1,200

1,280

1,380

1,420

1,477

Malaysia

786

904

922

931

945

945

945

950

955

960

E=estimated; F=5M forecast, Source: USDA and FAO for Iran

Figure 2. Leading chicken meat producers in Asia ('000 tonnes)

tively high level of biosecurity. These are expanding their share of total output at the expense of smaller units and backyard flocks which are more susceptible to the greatest avian disease threat in Asia – H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).

However, a fall in pork prices in the last quarter of 2011 dampened the demand for chicken, bringing about a drop in prices that caused some chicken producers to slaughter birds prematurely, resulting in lower average slaughter weights and hence a slight cutback in the estimated output for this year from 13.8 to 13.7 million tonnes.

Growth in China’s economy has slowed in recent years though it is still at a ‘high’ of nine per cent. All sectors of the meat industry have benefitted from the increase in real incomes but while poultry production will continue to expand in the near term, it is considered that growth will not match the annual average of 4.3 per cent per year achieved since 2005.

Table chicken production in India has been expanding at around 10 per cent a year for more than a decade.

Although the estimates of annual output differ between FAO and the USDA, both sets of figures point to a similar growth rate.As a result, whereas production

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Poultry Increases its Share of Global Meat Production in India back in 2000 was around 10 per cent that of China, by next year, this proportion will have increased to around 25 per cent!

India’s industry is highly organised, the commercial sector accounting for 85 per cent of total output, two-thirds of which comes from integrated operations.While the production sector is highly sophisticated, it is estimated that no more than 10 per cent of the birds are processed in modern facilities as some 90 per cent are manually killed at the point of purchase by the shopper. The live-bird market holds this dominant position because householders consider these birds to be free from disease, fresher and more hygienic than processed chicken.

Furthermore, it appears that the market share of the processed sector in India, which mainly services the hotel and institutional sectors, is declining because it is not growing as quickly as the live bird trade. That the cold-chain infrastructure is inadequate is yet another barrier to the expansion of the processed bird business. Although there were some outbreaks of HPAI last year, according to a USDA GAIN report, they did not have significant economic or production consequences. With continued good growth anticipated, output in 2013 will certainly exceed three million tonnes while, based on USDA estimates, a total of 3.5 million tonnes is possible (table 4).

The past decade or so has witnessed dramatic changes in the livestock sector in Iran, with a pronounced shift towards expansion and a switch from multi-purpose farms to single stock units. Industrial production of livestock is increasing with a commensurate reduction in production from mixed-farm systems. The poultry sector has mirrored this trend, shifting from an extensive farm operation to complex vertically integrated enterprises.The industry is generally in private hands. Between 2000 and 2010, chicken meat output more than doubled from just over 800,000 tonnes to 1.65 million tonnes, putting this country in joint third position with Indonesia in the production rankings (tables 2 and 3).

For Indonesia in 2010, the USDA puts broiler output at 1.47 million tonnes. As it appears that slaughterings in that year could have been around 1,200 million, the average slaughter weight would have

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been around 1.2kg. However, for the same year, FAO reports that some 2,200 million chickens (broilers and hens) were slaughtered, yielding 1.65 million tonnes of eviscerated meat at an average weight of only 0.75kg per bird!

Chicken meat production in Turkey grew by around eight per cent per year throughout the period 2000 to 2009, while 2010 witnessed a dramatic near 12 per cent gain. This looks to have been followed by a much more moderate increase this year of less than five per cent. Nevertheless, it is likely that by 2013, annual output will have nearly trebled when compared with 2000.

Outbreaks of HPAI and the earthquake in Japan hit chicken production such that estimates for 2011 point to a larger than four per cent cut–back. A recovery of almost three per cent is anticipated this year. But, even with further gains in 2013, total production will likely be only a shade over 1.3 million tonnes, which is well below the levels record in the late 1980s ad early 1990s.

The chicken industry in Thailand continues to prosper, with output climbing from its low of only 0.9 million tonnes in 2005, as a result of HPAI with its adverse effect on both production and trade, to reach an estimated 1.35 million tonnes in 2011. This year, the total could reach a record 1.5 million tonnes as both domestic consumption and exports are expected to increase. This is particularly the case for the latter in the light of the news that the European Union will accept imports of frozen uncooked chicken from Thailand from 1 July 2012.

Although not exhibiting rapid growth, the broiler industry in Malaysia is progressing steadily towards the one million tonnes a year mark, while total chicken meat output should come close to 1.5 million tonnes this year, based on the FAO stats.

As in other countries, chicken production growth has been less rapid in recent years in the Philippines and South Korea. Annual outputs will next year amount to some 750,000 and 600,000 tonnes, respectively, while in Myanmar, the total could come close to 900,000 tonnes.

Trouble-Shooting Common Turkey Breeder Issues

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Trouble-Shooting Common Turkey Breeder Issues Well documented and regularly audited monitoring programmes can help prevent egg production and fertility problems in turkey breeder flocks, according to Dr Dennis Bauman of Hybrid Turkeys, reports senior editor, Jackie Linden who attended a key turkey conference.

In his presentation at the Turkey Science and Production conference in the UK this year, Dr Dennis Bauman, Technical Services Specialist with Hybrid Turkeys in Canada focused on what he sees as two of the most common and important challenges encountered in the turkey breeding industry, namely failure to peak or to maintain peak egg production and drops in fertility.

FAILURE TO PEAK OR TO MAINTAIN PEAK Weight is determined by the feeding programme for the first 30 weeks of life, and Dr Bauman stressed the importance of ensuring targets for weight are reached each week.This requires weekly weighing of a representative sample of hens to ensure accurate weights, and then feeding the females according to weight and not age.

If the birds are exceeding the target, they should be moved to the next ration earlier and if they are too light, they should be held on the higher–specification diet for longer.

It is important to make these changes as soon as the birds diverge from the standard, and not to wait for peak production before taking action, he said. The ideal bodyweight is plus or minus five per cent from the goal.

Experience has shown flocks that overshoot the bodyweight target and are then held back do not peak well so it is important to monitor bodyweight weekly during conditioning. Even if such flocks are allowed to stay on a higher weight curve, the hens

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are likely to have excessive abdominal fat and be generally unfit, increasing the likelihood of prolapses, double–yolked eggs and egg peritonitis.

Just because a flock may be at target weight as the birds enter the laying barn, there is no guarantee of success, said Dr Bauman. What is more critical, he said, is how the flock arrived at that weight, which reflects body composition and level of fitness.

Data from those companies that monitor bodyweights throughout lay shows the importance of bodyweight on both peak egg laying percentage and sustained production. Dr Bauman said longer peaks and overall higher egg production appear to be correlated with the lowest bodyweight losses after the onset of production. More research is needed to improve the intake of feed and nutrients in the first six weeks of egg production, he said.

Lighting – especially light spectrum – during conditioning plays a role in reproduction, according to Dr Bauman. For optimum results, he recommended fluorescent lights in the 630nm range. Incandescent and compact fluorescent cool lights and those of low intensity (4 foot candles) are associated with poor peaks. These aspects are often overlooked when there are issues over poor egg production, he said,

FEATURE ARTICLE and the issue is occurring more often as the result of recent energy–saving initiatives.

Under field conditions, feathering problems may be observed if the lighting is wrong for the hens during conditioning and if during lay, sexual maturity and the start of lay may be delayed and/or poor peak performance achieved.

DROPS IN FERTILITY Trouble–shooting drops in fertility requires the routine collection and analysis of information by the farm manager, insemination crew leader and hatchery quality control personnel, said Dr Bauman. He explained that fertility problems are often multifactorial and may take time to solve.

“The sooner you begin, the sooner the problem will be solved,” he said.

He suggested firstly ascertaining whether the issue is one of a drop in fertility or an increase in early dead embryos. To detect fertility in a timely manner, Dr Bauman suggested carrying out routine egg break–outs to determine true fertility, collecting 50 to 100 eggs per house over a seven–day period.After removing eggs that are double–yolked, dirty, small or

Males should be checked for loss of bodyweight: this could be due to feed/nutritional or disease problems. Feed problems could explain a fertility issue as multiple farms with the same feed supplier. Incorrect lighting programmes or low light intensity, e.g. from burnt–out lights in one area, could be the root cause.

• Improper insemination techniques Urates or faecal contamination may indicate poor milking procedures, and a semen filter is necessary.

Insemination techniques may need to be improved.

Good protocols and documentation that these have been followed will help identify if a problem is related to one batch, or lot of extender. Periodic semen analysis of on–farm males is worthwhile as it can now be carried out easily and efficiently in minutes.

CONCLUSIONS Dr Bauman put forward three take–home messages from his presentation.

Firstly, he stressed the importance of well documented and regularly audited monitoring programmes. “If information is worth collecting, it is worth analysing and reacting to,” he said.

If information is worth collecting, it is worth analysing and reacting to" Dr Dennis Bauman misshapen, the rest should be set in a small portable incubator and broken 48 and 72 hours after setting.

The results need to be passed on to the AI crew so that the semen dosage can be adjusted or, in case of more severe fertility drops, the breeder manager should be informed so that an investigation can be started. The information may identify whether the problem is linked to one house, one or more farms, breeders of a specific age and/or one AI crew.

Second, with the economics in the industry today, one cannot afford to be complacent and wait to see if a problem resolves itself.

And finally, he added, at least the same mistake should not be repeated in subsequent flocks.

Where a fertility problem is suspected, there are two broad areas for further investigation: • Poor quality semen or lack of semen

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Animal Welfare as a Key Component of Daily Poultry Routine

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Animal Welfare as a Key Component of Daily Poultry Routine With the appointment of a new director of world animal welfare, Cobb is putting an ever greater focus on this aspect of production.The new appointee, Dr Kate Barger, outlines her views on welfare and the challenges ahead in the latest issue of Cobb Focus.

Animal welfare is not a ‘new’ concept or trend. For years, farmers and managers in poultry production have incorporated aspects of animal welfare into their daily routine for livestock.

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Animal welfare has been, and will continue to be, directly linked with animal health, best management practices and production.

As such, the responsibility for ensuring optimal production and animal well-being involves everyone in the production chain — farmer, manager, quality assurance personnel, veterinarian, nutritionist, transporter, vaccination team, etc. Each individual must therefore be conscious of their role in providing

FEATURE ARTICLE consistency and verification for the best animal care practices.

When considering the evolution of attention on animal welfare, it is easy to see that this topic now has a greater ‘presence’ than ever in the media and is widely included in scientific studies and publications.

The reason for this is the challenge in determining what is ‘best’ for the well-being of animals in their present environment while also complying with the demands that governments, industry, consumers and/or society may place on the farmer or on the animal. Specifically, we now have to seek a balance in what the ‘expectations or priorities should be’ and what the ‘performance or actual priorities are’ for all parties involved.

For example, some critics will point to today’s global and modernised agricultural operations as not being diligent in their care of, or response to, their animals’ needs. However, if we evaluate the facts and figures associated with these modern farming systems during the past decade, we can see that the majority are still owned and operated by family farmers and the actual well-being outcome of the flocks has improved with novel technology, improved breeding stock and advances in animal husbandry practices. Nonetheless, there are many opportunities for advanced scientific evaluation, innovative thinking and attention to continuous improvement in many different aspects of poultry production.

As a global poultry primary breeding company, Dr Barger says Cobb has tremendous responsibility and equally a remarkable opportunity to be a leader in animal welfare — for the benefit of the birds that we produce and for the benefit of the farmers responsible for their care around the world.

external researchers and allied industries to improve the understanding of the combined effect of genetics, environment and management on the bird’s well-being.

To remain competitive and to provide customers with a product with optimal genetics, Cobb has and will continue to include the selection of many different measurements and traits directly linked to animal wellbeing, optimal health and efficient production.

With the new full-time position to focus on animal welfare, Cobb continues to emphasise the importance of animal welfare as a key component in daily poultry practices.

In this new position Dr Barger says she will be working to provide consistent training and evaluation of best husbandry practices for company employees, and support product development needs and research, while also formatting an animal welfare strategy to address the integrity of Cobb’s programme and prospective areas for innovation and improvement.

As part of Cobb’s commitment to realise this goal, the Company recognises that animal welfare involves everyone from the company president to the farm and hatchery employees, its research and genetics team, and its world technical team members who provide direct support for customers.

In Dr Barger's view the obligation to being the best in animal welfare also involves working closely with

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Poultry Industry News HY-LINE ACQUIRES ITALIAN EGG LAYER DISTRIBUTOR VALVERSA ITALY - Hy-Line International, the world's leading egg layer breeding company, has reached an agreement to purchase its Italian distributor, Valversa. The company will be renamed Hy-Line Italia and will benefit from the support of the Costa family during the entire transition period.

Hy-Line Italia looks forward to the continuation of the close partnership with their Italian customers.

The agreement will see Hy-Line Italia assume the management of existing parent farms and the hatchery in Cocconato, as well as retaining the services of all current employees, ensuring continuity of customer service.

Hy-Line Italia will be led by Claudio Ambrogio, who was for 5 years responsible for the Valversa production department and has a profound know-how in the laying hen sector. Claudio Ambrogio will also maintain his position as General Manager of Aviagen Italia Read More...

BRAZILIAN PARTNER COMPANIES VISIT COBB GLOBAL HQ US - Representatives of some of the leading poultry producers from the Brazilian state of Parana enjoyed a high-level visit Cobb headquarters and field operations in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, USA. Organised by Cobb-Vantress Brasil, the party involving delegates from C Vale – Cooperativa Agroindustrial, Coopavel - Cooperativa Agroindustrial, Copacol - Cooperativa Agroindustrial Consolata and Cooperativa Agroindustrial LAR, were given an insight into the global poultry industry from Donnie Smith, president of Tyson Foods, and Jerry Moye, president of Cobb.

“The visit provided an excellent opportunity to share experiences between our Brazilian company, our partner companies and senior Cobb and Tyson executives,” said Jairo Arenázio, general manager for Cobb-Vantress Brasil.

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Can Bird Flu-Resistant Chickens be Developed?

ANALYSIS - Could the answer to breeding a bird that is resistant to bird flu be drawing near? According to researchers at Roslin Institute at Edinburgh University in Scotland and Cambridge University, the day could be drawing near, writes Chris Harris.

The research in to genetically modifying chickens that did not pass on avian influenza was reported about two years ago.

But since that breakthrough, everything appears to have gone quiet on the research.

The original research developed genetically modified (transgenic) chickens that do not transmit avian influenza to other chickens with which they are in contact.

the development of birds that not only did not pass on the virus but were also resistant.

The genetic modification has the potential to stop bird flu outbreaks spreading within poultry flocks.

However, the research hit funding problems and little has been heard on the matter since.

At the time, the scientists said that the breakthrough would not only protect the health of domestic poultry but could also reduce the risk of bird flu epidemics leading to new flu virus epidemics in the human population.

Now, the research team is hopeful of gaining new funding within the next few months that will enable them to carry on the research to develop birds that are resistant to avian flu H5N1.

To produce these chickens, the Cambridge and Edinburgh scientists introduced a new gene that manufactures a small "decoy" molecule that mimics an important control element of the bird flu virus. The replication machinery of the virus is tricked into recognising the decoy molecule instead of the viral genome and this interferes with the replication cycle of the virus.

Professor Helen Sang, from The Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh, said that her research colleagues at Cambridge, headed by Dr Laurence Tiley, had been developing transgenic models in the lab and the results of the trials with cells in culture had been encouraging.

"We have had some trials that look encouraging, but we won't know until we have carried out trials in birds," Professor Sang said.

When the transgenic chickens were infected with avian flu, they became sick but did not transmit the infection on to other chickens kept in the same pen with them.This was the case even if the other chickens were normal (non-transgenic) birds.

She said that the research team is hoping for more funding to come through later this year and then the trials with birds can be started.

The next steps in the research were expected to be

If the trials prove successful, the prospect of a commercialised avian flu resistant bird could have huge

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Poultry Industry News potential for the industry. However, the question of genetic modification always runs the risk of public rejection.

The outcry that has surrounded trials of GM crops in the UK in recent months, let alone the public uproar criticism that followed the news that products from genetically modified dairy cattle could have entered the food chain places big question marks over how a transgenic avian flu resistant chicken will be received.

When the initial research was published in 2010, the research team said that they felt that the public reaction would be positive and good.

The researchers said: "We believe the attitude of the UK public to GM food depends on the nature and purpose of the genetic modification. Disease resistance is clearly a beneficial characteristic for animal welfare and public health.

"The public's awareness of the global threat of influenza is high. We hope that examples that demonstrate clear consumer benefits with no inherent risk

RISK ASSESSMENT OF GM ANIMALS EU - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has launched a public consultation on its draft guidance for the environmental risk assessment (ERA) of GM animals.

The document, Guidance on the environmental risk assessment of genetically modified animals, which focuses on GM fish, insects, mammals and birds, outlines the specific data requirements and methodology for the ERA of GM animals should applications be submitted for market authorisation in the European Union (EU) in the future.The risk assessment is based on a comparative approach between GM and nonGM animals.

will encourage constructive debate about the potential of GM food in the future.

"Ultimately the British public will need to see how they benefit from eating genetically modified food, before they are likely to make the decision to do so."

Professor Sang said: "Using genetic modification to introduce genetic changes that cannot be achieved by animal breeding demonstrates the potential of GM to improve animal welfare in the poultry industry. This work could also form the basis for improving economic and food security in many regions of the world where bird flu is a significant problem."

And she told ThePoultrySite that she felt the public was prepared "to consider this an option" and felt the trials were well worthwhile continuing.

Certainly, if successful, this research could have dramatic benefits not only for the poultry industry but for other livestock sectors as the research team believes that the same techniques can be adapted for other species and other requirements and disease but only if the public can be convinced first.

FARMING POULTRY IN DESERTS 'MAY REDUCE BIRD FLU RISKS' EGYPT - Egypt's Desert Research Center (DRC) has called on the government to support rolling out poultry farms in desert regions, following the success of a pilot project to reduce avian flu transmission to humans.

The project ran from December 2011 to February this year, on five small units in the Egyptian desert. Researchers adopted procedures that helped avoid the transmission of infection, introduced indigenous desert plants into poultry diets, and evaluated varieties of poultry capable of resisting hot temperatures and drought.

All stakeholders and interested parties are invited to provide their comments on the guidance through an online public consultation that runs until 31 August 2012.

Ismail Abdul Jalil, a former DRC president and leader of the research team that implemented the project, told SciDev.Net: "With the emergence of the avian flu virus in Egypt four years ago...

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Breeding & Genetics PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE OF DIFFERENT BROILER BREEDS UNDER DIFFERENT HOUSING SYSTEMS

BALANCED BREEDING

US - In today's broiler industry, different housing systems are used in broiler production. However, the most common one is raising broilers on the floor.

Raising broilers in the cages is another type of broiler housing system, but yet it is not commonly used. Raising broilers in cage system has many advantages when compared to raising broilers on the floor.

The first obvious advantage is the better utilization of space available and that is important especially when the lands are expensive. In addition, using cage to raise broilers provide better hygienic condition that could lead to improving the health and quality of broilers.

However, it is not known whether or not different broiler breeds will behave similarly when are raised in cage versus floor.

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UK - Globally, demand for parent stock is expected to rise by around three per cent each year over the next decade. Of course, this is good news for the world poultry industry, which has become the leading supplier of low cost meat to consumers, writes Jim McAdam, UK Breeding Programme Director of Aviagen Limited.

This increasing demand also presents some very specific challenges, particularly for primary breeders like Aviagen.

While three per cent is the average, in emerging markets like Central Asia and Eastern Europe, demand is expected to grow by 12 per cent and 13 per cent respectively.

Furthermore, poultry producers face a variety of pressures, including the threat of disease and the volatile nature of raw materials, and different markets have different...

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Poultry Industry News ISRAEL TO RAISE TURKEYS IN BELARUS

BREEDING ADAPTABILITY AS A GENETIC TRAIT

BELARUS - Israeli banks have financed the construction of major facilities for the breeding of turkeys in Belarus.

INDIA - The poultry breeding in India is successful.

The advantages are being able to adapt to the climate fluctuations, accepting average feed and bouncing back into production after problems of a lower quality feed, high temperatures and disease challenges to fine a profitable end to the cycle, according to a research paper by Dr T. Kotaiah from Indbro Research & Breeding Farms.

Charter97.org reports that poultry Breeding Plant Belarusski, a major turkey producer in Belarus has recently announced plans to begin construction of a complex for fattening turkeys for meat. The total investment in the project will be € 86.7 million, making it the most expensive project for turkey production in Belarus. €58.7 million of the investment will be loaned from the largest Israeli bank Hapoalim, €9.5 million will be loaned from the Belarusian BPS Savings Bank, and the rest will be the own funds of the company, representatives explained.

The study concludes that poultry breeding for efficiency alone may not continue.

The investment on poultry housing and infrastructure is going up and feed ingredients of good quality are getting expensive and may not be available.

The company plans to complete the construction of the complex in July 2014.

A change in environmental requirements will mean birds could become exposed to low level of common infections with out treatment and the birds will simply have to cope with this.

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£23 MILLION BOOST FOR ROSLIN INSTITUTE UK - The Roslin Institute’s goal of improving animal health and welfare and improving productivity in the livestock sector has been boosted with a multi-million funding award.

The Roslin Institute, at the University of Edinburgh has received a £23 million grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) as the first part of a larger five-year funding stream, according to a report in the June newsletter from the Roslin Institute.

The award, from the UK’s leading bioscience agency, will facilitate the world leading research at The Roslin Institute in the animal sciences sector over the next five years.

It will also fund new and existing facilities at The Roslin Institute, such as those looking at how genomics and genetics...

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Breeding & Genetics GENETIC VARIATIONS ALTER PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES FOLLOWING HEAT STRESS IN 2 STRAINS OF LAYING HENS US - Heat stress (HS) is a major problem experienced by the poultry industry during high-temperature conditions.

The ability to manage the detrimental effects of HS can be attributed to multiple factors, including genetic background of flocks, according to a team of resaerchers from the USDA Agricultural Research Service.

The objective of present study was to determine the genetic variation in HS effects on laying hens’ physiological homeostasis, according to the team of J. N. Felver-Gant, L. A. Mack, R. L. Dennis, S. D. Eicher and Heng-Wei Cheng from the USDA ARS. Ninety 28-wk-old White Leghorn hens of 2 strains were used: a commercial...

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GENOME,CHROMOSOMES AND GENES GLOBAL - The blueprint of the next generation is stored in DNA grouped into genes and organised in chromosomes. The chromosomes are present in the nucleus of every cell in an animal's body and control the way each cell works. These chromosomes make up the animal's genome. Now we have the chicken genome mapped, it is possible to start marking genes and identifying their role in the traits we are interested in.

The process of identifying which genes affect which traits is long and expensive but Hendrix Genetics have invested heavily and are leading the way. Once we can identify key genes, the next generation can be screened at an early age and the accuracy and speed of genetic progress improved. Traditional breeding continues alongside this new technology which it is already bringing benefits.

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TRANSAVIA OPENS NEW CHICKEN BREEDING FARM ROMANIA - Romanian poultry producer Transavia has recently opened a new chicken breeding farm at Cristuru Secuiesc, in Harghita county, where it has 36 production sheds.

The company plans to raise over 2 million chickens and produce 5,500 tonnes of poultry a year at the new unit, according to Ioan Popa, general manager and founder of Transavia.

With the new investment, whose value was not announced,Transavia has created 30 new jobs, increased the production capacity of its incubation station and its fodder factory in Sintimbru, as well as the slaughtering capacity in Oiejdea.

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Poultry Industry News US PORK PRODUCERS OPPOSE EGG BILL US – The National Pork Producers Council is very vocal about its opposition to the proposed Egg Bill, which would set federal standards for minimum space size per hen, because of the precedent it sets for all animal agriculture, writes Chris Wright for ThePoultrySite from the World Pork Expo in Des Moines.

The Egg Bill originated as an agreement between the United Egg Producers (UEP), an egg producer cooperative, and animal rights activists. Now, that has gone federal, with the bill being presented formally in the US Senate at the end of May.The bill would move egg production from conventional cages to enriched (colony) cages or other alternative production systems within 15 years.

The Egg Bill or as the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) calls it, the "farm takeover bill", is its own separate legislation right now, but the fear is that it could become attached...

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EU COUNCIL SUPPORTS SIMPLIFIED ANIMAL WELFARE LEGISLATION EU - The European Commission has reviewed current animal welfare legislation and has called for a simplified EU legislative framework.

At the 2176th Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting, the Council has welcomed the ongoing work by the Commission and supports the need to take a holistic approach in future work on the welfare of animals. Editor, Charlotte Johnston, outlines the latest situation.

STRATEGY FOR THE PROTECTION AND WELFARE OF ANIMALS 2012-2015 The aim of the strategy is to simplify animal welfare legislation and ultimately to facilitate its enforcement.

Furthermore, the Commission will consider a new EU framework to increase transparency and adequacy of information...

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Health & Welfare News INDUSTRY WARNED OVER UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF CHANGES

USE OF ANTIBIOTICS IN LIVESTOCK FARMING CONTINUES TO DROP

FRANCE - The global meat industry was warned to take a lesson from the decline of the horse slaughter industry in the US at the World Meat Congress in Paris last week, writes Chris Harris.

NETHERLANDS - The policy objective of a 20 per cent reduction in the use of antibiotics in the years 2009-2011 has been achieved with flying colours.This is the conclusion drawn from new figures relating to the veterinary use of antibiotics published by LEI Wageningen UR.

Former congressman Charlie Stenholm said that the complete decline of the horse slaughter industry and the closure of slaughterhouses for horses led by animal rights activists had had severe implications for animal welfare and for the entire horse industry in the US.

One of the benefits of the considerable decline in the veterinary use of antibiotics is the favourable implications for public health as the risk of the development of resistance is then smaller.

TRENDS IN USE PER SECTOR

He warned that other sectors in the meat industry are also at risk from activists demanding changes to welfare conditions - "the unintended consequences," he said.

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ANTIMICROBIALS THAT DESTROY BACTERIA, SOLVE RESISTANCE US - US Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have developed a new method to create antimicrobials that kill disease-causing pathogens.These antimicrobials can be used as an alternative to antibiotics.

Growing concerns about antibiotic resistance to certain strains of bacteria and increasing restrictions on the use of antibiotics in animals has accelerated the need to find alternatives. Scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the chief intramural scientific agency of USDA, are working to provide new strategies for enhancing production and improving overall animal health. This research supports the USDA priority of promoting international food security.

The patented technology for designing pathogen-targeted antimicrobials is the work of molecular biologist David Donovan at the ARS Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural...

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In the pig and broiler sector, the use of antibiotics has declined considerably. On the basis of the random sample, the decrease in use within the veal calf sector in 2009-2011 was a little under 20 per cent, but a decrease had already been achieved in this area before 2009. In the dairy farming sector, the use of antibiotics has remained fairly stable...

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REVIEW NEEDED FOR LIVESTOCK TRANSPORT UK - Agriculture Minister Jim Paice has called on the European Commission to look at the rules surrounding transport of livestock, especially journey times, and to ensure existing rules are in line with the available scientific evidence.

The UK government would like to see livestock slaughtered as close as possible to where they are farmed, but if animals are to be transported, the rules surrounding transportation must be based on existing and emerging scientific evidence so as to reduce the stress that long journeys may cause animals.

At the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Luxembourg Jim Paice said: “The UK agrees with the EU Commission that the number one priority is better enforcement of the existing legislation on welfare during transport, across the EU. However, in addition, it would like to see a review...

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Poultry Industry News NEW WELFARE CODE FOR POULTRY EXPECTED SOON

COMPANIES UNITE TO COMBAT ANIMAL DISEASE

NEW ZEALAND - A new animal welfare code for layer hens is expected to be introduced shortly.

UK - A new research club will unite farmers, breeders and pharmaceutical companies in the fight against animal diseases.

According to Radio New Zealand, the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) says it has finalised the code and will send it to the Government for approval by the end of the week.

NAWAC chair Dr John Hellstrom says the new code would rule out the use of battery cages, but would not specify the timing.

Dr Hellstrom says larger colony cages, which allow hens to stand and flap their wings, would be an alternative along with free range and barn-style systems.

On Monday, 25 June, activists were removed by police from New Zealand's largest egg farm, Mainland Poultry near Dunedin, where they were protesting the use of cages to house chickens...

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AECL STATEMENT ON AUSSIE EGG STANDARDS AUSTRALIA - AECL’s new, national Quality Assurance (QA) program, Egg Standards Australia (ESA), has 171 standards associated with hen welfare, food safety, farm quarantine & biosecurity, environmental management, egg labeling and hen health.

It has been developed over a three year period in line with ISO Guide 65 by a Technical Advisory Committee (TAC).

AECL completed a consultative phase with the egg industry seeking feedback of the standards from the QA Industry Consultative Committee (ICC), the convening of face-to-face meetings with egg producers in all states and calling for individual written submissions.

This development process has resulted in a well-research Quality Assurance program with a solid basis and foundation for egg producers to be audited against. It represents an...

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The Animal Health Research Club (ARC) will invest around £9.5M of public and private money in research projects which aim to improve animal health and welfare through better understanding, management and control of pests and pathogens.The club is being led by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), with additional funding from 12 company members and the Scottish Government.

The partners hope that the by drawing on the complementary expertise of academia and industry the club will spark new ideas for keeping animals healthy and free from disease.

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WELFARE AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF FEATHER PECKING AUSTRALIA - Feather-pecking and injurious pecking behaviours represent serious welfare and economic challenges for the egg industry. This is particularly a problem for barn-laid and free-range egg producers compared to conventional cage-egg producers.

With support from the Poultry CRC, Ms Kate Hartcher, a University of Sydney Master’s degree student, aims to investigate the rearing environment of free-range laying hens, and relate this to injurious feather-pecking behaviours.

Kate is conducting detailed in-situ observations of the birds’ behaviour in their home pens, as well as a variety of standard behavioural tests conducted away from the home pens. Stress levels are being quantified by stress hormone metabolites (corticosterone concentrations) in the faeces and in the egg albumen.

Birds are screened regularly for feather and skin condition and weighed to monitor growth. In addition, flock uniformity and egg production are recorded throughout the laying period.

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Health & Welfare News NEW CFO AND CAFO RULES MEAN OPERATIONAL CHANGES

USE SCIENCE IN REGULATING ANTIBIOTICS, SAYS COALITION

US - Indiana's new regulations aimed at keeping confined animal feeding operations environmentally friendly will require producers to change recordkeeping and manure management practices, from Sunday (1 July).

US - A coalition of agricultural organizations sent a letter to Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., who is seeking to restrict severely antibiotic use in livestock and poultry production, pointing out the stringent federal approval process and regulation of antibiotics, the lack of human health risks from their judicious use in livestock production and the benefits they offer in food animal production.

Last fall, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management approved revised rules that altered the environmental management requirements of confined feeding operations, called CFOs, and concentrated animal feeding operations, known as CAFOs. Indiana defines a CFO as "any animal feeding operation engaged in the confined feeding of at least 300 cattle, 500 horses, 600 swine or sheep, or 30,000 fowl, such as chickens, turkeys or other poultry."

All CAFOs are classified as CFOs, but CAFOs house more animals and have previously had more stringent regulations and permit application procedures. Under the new rules, CAFOs have the option to continue to have CAFO permits or assume general CFO permit status, said Purdue...

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Members of the coalition include the American Farm Bureau Federation, American Feed Industry Association, American Meat Institute, Animal Health Institute, American Veterinary Medical Association, National Cattleman’s Beef Association, National Chicken Council, National Milk Producers Federation, National Pork Producers Council, National Meat Association and the National Turkey Federation.

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ANIMAL ORGANISATIONS APPLAUD EGG BILL REJECTION US - The Humane Farming Association (HFA) and a coalition of animal protection organizations are applauding the Senate's rejection of Senator Dianne Feinstein's controversial "Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2012" (S. 3239) to the Farm Bill.

Referred to by many as the Rotten Egg Bill , Feinstein's measure is modeled on a similar bill (H.R. 3798) that was introduced by Rep. Kurt Schrader in the House earlier this year over the vehement objections of animal advocates nationwide.

"We applaud this Senate action which puts the rights and best interests of the American public ahead of the cynical political interests of the egg industry," said Bradley Miller, National Director of the Humane Farming Association. "The egg industry is seeking to establish egg factory cages as a national standard that could never be challenged or changed by state law or public vote," continued Miller.

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Poultry Industry News BIOSECURITY ACCOUNTS FOR BROILER FARMS' TOTAL PRODUCTION COSTS FINLAND - A study by the Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira and MTT Agrifood Research Finland examined the costs incurred for Finnish poultry farms by preventive biosecurity.

The major cost factors on broiler producers comprised the use of an exclusion product for the prevention of intestinal disturbances in newly hatched chicks and the use of coccidiostats in broiler feed as a preventive measure to control coccidiosis.

The study represents one of the first attempts to determine the total farm-level costs of biosecurity during a disease-free period.

BIOSECURITY IS ALWAYS THE MORE COST-EFFECTIVE OPTION IN COMPARISON WITH A DISEASE OUTBREAK In international comparison, poultry health status is outstanding in Finland, and all actors in the industry are committed to maintaining it.

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ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ELIMINATE DISEASE-CAUSING PATHOGENS US - Natural compounds may offer an alternative to certain antibiotics in the future for treating young animals that are susceptible to bacterial infections, thanks to work by US Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists.

Researchers at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Food and Feed Safety Research Unit in College Station, Texas, have invented a new method that involves using chlorate (sodium or salt) and nitro compounds to significantly reduce or eliminate intestinal bacterial pathogens in animals such as piglets and calves. Nitro compounds are organic substances that contain one or more nitro groups, which consist of three atoms—one of nitrogen and two of oxygen— that act as one.

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Biosecurity & Hygiene CONTROLLING INSECTS, RODENTS VITAL TO HEALTHY LIVESTOCK

PCS POULTRY PROVIDES EASIER RED MITE TREATMENT SOLUTION

US - Successfully preventing and eliminating flies and mice in livestock and poultry operations is crucial to maintaining animal health and productivity, says a Purdue University entomologist.

UK - Signs of red mite can include bird restlessness, pale combs, loss of feathers and blood spots on eggs.

With a risk of egg production being affected, there would undoubtedly be an economic loss.

Cattle in both pasture and confinement situations are affected by flies, as are poultry, said Ralph Williams.

Some poultry farmers regard treating red mite as an expense to be avoided. Perhaps because they think they will not get red mite, or they have not quantified the potential economics losses.

Bloodsucking flies literally drain animals' lifeblood, and all flies can transmit diseases, cause discomfort and create a nuisance for neighbors. Pastured cattle are mainly targeted by the face fly, which feeds on cattle's mucous membranes and can transmit pink eye.

Another pest in pastured cattle is the parasitic horn fly, which lives its entire adult life drinking the blood of one animal.

Control of pasture pests typically consists of self-application devices such as dust bags, oilers, pour-on products, and insecticide ear tags, Williams said.

If, for example, one egg per week per bird at peak production was lost due to the effect of red mite, the cost per egg on average was six and a half pence; a typical 12000 free-range layer unit could lose just under ÂŁ800.

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POULTRY HEALTH & BIOSECURITY MAJOR THEMES AT WPC 2012 BRAZIL - The Biosecurity session will be one of the major themes at the 24th World’s Poultry Congress, to be held from the 5 to 9 August at the Bahia Convention Center, in Salvador, Bahia. According to the coordinator of the Poultry Health and Biosecurity Area, Dr Paulo Martins, it is necessary to discuss the issues concerning this theme due to the close link between animal and human diseases.

It is known that 60 per cent of infectious diseases in humans originate in domestic and wild animals, as do 70 per cent of new human infections. With the increase in the worldwide demand for animal protein, the number of flocks also increases and along with it, the health risks. In this context, the poultry sector regards Biosecurity as one of the main tools to control those diseases.

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Poultry Industry News IBV QX OUTBREAK IN IRAQ IRAQ - An outbreak of IBV QX strain occurred recently in broiler farms in Erbil city, the capital of Kurdistan Region, Iraq.

Earlier this year, between February and March, 25 broiler flocks were surveyed in collaboration with OIE-FAO and National Reference laboratory for avian influenza and Newcastle disease in Italy.

Samples were collected from upper respiratory tract of chickens.

The broiler farms showed respiratory signs including gasping, sneezing, coughing and high mortality ranging between 15-65 per cent.

IFA ROW ERUPTS OVER DISPOSAL OF POULTRY LITTER IRELAND - A rift has developed within IFA between livestock and poultry farmers, after a spate of animal deaths due to botulism was blamed on the disposal of litter from poultry houses.

Independent.ie reports that livestock farmers in the association are demanding a ban on the spreading of poultry litter on pasture land. Dairy and beef farmers claim poultry litter has been directly linked to outbreaks of botulism and has led to a number of animal deaths.

The IFA's poultry committee have sought agreement on a code of practice for the spreading of litter that would shield them from liability for livestock losses.

The average no of chickens on each farm was 12,000.

A total of 80 per cent of the samples were found to be positive for IBV nucleic acid and 60 per cent of the IBV positive samples showed 99 per cent sequence identity to Chines and European QX-like strains.

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POTENTIAL OF LIVE BIRD MARKETS TO ACT AS RESERVOIRS OF H5N1 VIRUS VIET NAM & CAMBODIA - A study led by Royal Veterinary College researchers, Guillaume Fournié, Javier Guitian and Dirk Pfeiffer, was recently published in PLoS ONE, assessing the potential of live bird markets to act as reservoirs of avian influenza A (H5N1) virus.

The survey was conducted in Viet Nam and Cambodia in collaboration with local veterinary authorities.

Some live poultry traders were shown to engage in practices that were likely to promote conditions favourable for maintaining H5N1 in markets.

Market characteristics, including type and location, could be used to predict the profiles of traders frequenting the market and, thus, the risk of a given market becoming a virus reservoir.

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Under the proposal, farmers who accept litter on their land would not be liable for livestock losses, once notification of the intention to spread litter was served on all farmers within the immediate area up to three weeks beforehand.

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HALAMID POULTRY DISINFECTANT GROWING IN SE ASIA THAILAND - Axcentive is delighted to have teamed up with Biosecurity Consultancy (Thai) since the first half of 2012.

Senior Consultant Vernon Fretwell is working full time for Axcentive from his base in Bangkok. He will support and drive the further development of the market for the Universal Disinfectant Halamid® in the fast growing Southeast Asian poultry markets, where biosecurity is increasingly on the agenda of producers as operations become larger and more intensive, and the industry has to evolve.

Mr Fretwell commented: “I am pleased that Biosecurity Consultancy has secured this important mandate from Axcentive... A premium disinfectant like Halamid® has a great deal to offer and the response so far has been fantastic as we look to establish the right channels. Both distributors and producers in these markets are keen to speak to us.

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WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE – BUT IS IT FIT TO DRINK?

NEW ZEALAND - Farmers will soon be able to access funding for biosecurity outbreaks in the same way they do for floods and droughts.

UK - Biosecurity makes the difference between profit and loss, but where is it best to invest? Feed mills have invested in biosecurity and now just 1.3 per cent of poultry meals and 1.1 per cent of poultry extrusions testing positive for Salmonella in the UK. However water is still being ignored by too many farms.

Primary Industries Minister David Carter says the new Biosecurity Recovery Framework will alleviate the impact of outbreaks like the deadly PSA disease.

Of course feed remains a potential source of disease but it is not the only one and any biosecurity programme needs to encompass all sectors of poultry production to be really effective. It is necessary to realise the importance of the intestine of the chicken as part of the immune system. For this the most important component has to be drinking water.

According to 3News.co.nz, he says working out how much the change will cost is difficult.

“It’s hard to anticipate the costs simply because we don’t know what incursions might arise when and what the effects will be so it’s very difficult to quantify the costs,” says Mr Carter.

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Poultry Industry News COSTLIER INGREDIENTS LIKELY TO RAISE POULTRY FEED PRICES INDIA - With the prices of soyameal and other key ingredients rising in view of monsoon playing truant, prices of poultry feed products may become dearer in the coming weeks.

Prices of soyameal and other key ingredients have improved over the last one week unexpectedly, said Mr Subhash Sharma, Financial Head, Sarvottam Poultry Feed Supply Centre Pvt Ltd. According to The Hindu Business Line, he said prices of soyameal are likely to increase further, while maize and bajra may remain range-bound.

As a result, prices of poultry feed products may witness some hike in the first week of July, said Mr Sharma.

On Wednesday, soyameal prices increased by Rs 260 and quoted at around Rs 3,300 a quintal.

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HARPER GOVT HATCHING NEW & INNOVATIVE WAYS TO HELP FARMERS CANADA - The Canadian hatching egg industry is expected to achieve improved flock uniformity and increased chick production through a new investment by the Harper Government in an integrated feeding management solution.

Public Works Minister Rona Ambrose (EdmontonSpruce Grove) announced today, on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, an investment of more than $240,000 to help develop a precision broiler breeder feeding system.

"The Harper Government is hatching new and innovative ways to help farmers decrease costs and improve efficiency," said Minister Ambrose. "In addition to reduced feed costs and an improved bottom line for producers, the new system is expected to improve the health and welfare of birds."

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EU - In the search to find ways to reduce the transmission of foodborne disease from poultry products, researchers in Spain and Finland have found that probiotic products used by humans helped to reduce colonisation of the chicken gut with Campylobacter bacteria.

EU - The EU Agenda 2020 flagship initiative on Resource Efficiency is a key business driver for the European compound feed industry. Feed is the most important single factor for the sustainable development of livestock and aquaculture production. Feed conversion rates have improved by more than 30 per cent over the past 25 years, thus reducing considerably the ecological footprint of livestock production, says the European Compound Feed Manufacturers’ Federation (FEFAC).

Probiotics used for humans showed promise at reducing the colonisation of the chicken gut with Campylobacter, according to researchers from Spain and Finland.

Writing in Zoonoses and Public Health, M. Ganan of Universidad Complutense de Madrid and co-authors explain that Campylobacter is the most common cause of bacterial food-borne diarrhoeal disease throughout the world. The principal risk of human contamination is handling and consumption of contaminated poultry meat. Co-authors represented the Institute of Industrial...

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Poultry Industry News BROILER GROWING WITH BIG DUTCHMAN POULTRY SYSTEMS GERMANY - On the occasion of a convincing Open House, Ronny Lange from Osteroda in Brandenburg (Germany) recently inaugurated his four new houses for poultry growing.

Approximately 300 people followed his invitation to visit the imposing farm complex of 200,000 bird places in detail. For the poultry systems, Ronny Lange fully relies on the technology supplied by Big Dutchman.

POULTRY SYSTEMS: AUGERMATIC AND FLUXX These four houses are meant to assure Ronny Lange’s farm of a good future. Each of them has a size of 100 times 24 meters. Regarding poultry systems Ronny Lange decided to equip his new houses with two world-wide Big Dutchman classics for poultry growing: each house has five lines of Augermatic feeding, the birds feed from FluxX feed pans. Drinker lines ensure the supply with fresh water round the clock.

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EC STEPS UP ACTION TO ENFORCE BAN ON UN-ENRICHED CAGES EU - The European Commission has stepped up its action against countries that are not complying with the ban on un-enrished cages for laying hens.

The EC has sent a reasoned opinion to 10 Member States that have failed to correctly implement Directive 1999/74/EC. Belgium, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland and Portugal still allow the use of un-enriched cages for laying hens despite the ban, which came into force in January 2012 for which they have had 12 years to prepare.

Sending a reasoned opinion is the next step in the procedure before referral to the EU Court of Justice.

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US & UK - A new series of radiant tube brooders designed to yield an extra wide, rectangular heat pattern for poultry houses has been introduced by Space-Ray. Space-Ray has locations in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA and Ipswich, England. Marketed under the name BIG FOOT, the new brooder provides one of the largest rectangular shaped, heating footprints available for modern poultry applications.

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Housing & Equipment REDUCING ENERGY USE IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION US - Running a farm takes a lot of energy—in more ways than one. In 2009, Minnesota's 81,000 farms spent more than $700 million on transportation fuel and an additional $160 million on electricity.

Energy use on Minnesota farms and production facilities varies considerably depending on the type and size of the operation. For dairy farms, electricity is the biggest energy cost, used for collecting and cooling milk. Grain producers use significant amounts of diesel fuel to plant and harvest their crops.

University of Minnesota Extension is researching ways to improve on-farm energy efficiency. Several Extension faculty and staff have recently become certified energy auditors through the Farm Energy Auditor Training Programme, and as part of the Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs), Extension is working with utilities across the state to design incentive programmes that meet the needs of farmers.

NEW EOC 53 ITALY - The newly redesigned and engineered Termotecnica Pericoli EOC range of fans has undergone a transformation to the new increased 53" diameter propeller while retaining the original external wall housing dimensions.

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Poultry Industry News EPEXA GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 25TH ANNIVERSARY SCOTLAND, UK - EPEXA, the Association of European hatching egg, one-day olds and pullet exporters in the EU, representing their members of 13 Member States was founded in 1987 and has celebrated its 25th anniversary during the General Assembly in Edinburgh on 14-17 June 2012.

The president of the association, Leo Graf von Drechsel, pictured in his speech the achievements of EPEXA and its members during the past 25 years. It is obvious that the situation since 1987 has changed, and during the assembly the value and future objectives of EPEXA’s work have been evaluated and set for the coming period.

In 2011 the European Union exported in total more than 700 million hatching eggs to third countries of which 11.5 million from turkeys, and more than 120 million one-day olds of which 15 million from turkeys.

The total annual trade value of hatching eggs including the intra-community trade of about 950 million hatching eggs amounts at more than 400 million euros.

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ATRIA & PETERSIME TEAM UP FOR MAJOR HATCHERY UPGRADE FINLAND - One of the leading Finnish food processing companies, Atria PLC, has recently decided to substantially upgrade and expand its broiler hatchery located in Seinäjoki, Finland. Petersime will be supplying S-line BioStreamer incubators as well as a brand new HVAC system.

The entire upgrading and expansion project is aimed at a final setting capacity of 40 million hatching eggs per year, with the possibility to add machines in the same building for an extra capacity of 6 million eggs per year. In four phases, Atria will be replacing all of its current incubation equipment with 23 BioStreamer™ setters and 19 BioStreamer™ hatchers.They also purchased a new Petersime HVAC system. Atria will continue producing day-old chicks during the entire project.

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NETHERLANDS - "Last year, I visited a hatchery that was fully dependent on imported hatching eggs. To ensure a constant supply of eggs, the hatchery had an export agreement for 1,600 boxes to be flown in every week. Egg age at setting averaged 7 – 9 days, from which the hatchability of eggs set was 86 per cent," writes Martin 'Tiny' Barten, senior hatchery specialist at Pas Reform.

CHINA - Instruments manufactured by ORKA Food Technology (better known as “EggTester.Com”) are gaining market share and strong recognition in Chinese market based on their versatility, cost and reliability.

During the first day of his visit, the egg storage room was still quite full, despite the fact that a delivery of eggs had been cancelled the previous week, due to extremely bad weather. The hatchery manager explained that reduced setting rates, due to the upcoming Christmas season, were due to the processing plants having fewer working days and reducing the numbers of eggs set, as a smaller number of broiler farms needed to be supplied 2 - 3 weeks later.

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Recently ORKA has won many tenders from lucrative Chinese institutions including Hunan Agricultural University, Animal Science Academy of ChongQing City, Southwest University, Guangdong Ocean University, Dalian Institute of Product Quality Supervison & Inspection, Hebei Univeristy, China Agricultural University, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Science, Taian Baolai-Leelai Biological Engineering Company, Poultry Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Science and others to name a few.

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USAID POULTRY INITIATIVE TO GENERATE N58 BILLION NIGERIA - The Poultry Association of Nigeria has said the unrestricted trans-border trade among poultry farmers in West Africa will bring N58bn to Nigeria.

According to Punch, PAN Secretary, John Olateru, said the initiative, which was facilitated by the United State Agency for International Development, would also help poultry farmers in the sub-region to attract foreign investments.

Mr Olateru spoke in Lagos at a regional workshop on Hatchery Certification Standards for West Africa.

He said, “Many international poultry farmers had indicated interest to invest in the industry to complement the existing investments.

“We will take advantage of the opportunity of this initiative to create new markets and increase our productivity.”

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Poultry Industry News FARM UNIONS BACKING DOUX FARMERS FRANCE - The announcement on Friday that the troubled French poultry group Doux was to be put up for sale increased the pressure on the farmers, according to the French farming union FNSEA. The union said that together with the other unions, JA and CFA, it was working with the farmers and breeders affected by the Doux collapse to ensure continued supplies of fees and gas and other essentials.

The unions have also stepped in immediately a farmer had reported difficulties, the union said.

FNSEA said that FNSEA, JA and CFA continue to defend and support a national strategy to ensure farms operate on a daily basis and to ensure that the claims flo farmers are addressed and resolved as soon as possible.

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VION REORGANISES FOOD ACTIVITIES EU - Food producer VION Food Group has gone through an intensive review of its long-term strategic vision of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Balancing the Futureâ&#x20AC;? in recent months This was triggered by the disappointing results delivered by VION in 2011, and the economic prospects for the years to come.

This review has resulted in the strategic vision being reconfirmed, and the decision being taken to bring forward planned changes and investments.

In 2011, the strategy and activities of VION Ingredients delivered satisfactory results.

The strategy of adding value and of making the processing of raw materials more sustainable was achieved.

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Processing & Packaging BRF AND MARFRIG ASSET SWAP COMPLETED BRAZIL - Brazilian meat processors BRF – Brasil Foods S.A. - and Marfrig Alimentos S.A. have completed their exchange of assets that was started in December last year.

After incorporation of the plants in Duque de Caxias (RJ) and Lages (SC) and distribution centres in Salvador (BA), Campinas (SP), Brasília (DF) and Pinhais (PR), from the exchange of active with the BRF, sales of Harvest Foods will begin on 2 July.

"Seara will keep the portfolio, production and delivery of products Rao throughout the national market, ensuring continuity of business and products to sell," said Antonio Zambelli, chief marketing officer of Harvest Foods.

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PERFORMING TWO STEPS LINES MEAT-BONE DEBONE AND SEPARATOR THAILAND - South East Asian markets are developing rapidly and at the same time the processed meat sector is also seeing changes.

At the last Propack exhibition in Bangkok. Thailand, LIMA Company presented its TWO step lines, which is already well established in European countries.The first operation is deboning at very low pressure with Lima's D patented technology through Ø 3 mm filter to obtain at optimum yield - a coarse ground meat allowing the production of high quality meat products such as meat balls, hamburgers, nuggets, coarse meat sausage etc.

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CAPPOQUIN POULTRY SET TO RETURN TO PROFIT IRELAND - Cappoquin Poultry, one of the country’s largest chicken processors, is projecting a return to an operating profit in 2012.

That is according to a company spokesman who was commenting yesterday on new accounts filed by Cappoquin Poultry to the Companies Office that confirm it recorded a €799,026 loss in the 12 months to the end of Dec 2010.

Irish Examiner reports that the loss in 2010 followed pre-tax profits of €285,001 in 2009.

The firm recorded the loss after revenues dipped from €30m to €27m in 2010.

The spokesman attributed the loss to "high feed costs and sterling weakness".

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INDUSTRY EVENTS

Poultry Science Association Annual Meeting Athens, Georgia, US, 9th to 12th July

The meeting will be hosted by the University of Georgia's Department of Poultry Science.

XXIV World's Poultry Congress - 2012 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 5th to 9th August

Considering the most important global event focused on the dissemination of poultry science and technology, the 24th World's Poultry Congress (WPC 2012) with gather around 9,000 visitors, with 3,000 participants from all over the world. The Congress will be held at the Convention Center of the city of Salvador (BA) on 5th to 9th August 2012.

INDUSTRY EVENTS Each month we bring you the most important poultry industry events taking place around the world For more events please visit www.thepoultrysite.com/events

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INDUSTRY EVENTS

13th Conference of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE XIII) Maastricht, The Netherlands, 20th to 24th July

During this conference, the organisers say that delegates will cross the borders to other scientific disciplines, focussing on the bridges that connect them with veterinary epidemiology and economics to create the multi disciplinary approach needed to solve many of today's research questions.

If you participate in a pre- or post-conference workshop, you will cross the border between The Netherlands and Belgium as well to visit Ghent. Both cities have a long and colourful history enabling you to taste the rich culture of the lowlands situated in the centre of Europe.

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Areas: Pharmaceuticals Vaccines Equipment:Vaccination and Medical) Feed: Additives

CEVA SantĂŠ Animale is a global veterinary health company focused on the research, development, production and marketing of pharmaceutical products and vaccines for pets, livestock, swine and poultry.

MSD Animal Health Tel: +31 485 587961 Fax: +31 485 587643 Fredric.David@merck.com marc.Coulier@merck.com www.msd-animal-health.com

Areas: Feed: Safety Products Feed: Additives Feed Cleaning/Disinfectants Pharmaceuticals

MSD Animal Health offers veterinarians, farmers, pet owners and governments the widest range of veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines and health management solutions and services

Pfizer Animal Health Tel: +1 919 941 5185 pgp.marketing@pfizer.com animalhealth.pfizer.com

Areas: Pharmaceuticals

Pfizer Animal Health had developed and launched 18 new veterinary drugs since 2000, including several flagship products today considered indispensible.

BREEDING & GENETICS Aviagen Tel: +1 256 890 3800 Fax: +1 256 890 3919 info@aviagen.com www.aviagen.com

Areas: Breeding Genetics

The Aviagen Group is the global market leader in poultry genetics. As the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier poultry breeding company, Aviagen develops pedigree lines for the production of commercial broilers and turkeys.

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BUSINESS DIRECTORY LISTINGS Areas: Breeding Genetics

Cobb broiler breeding stock has the sustained advantage of the most efficient feed conversion and highest potential for profitability for the company’s global customers.

Grimaud Fréres Selection Areas: Tel: +33 (0)2 41 70 36 90 Breeding Fax: +33 (0)2 41 70 31 67 Genetics grimaudfreres@ grimaudfreres.com www.grimaudfreres.com

Grimaud Fréres are a multi-species selection and breeding operator in the service of the watefowls and festive poultry field.

Hubbard Tel: +33 296 79 63 70 Fax: +33 296 74 04 71 contact.emea@ hubbardbreeders.com www.hubbardbreeders.com

Areas: Breeding Genetics

Hubbard provides solutions that focus on the economic performance, health and well-being of breeding stock. Hubbard specializes in state-of-the-art selection programs to improve the performance of their pure lines.

Hy-Line Tel: +1 515 225 6030 Fax: +1 515 225 6030 info@hyline.com www.hyline.com

Areas: Breeding Genetics

Hy-Line International is a world leader in poultry layer genetics with a rich history of innovation. Hy-Line was the first poultry breeding company to apply the principles of hybridization to commercial layerbreeding.

Novogen Tel: +33 296 58 12 60 Fax: +33 296 58 12 61 contact.novogen@ novogen-layers www.novogen-layers.com

Areas: Breeding Genetics

NOVOGEN offers a new alternative giving the egg producers more choice and possibilities to fit their specific market requirements.

Indbro Poultry Tel: +91 (40) 241 5594 drkotaiah@ indbropoultry.com www.indbro.com

Areas: Breeding Genetics

Started off as a Broiler breeding company, with pure line birds developed and bred under Indian Climate, feed & management since 1990.

Cobb Vantress Tel: +1 479 524 3166 Fax: +1 479 524 3043 info@cobb-vantress.com www.cobb-vantress.com

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BUSINESS DIRECTORY LISTINGS BIOSECURITY & HYGIENE CID LINES Tel: +32 5721 7877 Fax: +32 5721 7879 info@cidlines.com www.cidlines.com

Areas: Biosecurity Cleaning Feed: Additives Health and Safety Pest Control Welfare

CID LINES offers VIROCID, the most powerful disinfectant, which is part of a hygiene program for poultry, written by hygiene specialists.VIROCID has a proven record in preventing and fighting disease outbreaks for many years.

PCS Poultry Services Tel: +44 (0) 1386 701 812 Fax: +44 (0) 1386 701 376 admin@pcspoultry.com www.pcspoultry.com

Areas: Biosecurity Hygiene Cleaning Services Pest Control

FOSSIL SHIELD + PCS Poultry, the solution to your red mite problem. Unique professional on-site electrostatic application with Fossil shield, a non-toxic natural diatomaceous powder.

FEEDING & NUTRITION

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AB Vista Tel: +44 (0) 1672 517650 Fax: +44 (0) 1672 517660 info@abvista.com www.abvista.com

Areas: Feed Feed: Additives Feed: Nutrition

AB Vista is an integrated international supplier of new generation micro-ingredients for animal feeds providing visionary solutions for your agribusiness.

Biomin Tel: +43 2782 803 0 Fax: +43 2782 803 30 office@biomin.net www.biomin.net

Areas: Feed Feed: Additives Feed: Nutrition

BIOMIN offers sustainable animal nutrition products such as quality feed additives and premixes, which include solutions for mycotoxin risk management, a groundbreaking natural growth promoting concept as well as other specific solutions

Danisco Tel: +44 (0) 1672 517777 Fax: +44 (0) 1672 517778 info.animalnutrition@ danisco.com www.danisco.com/ animalnutrition

Areas: Feed: Additives

Danisco’s ingredients are used globally in a wide range of industries – from bakery, dairy and beverages to animal feed, laundry detergents and bioethanol – to enable functional, economic and sustainable solutions

Evonik Tel: +49 6181 59 6765 Fax: +49 6181 59 6734 feed-additives@evonik.com www.evonik.com

Areas: Feed Feed: Additives Feed: Safety

Evonik is fully committed to be a reliable partner in delivering feed additives for animal nutrition turning the knowledge of its global team into intelligent solutions.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY LISTINGS Kerry Ingredients & Flavours EMEA Tel: +31 36 523 3100 Fax: +31 36 523 3110 clive.girdler@kerry.com www.kerry.com

Areas: Feed Feed: Additives Feed: Safety

Kerry Animal Nutrition aims to identify and commercialise existing Kerry ingredients and technologies to create potential world beaters in animal nutrition and health

Meridan Animal Health Tel: +44 (0) 1234 436130 Fax: +44 (0) 1234 436130 sales@meridan-ah.com www.meriden-ah.com

Areas: Pharmaceuticals Feed: Additives Feed: Safety Feed: Nutrition Cleaning/Disinfectants

Meriden Animal Health Limited is a British company specialising in the production and distribution of natural feed additives, as well as Meriden-branded animal health prodcucts, specifically developed to maximise performance and increase overall returns.

Novus International Tel: +1 314 576 8886 Fax: +1 314 576 2148 contact@novusint.com www.novusint.com

Areas: Feed Feed: Additives Feed: Nutrition

Novus International is a global leader of animal health and nutrition programs for the poultry, pork, beef, dairy aquaculture and companion animal industries.

Optivite Tel: +44 (0) 1909 537 380 Fax: +44 (0) 1909 478 919 info@optivite.com www.optivite.com

Areas: Feed: Additives Feed: Nutrition

Optivite specialises in the design, development, manufacture and distribution of nonhazardous, drug free ingredients and additives for the maintenance and enhancement of feed quality.

HOUSING & EQUIPMENT Agrilamp Tel: +44 (0) 1332 547 118 Fax: +44 (0) 208 439 1538 info@agrilamp.com www.agrilamp.com

Areas: Equipment: Lighting & Electrical

AgriLampâ&#x201E;˘ is a leading LED manufacturer with years of experience in designing and manufacturing the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most innovative LED (light-emitting diode) lighting solutions for the agricultural industry.

Big Dutchman Tel: +49 4447 801 0 Fax: +49 4447 801 237 big@bigdutchman.de www.bigdutchman.com

Areas: Equipment: Breeding Equipment: Drinking Equipment: Egg Equipment: Feeding Equipment: Weighing

The poultry equipment supplier for layer management, breeder management, poultry growing and poultry climate control.

Space-Ray Heaters Tel: +44 (0) 1473 830 551 Fax: +44 (0) 1473 832 055 info@spaceray.co.uk www.spaceray.co.uk

Areas: Equipment: Heaters

SPACE-RAY manufactures high efficiency infra-red radiant heating solutions (also known as direct gas fired radiant heating), for industrial, commercial, agricultural or leisure purposes

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BUSINESS DIRECTORY LISTINGS Termotechnica Pericoli Tel: +39 0182 589006 Fax: +39 0182 589005 termotecnica@pericoli.com www.pericoli.com

Areas: Climate Control Climate Management Heating, Cooling and Ventilation

A global market leader specializing in climate technology since 1967 in design, manufacture and distribution of efficient/quality heating, cooling and ventilation equipment and systems for the poultry industry with a full range of products to meet all specification and applications.

Vencomatic Tel: +31 (0) 497 517380 Fax: +31 (0) 497 517364 info@vencomatic.com www.vencomatic.com

Areas: Equipment: Breeding Equipment: Drinking Equipment: Egg handling and grading Equipment: Nesting

Vencomatic is a global supplier of innovative and welfare friendly housing solutions for the poultry sector.The flexible and turn key solutions of Vencomatic offer large possibilities for a wide range of poultry production concepts.

INCUBATION & HATCHING Orka Food Technology Tel: +852 8120 9245 Fax: +852 2802 7112 info@orkatech.com www.eggtester.com

Areas: Equipment: Egg Equipment: Hatching Equipment: Incubation

EggTester.com (officially known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Orka Food Technologyâ&#x20AC;?) is a leading worldwide manufacturer of egg-quality testing equipment to be used extensively in QC laboratories operated by egg producers, packers, universities, regulatory authorities, and primary breeders.

Pas Reform Tel: +31 314 659 111 Fax: +31 314 652 572 info@pasreform.com www.pasreform.com

Areas: Equipment: Incubation Equipment: Egg Equipment: Environment Equipment: Hatching Waste Handling

Pas Reform is an international company, which has specialized in the development of innovative hatchery technologies for the poultry sector since 1919. Products and Services: Incubators, Hatchery Automation Systems, Hatchery Climate Control Systems and Hatchery Management Training.

Petersime Tel: +32 9 388 96 11 Fax: +32 9 388 84 58 info@petersime www.petersime.com

Areas: Equipment: Hatching Equipment: Incubation

Petersime is a world leader in the development of incubators. hatchery equipment and turnkey hatcheries.

EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS VIV Tel: +31 30 295 28 98 viv@vnuexhibitions.com www.viv.net

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Areas: Events & Exhibitions

With 7 VIV exhibitions all over the world VIV trade exhibitions are recognized for high trade quality in the professional industry.With over a 1,000 international companies exhibiting and visitors from over 140 countries the VIV-shows are also considered as very international.