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Clostridial Dermatitis on US Turkey-Grower Farms Clostridial dermatitis is an emerging condition in turkeys and broilers in the US, with around 40 per cent of turkey grower farms reporting some issues. It was more common and more severe in the central region and in summer and autumn/fall, according to a report from the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). Poor farm hygiene and high house humidity appeared to be linked to out-

breaks and the case for the involvement of Clostridium septicum was strengthened by the findings of the study.

Clostridial dermatitis (cellulitis/gangrenous dermatitis) is a disease of turkeys and broilers and has increased in severity over the last several years, according to a new report.

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Clostridial Dermatitis on US Turkey-Grower Farms Clostridial dermatitis, an emerging condition in turkeys and broilers in the US, with around 40 per cent of turkey grower farms reporting some issues.

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Europe retains its 16 per cent share of the global chicken meat market, according to industry watcher, Terry Evans, in his latest analysis of the global poultry markets.

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Editorial ‘Health and disease’ is the theme for this month’s edition of ThePoultrySite Digital - a topic that is surely uppermost in the minds of all those who keep poultry across the world.

Clostridial dermatitis is the focus of our lead feature. In the US, it is an emerging condition in turkeys and broilers, with four in 10 of turkey growers reporting at least some issues. According to a recent report from the USDA, the condition seems to be linked to poor farm hygiene, high house humidity and a sudden increase in Clostridium septicum.

Also on the health theme, coccidiosis is a universal disease faced by broiler producers, made more challenging by consumer and legislative pressures in some countries to reduce the amount of anticoccidial products in feeds. Coccidiosis vaccines given in-ovo or newly hatched chicks offer an effective alternative to infeed products but other solutions are always being sought. An international colJackie Linden laboration has had success using hyperimmune egg yolk antibodies to control ThePoultrySite.com Senior Editor the disease.

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The latest chapter in our series, Global Poultry Trends, by industry watcher,Terry Evans, examines the trends in chicken meat production in Europe. He highlights the fact that while volume growth in the European Union is pegged at around half of the global average percentage-wise, remarkable expansion has taken place in recent years in Russia and Ukraine.

Finally, recent research has shown that infrared equipment for beak trimming can be adjusted to optimise pullet performance whilst also allowing birds to exhibit more of their natural behaviour than with some other methods. Beak trimming is widely carried out in pullets to prevent feather pecking, particularly in laying hens but again, pressure is building in some countries for the practice to be banned on the grounds of animal welfare.

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In 2010, the US Animal Health Association (USAHA) ranked clostridial dermatitis among the top three disease issues in turkeys (USAHA, 2010).

Dermatitis can be associated with Staphylococcus aureus or Escherichia coli but recently, Clostridium spp. have been associated specifically with clostridial dermatitis.

Skin lesions associated with clostridial dermatitis appear necrotic, with oedema and/or gas in the underlying subcutaneous tissue. Sudden death is a frequent presentation of this illness (Clark et al., 2010).

Disease pathogenesis for clostridial dermatitis is poorly understood. The disease is believed to be caused by hematogenous transmission of clostridium from the gastrointestinal tract to muscle and skin where bacterial toxins are produced. Previous studies have suggested that bird density, litter conditions, and hygiene are potential risk factors for disease (Clark et al., 2010).

Clostridia are commonly found in the environment and intestines of healthy birds.

Controlling clostridial dermatitis is difficult because managing the growth of clostridia is challenging, especially during the birds’ growth phase. Uncontrolled growth of clostridia can result in toxin production, which causes disease.The basic components for controlling clostridial dermatitis include: • reducing the number of clostridial microorganisms in birds and the environment, and • augmenting bird immunity (Clark et al., 2010).

The clostridial dermatitis component of the US Department of Agriculture’s National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) Poultry 2010 study had three phases and was conducted to: • estimate the prevalence of clostridial dermatitis on turkey grower farms in the United States • identify risk factors for clostridial dermatitis outbreaks on turkey-grower farms, and

Figure 1. Percentage of turkey-grower farms by farm-level severity of clostridial dermatitis problems during the previous 12 months, and by region

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Figure 2. Percentage of case farms by flock-level severity of clostridial dermatitis problems, and by season

• to understand better the relationship between intestinal pathology, shedding of clostridial organisms, and disease occurrence.

PREVALENCE ESTIMATE Overall, 42.3 per cent of turkey-grower farms had at least a slight problem with clostridial dermatitis during the 12 months prior to the study.

No turkey-grower farms in the West region had clostridial dermatitis problems. In the Central region, 48.4 per cent of farms had some degree of disease, and 17.6 per cent had severe disease.

CASE-CONTROL Companies that participated in the prevalence phase of the study and had farms located in the Central and East regions selected farms for participation in the case-control phase.

erate or severe problems.

Case farms were more likely than control farms to compost litter within 200 feet of a poultry barn (33 and six per cent, respectively) and less likely to require employees to scrub footwear (23 and 72 per cent, respectively).

In addition, case farms had significantly higher humidity levels in the poultry barns than control farms and higher soil pH. Clostridial dermatitis tends to be a disease of late finisher birds. However, disease problems appeared to be more severe in flocks in which disease onset occurred when birds were less than 13 weeks of age than with flocks with older birds. A lower percentage of flocks on case farms were moderately or severely affected when birds’ water was acidified, or when direct-fed microbials were administered.

PATHOLOGY

Case farms were more severely affected by clostridial dermatitis during summer and fall – eight out of 10 had moderate or severe problems – than during spring or winter, when six out of 10 farms had mod-

Seven companies participated in this phase of the study. Nineteen case farms were visited weekly during the weeks leading up to an anticipated outbreak. Six

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Figure 2. Percentage of case farms by flock-level severity of clostridial dermatitis problems, and by season

Sixteen case farms had clostridial dermatitis outbreaks, while three case farms and all six control farms had no outbreaks during the study.

in the lamina propria and muscle of the ileum and Meckel’s diverticulum, on both outbreak and nonoutbreak farms.

Prior to an outbreak, birds on outbreak farms and non-outbreak farms had similar prevalence of Clostridium septicum (one per cent of birds). About half the birds (42 per cent) were positive for C. septicum during an outbreak. Approximately 20 per cent of birds were positive for C. perfringens, regardless of outbreak status.

Intestinal pathology did not appear to be related to outbreak status.

C. septicum was found in liver and spleen samples, which is consistent with the theory of hematogenous spread to muscle. C. perfringens was found less commonly in internal organs.

There was no substantial difference in the percentage of C. perfringens-positive birds and C. perfringens-negative birds with lesions. C. septicum- and C. perfringenspositive birds had no more intestinal pathology than C. septicum- and C. perfringens-negative birds.

Over half the birds sampled during an outbreak had gross lesions consistent with clostridial dermatitis in the skin/subcutaneous tissue/muscle but lesions were rarely seen before an outbreak.

Intestinal pathology was frequently found, especially

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Two-thirds of C. septicum-positive birds (67 per cent) had gross lesions consistent with clostridial dermatitis compared with less than one-tenth of C. septicumnegative birds.

C. septicum was found on 22 per cent of non-outbreak farms and on 87 per cent of outbreak farms. C. perfringens was found on more than 80 per cent of farms, regardless of outbreak status.

Europe Holds its Share of Global Chicken Market

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Feature Article

Europe Holds its Share of Global Chicken Market Europe retains its 16 per cent share of the global chicken meat market, according to industry watcher,Terry Evans, in his latest analysis of the global poultry markets.

While growth in the European Union is pegged at around half of the global average percentage-wise, expansion of the industries in Russia and Ukraine have been remarkable, supported by huge local investments.

Worldwide the growth of chicken meat production is slowing towards two per cent a year from the near four per cent achieved between 2000 and 2010.The rate of expansion has varied between regions (Table 1) such that Asia and Africa recorded annual gains of around 4.5 per cent in that decade while in the others, it was less than four per cent. As the increase in Europe was on a par with the world picture at a shade below four per cent, this region has just about managed to hold on to its global share of 16 per cent.

However, within Europe, there has been a pronounced difference between growth within the European Union and those countries outside the Community, in particular Russia and the Ukraine. For the EU, the expansion was less than two per cent as the total output climbed from 8.2 million tonnes to 9.7 million tonnes.This contrasts starkly with a more than trebling of production in the total for the non-EU European countries of from 1.2 million tonnes to 4.1 million tonnes (Table 2). Consequently, the EU’s share of the global total has contracted from almost 14 per cent in 2000 towards 11 per cent in 2011 – based on our estimate of 9.9 million tonnes – out of a likely global figure of more than 89 million tonnes.

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Table 1. World chicken meat 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

Europe

9.4

10.7

10.8

11.7

12.1

13.4

13.8

14.2

14.5

Oceania

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

Africa

WORLD

E and F, author's estimates Source: FAO

For 2012, world output looks likely to approach 91 million tonnes, while possibly 93 million tonnes will be reached in 2013. In the following years to 2020, projections point to growth of around two per cent a year for both Europe and the world.

0.5 per cent a year from the current level of about 12.3 million tonnes to around 12.5 million tonnes by 2020 which, after deducting the contribution from other meat poultry, would point to a table chicken output of just 10 million tonnes.

In Table 1, production from culled layers is included with the output for table or meat chicken. Looking at the various data on chicken meat output it is not always clear whether a set of figures relates to broiler production, chicken meat output (table birds plus culled layers) or even poultry meat production.

In some instances, the term ‘broiler’ is used and it is uncertain if the figure includes extensively reared birds as well. Indeed, it is debatable, in this day and age, whether the term ‘broiler’ is in many instances a misnomer. Some 60 or more years ago, the term had a specific connotation related to the method of production, embodying the type of bird that was grown intensively for a period of up to eight weeks.

Over time, the breeds used and the methods of production have changed so much that many producers would be upset if their birds were described as broilers. A more appropriate description to cover all production systems would be ‘table’ or ‘meat’ chickens.

Referring to Table 2, it is clear that the expansion in Russia and the Ukraine were responsible for almost 90 per cent of the increase in output from non-EU European countries.

The figures presented in table 4 indicate that broiler/table chicken output in the EU rose by 1.2 million tonnes or 1.5 per cent a year between 2000 and 2010. If this rate of growth could be maintained to 2020, output will by then have climbed to around 10.6 million tonnes.

However, the latest European Commission (EC) short-term forecast for poultry meat production in the EU points to growth of just 1.0 per cent in 2012 but only 0.3 per cent in 2013, while the long-term view postulates an annual average expansion of only

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Russia is easily the leading chicken meat producer in Europe, accounting for close to one-fifth of the total for the region of 13.8 million tonnes in 2010. Indeed, the top five countries, all producing more than one million tonnes a year, accounted for 7.25 million tonnes or more than a half of the total for Europe, while the top 10 countries produced 11.1 million tonnes or more than 80 per cent.

While increases in production costs at a time of economic recession are likely to have applied a brake to expansion in EU member countries, there are many other challenges ahead that could dampen growth.

Not only will EU producers have to face increased competition from imports – especially from Brazil and Thailand – but they will also likely witness a reduction in sales to traditional exports markets and in particular Russia. Fortunately, it looks as though chicken consumption has benefitted slightly from the recession.

Whichever set of figures you peruse, there can be no doubting the massive increase in chicken meat output that occurred in Russia between 2000 and 2010.

USDA figures predict broiler production reaching almost 2.8 million tonnes in 2012. Rosstat reported poultry meat output in 2011 at 4.3 million tonnes live-

FEATURE ARTICLE Table 2. Chicken meat production in Europe ('000 tonnes eviscerated weight) 2000

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011E*

Albania

4.0

9.0

10.0

13.0

16.0

17.0

17.0

-

Austria

87.1

89.2

85.1

95.2

97.1

101.0

96.6

0.1

Belarus

76.1

115.2

145.2

165.2

191.5

218.8

258.0

0.2

Belgium

400.4

450.0

484.0

448.0

450.0

460.3

461.0

0.5

6.5

12.0

14.4

19.7

28.9

33.2

37.6

-

Bulgaria

104.7

79.5

86.9

97.9

90.7

109.8

86.0

0.1

Croatia

24.7

31.0

29.5

31.2

31.1

29.0

22.4

-

Czech Rep.

198.6

213.5

207.1

201.0

195.3

188.4

185.0

0.2

Denmark

187.5

182.8

166.4

172.3

176.1

168.6

186.4

0.2

Estonia

7.3

13.8

12.4

11.5

13.2

14.9

16.0

-

Finland

64.4

87.0

88.0

95.4

100.9

94.9

96.3

0.1

France

1,242.0

920.5

819.4

920.5

1,081.8

1,069.2

1,103.0

1.1

Germany

461.5

605.1

608.4

687.7

764.0

785.9

837.1

0.9

Greece

110.0

158.7

117.6

116.1

111.5

111.8

114.3

0.2

Hungary

280.7

246.2

211.1

195.7

217.2

213.3

221.4

0.2

Iceland

3.1

5.8

6.7

7.6

7.4

7.2

6.9

-

Ireland

86.0

92.0

90.0

85.0

85.5

85.6

83.2

0.1

761.8

695.0

628.5

733.0

790.3

822.3

865.1

0.9

7.2

17.2

20.6

20.6

23.1

23.2

23.4

-

25.1

56.5

61.4

63.2

65.4

66.6

72.0

0.1

Luxembourg

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

-

Macedonia Rep.

4.9

3.8

3.7

3.5

3.0

3.3

3.2

-

Malta

6.0

4.5

3.9

4.6

5.0

4.7

4.4

-

15.9

28.0

30.9

31.8

29.6

34.5

41.0

-

697.0

628.0

621.0

684.0

693.0

763.7

751.0

0.8

Norway

43.1

49.9

55.4

62.6

74.9

71.2

75.9

0.1

Poland

560.0

795.8

824.4

896.5

729.8

1,059.8

1,123.0

1.1

Portugal

224.5

198.3

193.4

223.4

236.8

247.4

248.8

0.3

Romania

259.4

308.6

273.3

312.2

316.0

371.4

349.0

0.3

Russian Federation

755.0

1,345.7

1,580.2

1,868.9

2,000.7

2,313.3

2,533.4

2.7

75.1

69.8

76.1

80.2

83.8

0.1

Bosnia/Herzegovina

Italy Latvia Lithuania

Moldova Netherlands

Serbia Slovakia

61.4

87.2

86.1

83.0

75.5

75.1

76.1

0.1

Slovenia

44.4

45.6

44.1

42.7

51.9

53.7

53.9

0.1

965.0

1,084.0

1,064.9

1,131.0

1,081.7

1,179.5

1,116.0

1.1

Sweden

89.9

96.2

95.5

105.4

107.2

105.2

112.0

0.1

Switzerland

45.9

58.0

48.3

58.4

62.4

63.8

67.3

0.1

193.2

496.6

589.1

689.4

794.0

894.2

953.4

1.0

1,214.8

1,333.8

1,288.8

1,270.2

1,259.1

1,463.1

1,349.7

1.4

EUROPEAN UNION

8,178.9

8,522.3

8,209.2

8,723.7

8,829.4

9,666.3

9,687.9

9.9

EUROPE

9,386.9

10,711.1

10,772.7

11,719.3

12,121.4

13,410.5

13,765.7

14.2

WORLD

58,698.2

70,208.0

72,319.7

76,676.9

80,785.7

82,511.5

86,205.0

89.2

Spain

Ukraine United Kingdom

Source: FAO

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Europe Holds its Share of Global Chicken Market weight. Using a conversion factor of 73 per cent, this was equivalent to an eviscerated weight of 3.1 million tonnes.After deducting some 400,000 tonnes for hen and turkey meat output, then table chicken production would have been around 2.7 million tonnes.

Several reports indicate that Russia’s poultry meat output could amount to 3.3 million tonnes in 2012 which, if realised, would bring chicken meat production close to a record three million tonnes. One source envisages that total poultry meat output could reach 4.5 million tonnes by 2020. But, as the rate of growth is expected to slow after 2015, this latter forecast is considered optimistic.

Table 3. Chicken meat production ranking in 2010 ('000 tonnes) Russian Federation

2,533.4

United Kingdom

1,379.4

Poland

1,123.0

Spain

1,116.0

France

1,103.0

Ukraine

953.4

Italy

865.1

Germany

837.1

Netherlands

751.0

Belgium

461.0

A number of new investments made earlier in 2012 could expand total output by more than half a million tonnes over the next couple of years. It is considered that some 90 per cent of industry growth in 2011 came from just 14 companies. The largest – Prioskoliye – contributed about 14 per cent of the total, while the largest seven provided 50 per cent.

Further concentration is anticipated, such that the latter concerns could well represent 75 per cent of national output by 2015. However, Russian producers are concerned about how entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) in August 2012 will impact on them, as it is considered that some will be unable to compete with possible increased competition from imports.

Romania

349.0

Belarus

258.0

Portugal

248.8

Hungary

221.4

Denmark

186.4

Czech Rep.

185.0

Greece

114.3

Sweden

112.0

Austria

96.6

Finland

96.3

Bulgaria

86.0

Serbia

83.8

Ireland

83.2

Slovakia

76.1

Rapid expansion has also taken place in the Ukraine.

According to data from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), between 2005 and 2010, chicken meat output escalated by about 14 per cent a year to reach 954,000 tonnes in 2010 from 496,000 tonnes in 2005. However, USDA calculations for the same period of time indicate that broiler production expanded by almost 20 per cent a year from 289,000 tonnes to 733,000 tonnes. Despite escalating feed costs and power cuts in some areas which caused high mortalities among flocks, many observers consider that the industry will expand by between four and five per cent in 2012 to an estimated 810,000 tonnes. However, a presentation by Borys Skyba, Executive Director of Agro-Mars, claimed that broiler output had risen from 648,000 tonnes in 2007 to 940,000 tonnes in 2010. If proved correct, the Ukraine could produce more than one million tonnes

Norway

75.9

Lithuania

72.0

Switzerland

67.3

Slovenia

53.9

Moldova

41.0

Bosnia/Herzegovina

37.6

Latvia

23.4

Croatia

22.4

Albania

17.0

Estonia

16.0

Iceland

6.9

Malta

4.4

Macedonia Rep.

3.2

Luxembourg

0.1

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Source: FAO

FEATURE ARTICLE Table 4. Leading broiler/table chicken producers in Europe ('000 tonnes) 2000

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012E

EU-27

7,970

8,169

7,740

8,320

8,594

8,756

9,202

9,420

9,600

- United Kingdom

1,163

1,283

1,237

1,212

1,214

1,220

1,323*

-

-

- Poland

560

796

824

896

730

1,060

1,070

-

-

- Spain

965

1,045

1,030

1,034

1,059

1,063

1,022

-

-

1,242

986

886

993

1,009

1,027

1,045

-

-

- Germany

462

741

749

826

883

950

1,030

-

-

- Italy

762

666

612

670

713

742

780

-

-

- Netherlands

697

552

547

612

626

655

663

-

-

Russia

410

950

1,180

1,410

1,680

2,060

2,310

2,575

2,725

20

289

372

475

570

650

733

767

810

- France

Ukraine

* 53-week statistical year, Sources: AVEC, USDA

Figure 1. Leading chicken meat producing countries in Europe (million tonnes)

in 2010. If proved correct, the Ukraine could produce more than one million tonnes of chicken meat in 2012.

Nearly two-thirds of production is accounted for by just three companies. Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP) based in Kiev, is responsible for more than 40 per cent of national output. Complex Agromars has a 16 per cent share and Ptahokombinat Dniprovsky, seven per cent. MHP is planning to expand into the EU either through acquisition or via co-operation agreements and is looking at possibilities in Germany, Italy, Slovenia and France.

While the rapid expansions recorded by Russia and the Ukraine are clearly evident from Figure 1, less obvious is the way in which the chicken industry in Poland has grown as exports, primarily to the EU, have escalated to represent almost 20 per cent or more of domestic production.

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Cracking Down on Poultry Disease with Egg Yolk

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Cracking Down on Poultry Disease with Egg Yolk Scientists from the USDA Agricultural Research Service, different universities and a Mexican company have successfully collaborated on a project to develop a novel, antibiotic-free method that uses hyperimmune egg yolk antibodies to control coccidiosis.

absorb feed or gain weight, costing the poultry industry more than $600 million annually in the United States and $3 billion worldwide.

It is not mother’s milk but egg yolk may be the closest remedy for boosting the immune system of newly hatched chickens against infectious diseases such as coccidiosis.

Scientists at the Agricultural Research Service Henry A.Wallace Beltsville [Maryland] Agricultural Research Center (BARC) and collaborators from different universities and the Mexican company, IASA (Investigacíon Aplicada, S.A.), have developed a novel, antibiotic-free method that uses hyperimmune egg yolk antibodies to control intestinal poultry diseases.

A major disease of chickens, coccidiosis is caused by intestinal parasites – single-celled protozoans in the genus Eimeria. Disease-affected birds are unable to

“Coccidiosis is associated with other pathogens, such as the one that causes necrotic enteritis—a prevalent gut disease of poultry,” says avian immunologist Hyun

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FEATURE ARTICLE “When chicks hatch, they have no immunity to this pathogen. But if we give pre-formed immune proteins to day-old progeny, they are ready to fight infection,” she says. “It’s similar to how immunity is passed to newborns through milk.”

The method involves extracting antibodies from yolks of eggs from pathogen-free birds that have been hyperimmunised, meaning they possess greater-than-normal immunity due to an abundance of antibodies against the disease. Egg yolk is spray dried, mixed with feed, and given to chicks that have no immune protection right after hatching.

Dr Lillehoj teamed up with ARS visiting scientist, Dr Sung Hyen Lee from the Rural Development Administration in South Korea, IASA scientist, Eduardo Lucio, and other researchers to conduct different experiments to demonstrate the efficacy of inducing passive immunity against coccidiosis.

ARS molecular biologist Sung Hyen Lee (left) and visiting scientist Seung Ik Jang prepare live coccidia to test a chick’s immunity.

The chick should be immune because it previously consumed hyperimmune egg yolk antibodies from immune chickens.

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Lillehoj, who works in BARC’s Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory. “By controlling one, you’re also reducing the impact of the other.”

Day-old broiler chickens were continuously fed a standard diet containing a commercially available egg yolk powder prepared from hens hyperimmunised with multiple species of Eimeria. They were then given a challenge infection with live coccidia. Body weight gain between days 0 and 10 and faecal shedding between days 5 and 10 post-infection were analysed. Chickens given 0.5 per cent or less of the hyperimmune egg yolk antibodies significantly increased body weight gain, reduced faecal Eimeria shedding and had fewer gut lesions than control birds fed a non-supplemented diet.

“It’s very simple technology – and it works,” Dr Lillehoj added.

Good management practices and live vaccinations reduce the spread of coccidiosis but alternative strategies are needed to help control drug-resistant strains and to enhance organic farming for the poultry industry.

Generally, a host can develop two types of immunity – active and passive – to resist infection. Passive immunity allows immune molecules that are already formed to be transferred from the hen, via the yolk, to the chick. Active immunity relies on vaccines to build immunity in the birds.

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Effects of Different Infrared Beak Treatment Protocols on Chicken Welfare and Physiology

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Effects of Different Infrared Beak Treatment Protocols on Chicken Welfare and Physiology Researchers from West Lafayette in the US showed that infrared equipment for beak trimming can be adjusted to optimise pullet performance whilst also allowing birds to exhibit natural behaviour.

Infrared beak trimming provides an alternative to conventional trimming, purporting to provide a welfare-friendly means of trimming, according to R.L. Dennis of USDA-ARS and H.W. Cheng of Purdue University, both located in West Lafayette, Indiana, US. In their paper published in Poultry Science recently, they explain that the infrared system can be adjusted to use multiple plate and power settings. In their latest study, they used two different plate sizes (27/23C, less severe; 25/23C, more severe) with each of three power settings: high (52; H), moderate (48; M) and low (44; L). The birds, along with conventionally (hot blade; HB) trimmed birds, were maintained in an industry egg-laying facility.

Physiological and behavioural measures were taken at five, 10, 20 and 30 weeks.

– were measured to observe the effects of trimming protocol on beak usage, which could indicate beak pain or morphological changes that inhibit normal behaviour. Walking behaviour was also measured to assess overall activity.

All birds followed a similar growth curve; birds from the 27/23C (M) protocol were the heaviest across all ages and 25/23C (L) birds were the lightest.

Behavioural analysis revealed that compared with HB-trimmed birds, those of 27/23C protocols walked and drank more at a young age.

Upper and lower beak growth curves showed birds trimmed with 25/23C protocols had shorter upper and lower beaks than with 27/23C protocols or HB. Birds trimmed using 27/23 (L) and (M) had consistently longer upper and lower mandibles.

At five and 10 weeks of age, a test feather was attached to the cage and pecking at as well as the damage score of the feather were determined. Birds from 27/23C (L) and (M) protocols pecked significantly more at the feather than HB, whereas HB and 25/23C (H) birds had the highest damage score.

Feed wasted was greatest in HB and 27/23C birds and tended to be reduced in 27/23 (M) and 25/23 (M) and (H) birds (P<0.10).

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The results from this study suggest that infrared protocols can be optimised for superior productivity as well as animal well-being, concluded Dennis and Cheng.

Poultry Industry News NEW ZEALAND AIMS FOR WORLD LEADING ANIMAL WELFARE NEW ZEALAND - Federated Farmers will continue to work with the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), to ensure New Zealand’s farmers have the highest levels of practicable rules around animal welfare.

“I know good animal welfare pays you back commercially and is why animal welfare legislation and associated codes of welfare matter,” says Jeanette Maxwell, Federated Farmers joint animal welfare spokesperson.

“Federated Farmers is active with the MPI, in ensuring pastoral farmers treat our animals in a humane and ethical way.

“These animals are for many of us why we farm and farmers, right now, are working in atrocious conditions to ensure the well-being of their animals.

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GERMANY REVIEWING ANIMAL WELFARE STANDARDS GERMANY - The German Parliament has reached cross party agreement to boost animal welfare regulations.

The government is to add supplement to Article 20a of the welfare law on the tenth anniversary of the constitutional amendment.

Federal Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner told a symposium in Bonn: "This decision is an important signal to legislature, executives and judiciary.The protection of animals has been greatly upgraded."

She said that Germany has high standards compared to other European animal welfare standards and it could be proud of its science-based approach as well as the approach of its farmers.

She added that in the area of animal welfare special attention had been paid to animal husbandry.

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Control of Bird Flu Explored at World Congress GLOBAL - Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) have tended to be more severe and prolonged in less developed countries with a high poultry density, according to avian flu expert, Dr David Swayne. Stamping out is the best method for control but vaccination can be an effective tool, he said. Senior editor, Jackie Linden, reports on his presentation to the World Poultry Congress.

At the World Poultry Congress in Salvador, Brazil, in August, Dr David Swayne of the US Southeastern Poultry Research Laboratory in the US outlined the findings of a study he made while on secondment to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) to study the development of H5N1 influenza A in the global poultry population. His study focussed particularly on the role of vaccination to control the disease in poultry.

As predictors of the severity of outbreaks, he found that transmission occurred more easily and outbreaks were more prolonged in areas of high poultry population density in less developed countries.

There was no significant association between eco-

nomic indicators such as gross domestic product (GDP) or agricultural GDP on the successful control of HPAI. However, in countries that are members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), there were fewer outbreaks, quicker eradication, lower bird mortality and higher culling rates. Dr Swayne attributed the differences to greater transparency in both animal and human health in OECD members as well as to more open democracy and thus better governance over how money was used.

His study revealed that where there is a better level of veterinary services, there was also better disease control at federal, regional and local levels.

Both low-pathogenic and highly pathogenic forms of influenza of the H5 and H7 subtypes are notifiable and most countries had similar control systems in place regarding quarantine rules, traceability and compensation for affected farmers, said Dr Swayne. Some countries have additional components in place, such as a crisis management framework, rapid diagnostic capabilities and capacity for early processing of at-risk flocks. Culling policies differed, with some countries

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Poultry Industry News opting to extend culling to neighbouring flocks or those with 'dangerous contacts' - in other words, those with potential links to already-infected birds.

Dr Swayne stressed that while controls often looked similar on paper, he observed marked qualitative differences between countries in these respects.

The main focus of his study was on the use of vaccination in the control of avian flu.

In some countries, vaccination was permitted but was not used, either because there was no disease and there was no immediate risk or because stamping out had previously been successful. In some cases, there was a lack of resources for vaccination.

Other countries where there had been outbreaks have used vaccination. Reasons given were that stamping out had not previously been effective or there were particular reasons for using vaccination, such as to protect hobby, zoo or genetically valuable breeder flocks or because of persistent infection in another sector. In the latter case, he cited the example of persistent infection that can occur in mobile flocks of ducks in Asia.

Dr Swayne stressed that vaccination can increase resistance to infection, reduce replication of the virus and prevent illness or death. However, vaccination cannot eradicate the disease.

His study shows that vaccination did not create enzootic HPAI infection although it may be helping to maintain it.

Looking at vaccine use over the period 2002 to 2010, more than 113 billion doses have been administered to poultry worldwide, with 25.7 million doses in 2010, according to Dr Swayne. Coverage averaged around 40 per cent, or 11 per cent of global production. The great majority of the vaccines were of the traditional inactivated whole virus type, with just 4.5 per cent of the recombinant type. Fourteen countries have now used vaccination, most notably China, Egypt, Indonesia and Viet Nam. For viral transmission to be reduced, Dr Swayne said that between 60 and 80 per cent of birds need to be

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vaccines were of the traditional inactivated whole virus type, with just 4.5 per cent of the recombinant type. Fourteen countries have now used vaccination, most notably China, Egypt, Indonesia and Viet Nam. For viral transmission to be reduced, Dr Swayne said that between 60 and 80 per cent of birds need to be vaccinated; only in Hong Kong and Egypt had those levels been reached. He did point out the great difficulties of reaching and effectively vaccinating village and family flocks. Several countries have opted to focus on one type of bird for vaccination, such as meat birds in Egypt or ducks in Viet Nam, or on flocks in one region, as in Pakistan.

Finally, Dr Swayne addressed the topic of antigenic drift. He said that, over time, the flu viruses have been shown to drift and therefore that vaccine seed strains need to be updated every two or three years. Historically, H5 strains showed similar antigenicity, he said, but the newer ones are drifting from the root so this is likely to becoming a more significant issue over time.

Health & Welfare News BRISTOL UNIVERSITY SEEKS FREE-RANGE FARMERS FOR BEAK-TRIMMING PROJECT

RSPCA ATTACKS POULTRY INDUSTRY PROPOSAL FOR FREE RANGE STANDARDS

UK - Researchers at the University of Bristol are appealing for help from free-range egg producers who are considering managing their flocks without beak trimming.

AUSTRALIA - The RSPCA says a free range certification proposal from the poultry industry is deeply flawed.

The scientists, led by professor of animal welfare Christine Nicol, have been commissioned by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to gather evidence on whether laying birds can be kept in a reliably high standard of welfare without having their beaks trimmed, reports Farming UK. The work is in preparation for a ban on the use of beak-trimming, which is now expected to come into force in 2016, and the University of Bristol needs egg producers to take part in a study and support programme that will take place over a period of three years.

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DEVELOPING A NON-INVASIVE TEST FOR AUSTRALIAN WELFARE STATUS AUSTRALIA - New Poultry CRC research is aimed at developing a non-invasive test to assess welfare status in birds.The project is led by joint project leaders Drs Tamsyn Crowley and Anthony Keyburn, from Poultry CRC participants, Deakin University and CSIRO, respectively.

Anthony and Tamsyn plan to use cutting-edge genetic technology to create a new test, which will exploit the properties of small non-coding ribonucleic acids (RNAs), called microRNAs or ‘miRNA’, reports Poultry CRC. Anthony explains: “Traditionally, stress in birds is assessed by measuring the amount of the hormone corticosterone in blood, which works because corticosterone is released by the adrenal glands when the bird’s body prepares for ‘flight’ or ‘fight’.”

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The Australian Poultry Industries Association, representing major chicken meat processors, wants approval for a free range standard it says addresses animal welfare, stocking density and the housing of chickens and turkeys, reports ABC Rural.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will assess the proposal and consider more than 500 submissions made about it.

Melina Tensen, from the RSPCA, says the poultry industry hasn't met free range criteria: "Some of these aspects would include the provision of sufficient light within the shed, the provision of environmental enrichment for the birds, managing litter condition adequately," she said.

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MORRISONS HELPS POULTRY INDUSTRY TACKLE WET LITTER UK - UK supermarket Morrisons has worked with its British poultry suppliers to develop an information pack aimed at helping them tackle the impact of wet litter on bird health and performance.

Problems associated with litter quality were a major factor for many farmers who are part of the Morrisons Farming Programme poultry producer groups.

Morrisons funded the development of a new information-based teaching tool, using best practice gleaned from around the world, that can be used by our farmers.

Morrisons Agriculture Manager Louise Welsh said: “Debate on how to tackle problems associated with wet litter tends to dominate our producer group meetings and it was obvious there was a desire to find out what was happening elsewhere in the world to see if we could copy best practice.

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Poultry Industry News MODERN FARM MANAGEMENT ON CP'S AGENDA IN CHINA CHINA - Thailand-based Charoen Pokphand Group is managing or setting up 13 modern farm projects focusing on the production of pigs, chickens, shrimp and eggs through its Chinese operation, Chia Tai. Under its Chinese arm, Chia Tai, Charoen Pokphand Group is concentrating on two new challenges â&#x20AC;&#x201C; modern farm management and property development â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with a combined value of 23.62 billion yuan (CNY; 117 billion Thai baht), reports The Nation of Thailand.

Trusted by the Chinese government, Chia Tai has been selected to manage the modernisation of the farm model through a so-called four-in-one cooperation project, involving government, farmers, the private sector and banks.

So far, Chia Tai is managing or setting up 13 modern farm projects with a combined investment value of CNY30.283 billion.These are in Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Hebei, Anhui, Shandong, Jilin, Guangdong, Xinjiang, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hubei, Shandong and Beijing.

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AGRICULTURAL BANK BACKS DUCK AND POULTRY COMPLEX RUSSIA - The Russian Agricultural Bank, Rosselkhozbank is putting forward 1.6 billion rubles in finance for the construction of a poultry complex in the Rostov region.

More than 600 million rubles has been provided by the Rostov branch of the Agricultural Bank of "Donstar" during the second quarter of 2012.

The funds are to build a complex for raising ducks and for a poultry processing plant.

The credit resources are focused on both on the building of the complex and for economic projects as well as the purchase of equipment, machinery and transport.

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Breeding & Genetics TURKISH COBB CUSTOMERS STUDY BIOSECURITY, PROCESSING

AVIAGEN STRENGTHENS PRESENCE AT WORLD POULTRY CONGRESS

TURKEY & US - Sen Pilic, one of the market leaders in the Turkish poultry industry, was among a group of producers to visit Cobb-Vantress in Arkansas, focusing on feed biosecurity.

BRAZIL - Aviagen, the world's leading poultry breeding company, had significant participation in the 2012 World Poultry Congress, held August 5-9 in Brazil.

As a gold sponsor at the Congress, Aviagen leveraged its 72-square-foot stand to share with customers the latest performance trends and best practices.

They bought their first flock of Cobb parent stock earlier this year and together with two other Turkish customers — HasTavuk and Bu Pilic — they received an update on Cobb broiler performance at CobbVantress headquarters in Siloam Springs.

“The customers were particularly interested in information about the high yield of Cobb 500 broilers and at a Tyson Foods processing plant, they saw how to maximize this yield,” said Wout van Wolfswinkel, parent stock sales manager of Cobb Europe.

Another part of the programme centred on biosecurity and how to minimize risk of salmonella contamination.

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Poultry Industry News BIOSECURITY ACCOUNTS FOR TWO PER CENT OF BROILER 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. Due to the rapid production cycle...

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SALMONELLA IN FEED AND FDA SAMPLING AT POULTRY FEED MANUFACTURING FACILITIES US - The attempted control of Salmonella in feed seems to travel in a cyclical pattern. About every 10 or so years, the US Food and Drug Administration and/or states feed control authorities begin a campaign of regulatory action based on positive sample results.

The regulatory basis is the regulation 21 CFR ยง 500.35 Animal feeds contaminated with Salmonella microorganisms, which was published in 1975 and amended in 1985.This regulation is due to be deleted due, in part to a major shift in policy by FDA on Salmonella in feed brought on by negotiations with the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA).

Salmonella is the genus name for a class of microbes that number over 2,400 different serovars or serotypes.

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KENOSAN DELIVERS CLEANING RESULTS AGAINST POULTRY LITTER

UK - FOSSILSHIELD is a non-toxic diatomaceous powder. As the mite attempt to remove FOSSILSHIELD from their skin, the powder begins to scratch away their waxy outer layer, exposing the fatty tissue underneath.The powder then dries this tissue, killing the insect naturally.

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Poultry Industry News DROUGHT, SHORTAGES, RISING FOOD PRICES FOR WORLD WATER WEEK GLOBAL - World Water Week - a week when governments, environmental organisations, industry and agriculture is turning its attention to the importance of this vital resource, writes Chris Harris.

It is ironic and apposite that it is taking place at a time when the US in particular is experiencing one of the worst droughts it can remember and when once again parts of Eastern Europe have also been hit by drought to say nothing of the common regions for water shortage in Africa.

Part of the aim of this focus week is to turn attention on the regions where populations do not have supplies of safe water to drink and water for sanitation .

In Europe, Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs said that water and sanitation is one of the four Millennium...

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FEED ADDITIVE MARKET TO REACH VALUE OF $17.5 BILLION GLOBAL - The global animal feed additives market was worth $ 13.5 billion in 2011 and is expected to reach $ 17.5 billion in 2018, according to a new report.

The report published by Transparency Market Research says that the global animal feed additives market is growing at a CAGR of 3.8 per cent from 2011 to 2018. In the overall global market, Asia Pacific is expected to maintain its lead position in terms of revenue till 2018. Asia Pacific is expected to enjoy 32.4 per cent of global animal feed additives market revenue share in 2018 followed by Europe.

The increase in global demand for meat and meat products has fueled the growth of global feed additives market over the last three years. This growth is particularly higher in emerging countries like China, India, and Brazil which contributed...

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Feeding & Nutrition CHANGES TO US ETHANOL FUEL POLICIES UNLIKELY US - An agricultural economist with the University of Missouri says the US government appears unlikely to alter its ethanol fuel policies to ward off anticipated shortages of feed grains in the wake of reduced corn production due to drought.

Although US farmers seeded the largest number of acres to corn this year since 1937, since mid-June corn prices have been on the rise to the point where they've hit record levels well above $8 per bushel in recent days fueled by concerns over drought.

The reduced availability of feed grains has prompted calls for Washington to re-think policies that encourage the use of ethanol fuel blends.

Dr Ron Plain, an agricultural economics professor with the University of Missouri, says that appears unlikely.

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POULTRY INDUSTRY'S PROSPECTS DOMINATED BY FEED COST WORRIES GLOBAL - Rising feed prices are likely to put poultry companies under increasing pressure, according to a new report from Rabobank. Four per cent of global production is forecast to be traded this year, with the export shares of the US, EU and Thailand expected to grow at the expense of Brazil’s.

Across the world, the poultry industry is forecast to come under increasing pressure, according to the latest ‘Poultry Quarterly’ report from Rabobank. The main reason, according to authors David Nelson, Nan-Dirk Mulder and Ethan Hendricks, is the escalation in cereal and oilseed costs. In most regions, producers are unable to pass on their higher costs to consumers.

The outlook for the rest of this year remains challenging, the authors say, as feed costs are expected to remain high.

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NOVUS SUPPORTS IEC INVOLVEMENT WITH FAO-LED PARTNERSHIP GLOBAL - Novus International, Inc. recently announced its support of the International Egg Commission's (IEC) involvement with a new partnership that was launched by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in July 2012. The purpose of the partnership is to improve and harmonize the way in which the environmental impacts of the livestock industry are measured.

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RESEARCH TO REPLACE ANTIBIOTICS IN LIVESTOCK FEED

US - Danisco Animal Nutrition, a business segment of DuPont Industrial Biosciences, has strengthened its technical services team in the United States with the appointment of poultry nutrition specialist Dr. Nuntawadee Sriperm to the role of technical services manager.

CANADA - A new investment from the Harper Government will support research into an innovative substitute for antibiotics in livestock feed. Member of Parliament Kelly Block (Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar), on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, announced an investment that will help Prairie Plant Systems Inc. deliver benefits to livestock producers and consumers.

Dr Sriperm, known as Nickki, has a background in animal husbandry, and degrees at a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s level in both Business Economics and Agriculture Economics.

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"This is a good example of how government and industry can partner to harness research and help industry fill a need in the marketplace," said MP Block.

"This is the kind of innovation that's keeping Canada's agricultural sector strong and sustainable."

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FEATHER-PECKERS PREFER HIGH-FIBRE DIET

POULTRY FED HIGH-PROTEIN FUNGUS GROWN ON ETHANOL LEFTOVERS

GERMANY - As a group, hens that had a tendency to feather-peck ate more of a high-fibre diet than those selected for low feather pecking behaviour, according to new research from the University of Hohenheim.

US - Initial studies show a fungus grown in the leftovers of ethanol production could be a good energy feed for pigs and chickens.

Previous studies in laying hens have demonstrated a negative correlation between feather pecking and the dietary fibre content of the feed, according to R. Kalmendal and W. Bessei of the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany. However, the factors underlying this relationship are not fully understood.

In a new experiment published in Poultry Science recently, they hypothesized that birds prone to feather pecking would prefer a diet supplemented with dietary fibre.Thus, they investigated the voluntary consumption of a wheat-soy control diet (CON) and a diet supplemented with eight per cent spelt hulls (FIB) at the expense of wheat in 20 individually caged hens selected for high ...

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In separate feeding trials, nursery pigs and chickens have eaten high-protein fungi that Hans van Leeuwen and other Iowa State University researchers have produced in a pilot plant that converts ethanol leftovers into food-grade fungi. The production process also cleans some of the water used to produce ethanol, boosting the amount of water that can be recycled back into biofuel production and saving energy on water cleanup and co-product recovery.

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Poultry Industry News OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS INFLUENCE BONE STRENGTH, SAYS OPTIVITE

AB VISTA SET TO SUPPLY NATURAL BETAINE

UK - The health-promoting benefits of omega-3 fatty acid consumption are widely documented, according to Optivite. Numerous studies in broilers report positive impacts on animal growth performance, reproduction, immunoglobulin concentrations, tissue/milk enrichment, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties.

UK - AB Vista, the global feed micro-ingredients company, is set to become one of only two suppliers of natural crystalline betaine in the world. Thanks to an important new agreement with the US beet sugar business, The Amalgamated Sugar Company, AB Vista will from 1st October 2012 be selling natural betaine to customers globally – under the brand name Vistabet.

Optivite, one of Britain’s foremost animal nutrition companies, provides an easy to use concentrated omega-3 fatty acid supplement called Optomega – 50/100 which is available in both powdered and liquid form.

Among the many benefits for including omega-3 fatty acids in feeds is that fatty acid metabolism regulates prostaglandin biosynthesis. Prostaglandins (PG) are important regulatory factors derived transiently from omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids that influence many metabolic pathways, including bone formation and development. Research indicates that PG derived from omega-6 fatty acids display some inhibitory effects on bone development, while PG derived from omega-3 fatty acids...

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Extracted from sugar beet molasses,Vistabet is a natural betaine source that can be added to poultry, swine, ruminant and aqua diets. As a methyl donor, betaine supports metabolism, while its osmotic capabilities can have a positive influence animal growth and performance.

AB Vista Managing Director, Richard Cooper said: “We are delighted to have signed an agreement with The Amalgamated Sugar Company to supply natural betaine in both crystalline and liquid forms to our customers around the world.We believe current feed formulation trends will increase the need for natural betaine, and furthermore we will invest in developing new nutritional applications.”

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Poultry Industry News BIG DUTCHMAN INTERNATIONAL TEAM BUILD CONNECTIONS US - Big Dutchman Inc. invited its Latin America sales team to Holland in Michigan, USA for five days of inspiring exchange and learning. It was the first meeting of this kind since Mark Larson, Vice President of International Sales came to BD Inc. to build and further developed the network of Latin American poultry sales.

Bernd Meerpohl, Chairman of the Board of Management, flew in to Michigan to welcome the 21 agents from 14 countries and to share with them Big Dutchmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interesting history as well as new exciting developments from Germany and its affiliates around the world.

During the 5-day bilingual conference, the agents, many of whom had never visited the United States before, learned about products, sales and shipping procedures and exchanged valuable experiences with each other and the US sales team.

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UK PROJECT TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY OF TURKEY PRODUCTION UK - The British Poultry Council (BPC) has pledged its support to an innovative new Life Cycle Assessment method for calculating the environmental impact of turkey production.The project, which will run until 2015, will generate guidelines on environmental best practice which can be adopted across the sector.

The UK turkey industry, which relies heavily on imported protein sources, has invested in measuring the environmental impact of production in order to better understand the sustainability challenges facing turkey production.

The collaborative research project is being run by Newcastle and Cranfield Universities together with UK producers, feed companies and the BPC. By providing fresh data on production efficiency, the Life Cycle Assessment will revolutionise future production for BPC members...

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Housing & Equipment CALIFORNIA EGG FARMERS FILE MOTION TO INTERVENE IN PROPOSITION 2 LAWSUIT US - California egg producers, through the Association of California Egg Farmers (ACEF), are filing a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit which challenges the legal validity of Proposition 2 – a law regulating egg-laying hen enclosures. The suit was filed by William Cramer, a Riverside County egg farmer who is not a member of ACEF. While Mr Cramer sets forth several grounds for his dispute with the law, ACEF's challenge to Proposition 2 is focused on the claim that it is unconstitutionally vague and does not inform egg farmers how to confine their hens so as to avoid the criminal penalties that are part of the law. The decision to enter this lawsuit was not made lightly but time has become a major issue for California egg farmers who need to know now the requirements for the enclosures they must build prior to the law taking effect on 1 January 2015 when compliance with Proposition 2 becomes mandatory.

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SANTREV DELIVERS INGHAMS BREEDER COMPLEX AUSTRALIA - Santrev, Australia’s leading poultry house builder has met the tight build timelines at the Ingham’s South Australia Hamley Bridge breeder complex. The four farms at the complex has more than tripled in capacity; bringing the monumental project of building new sheds and refurbishing the old sheds to a close.

Stephen Buckley, Inghams Breeder Service Person said: “The Santrev team made excellent progress.We had very tight timelines for all four farms. Santrev were fantastic, working on three farms simultaneously with up to 80 men across the sites. Our CEO Kevin McBain inspected the first farm and was very impressed”.

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NFPA 150 currently requires sprinkler protection for Category A animals, comprised of mostly dangerous animals, such as zoo animals and reptiles.

A group of 14 animal rights organisations, including the Humane Society of the United States, United Poultry Concerns and PETA, appealed the June 2012 decision by the NFPA 150 Technical Committee to reject a proposal which would have expanded the scope of NFPA 150 to include all animal housing.

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Poultry Industry News VENTILATION REDUCES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

PLUG AND PLAY IS HERE, SAYS AGRILAMP

DENMARK - A new smart ventilation system helps Danish livestock producers to overcome some of the environmental challenges that the industry faces. Scientists from Aarhus University are involved in the development of the system devised by MT Højgaard Agri.

UK - For the last year, Agrilamp has been providing farmers with the Agrilamp Tulip for lighting inside and underneath aviary systems, and inside broiler cages.

Unpleasant odours, ammonia emissions from livestock buildings and a high energy consumption pose significant environmental challenges for agriculture.

In a new research project, scientists from Aarhus University are going to help develop a ventilation system which forms part of a new livestock housing concept designed by MT Højgaard Agri.The ventilation system reduces the environmental impact of livestock buildings by, among other things, reducing ammonia and odour emissions and lowering energy consumption.

"Emissions of CO2, ammonia, odour and dust are a permanent problem for the environment, for animal welfare and for the people working in the buildings.

The Agrilamp Tulip lamp is providing more than twice the light of traditional rope and tube lights, for about the same installation cost. It also completely dims and does not run the risks of fire as seen in some rope lights. AC lighting is a lot safer than DC, in an electrical short situation the RCD (residual current device – breaker) simply lets go and all is safe.

In a DC power environment it can sometimes be as efficient at generating heat as a welder, and if the short is a long way from the controller it can keep energy going until a fire is created (see picture below). The problem with AC, if there is one, is that you need an expensive electrician to install it, maintain it and so on.

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WATER-COOLED PERCHES BENEFIT BROILERS IN SUMMER

A study was conducted by J. P. Zhao and colleagues at Shandong Agricultural University to determine whether water-cooled perches would be preferred by commercial broilers exposed to a hot ambient environment, and subsequently, whether utilization of these perches would improve performance and the well-being of birds, beyond those provided by normal perches.

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Housing & Equipment BHUTAN BANS EXTREME CONFINEMENT CAGES FOR LAYERS BHUTAN - Humane Society International praised the Royal Government of Bhutan for instituting major animal welfare reforms for the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s egg industry.

The Minister of Agriculture and Forests, Royal Government of Bhutan, declared that any female domesticated chicken, turkey, duck, goose, or guinea fowl kept for the purpose of egg production, including pullets, shall never be continually confined in restrictive cages that prevent them from fully stretching their limbs or expressing important natural behaviours.

The order also mandates that birds shall have sufficient space to be able to perch or sit quietly without repeated disturbance.

Typically, egg factory farms around the world cram billions of egg-laying hens into barren cages so small the birds can't even spread their wings, according to Human Society Internationsl. Each bird has less space than a sheet of paper on...

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Poultry Industry News HATCHERY FLOORING AND DRAINAGE GLOBAL - The quality and construction of hatchery flooring can contribute significantly to operational productivity and cost–efficiency, says Férenc Elshof of Pas Reform.

The quality and construction of hatchery flooring can contribute significantly to operational productivity and cost-efficiency.

Load-bearing capacity is established from a concrete base layer, reinforced with steel or concrete, depending on the strength and stability of the natural substrate. Building then continues upwards, starting with a sub-base of compacted granular material or leanmix concrete, followed by a damp-proof layer, insulation, reinforced concrete and a water-tight top finish.

Completed, the floor is flat and level, highly resistant to pressure washing and chemicals, and strong enough to withstand both concentrated and moving (wheeled) loads. A loaded 115,000-egg capacity incubator weighs approximately 450kg per square metre, while trolleys filled with...

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THE PERFECT PAIR: A MAJOR ADVANCE IN HATCHERY VACCINATION MADE SIMPLE GLOBAL - The latest technology is of little use if it cannot be used easily in everyday life, says Ceva.Vaccinating chicks against Gumboro and Newcastle disease has always been difficult for broiler producers because of the uncertainty around what day to administer, given varying MDA levels.

Following the major success of its innovative, immune complex Gumboro vaccine - Transmune® IBD, which now sells close to eight billion doses per annum; Ceva's R&D teams felt that if they could combine this power, with that of the latest ND vector vaccine Vectormune® ND that they would have the 'Perfect Pair' Extensive trials work was therefore carried out at various Ceva's Research Campus and in the field, which proved a complete...

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Incubation & Hatching NEW HATCHERY IN COBB ESPAÑOLA EXPANSION

EGG ANALYZER GAINS STRONG RECOGNITION

SPAIN - With the Cobb500 enjoying its highest ever sales in Spain, Cobb Española is investing five million Euros this year in expanding hatchery and farm output.

US - Instruments manufactured by ORKA Food Technology are gaining market share and strong recognition in the US market.

In the last six years, the franchise distributor has doubled sales to four million parents a year through gaining a bigger share of the market in Spain and Portugal and developing new markets in north Africa.

The newly opened hatchery at Dueñas in northern Spain has a capacity of more than five million breeder chicks per year and has been designed to allow for expansion to double this number.

The first opportunity for expanding production came in 2006 with the purchase of the former Hybro grandparent facilities 250km (156 miles) north of the Cobb Española's headquarters at Alcalá de Henares - months before the...

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JORDAN ORDERS ANOTHER 29 PETERSIME INCUBATORS

Michael Sims of Virginia Diversified Research (VA), one of ORKA's customers in United States, said: "Egg Analyzer is a remarkable tool that has allowed VDRC to increase the number of eggs tested within treatment groups, thereby increasing the confidence levels of statistical findings, be they different or not different, resulting in stronger conclusions."

The current ORKA range includes: • The Egg Analyzer; this instrument determines the weight of eggs, albumen height, Haugh units, yolk color and USDA grade for routine quality control and regulatory compliance • The Egg Force Reader; this device measures the force required to crush a shell and is a direct measure of marketability Read More...

JORDAN - Impressed with the results of its new 24 million egg hatchery equipped with Petersime incubators, the Union for Agricultural Development and Slaughtering soon decided to expand its setting capacity with another 21 million broiler eggs.

In March 2012, 12 additional BioStreamer™ 12S setters, 4 BioStreamer™ 4H hatchers™ and 8 BioStreamer™ 8H hatchers were delivered, installed and commissioned.

The owner and GM of the company, Mr Haider Amayreh, is extremely satisfied with the way Petersime handled the first hatchery project and with the performance and chick quality generated by the Sline incubators. “The results are even better than Petersime had initially promised,” he said.

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Poultry Industry News PRODUCERS CONCERNED AS CAPPOQUIN ENTERS ADMINISTRATION IRELAND - Irish Farmers Association (IFA) National Poultry Committee Chairman, Alo Mohan, has announced: “It is an awful shame that despite the efforts of the farmer suppliers, other suppliers and workforce to Cappoquin Poultry Products, the company is once again in such a poor condition that an administrator has been appointed."

The company was placed in administration by the High Court on August 13th 2012 (on the application of Henry Good Ltd. Feed Suppliers, Kinsale, the largest creditor owed €3.9 million), with the appointment of Michael McAteer Grant Thornton as administrator. The company will now operate for 100 days while Mr McAteer assesses the company’s viability.

“The situation in Waterford has not changed; the community is as dependent on Cappoquin Poultry Products as it was in 2008...

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AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY PRIORITY FOR MOY PARK NORTHERN IRELAND - The UK's leading producer of fresh, locally farmed chicken Moy Park, has outlined plans for further investment in its agricultural base in the company's Corporate Responsibility Report 2011/12.

The report captures the achievements the company has made in agricultural sustainability throughout the past year and its future plans, which includes a commitment to planting 90,000 trees on its farms across the UK. In addition Moy Park uses under floor heating to reduce gas usage, has installed low energy lamps and fans and fitted automatic lighting controls in windowed housing which ensures lights are not in use when the houses are lit by daylight.

Mike Mullan, Moy Park Human Resources and Business Improvement Director...

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MARFRIG COMPLETES LATEST CARBON EMISSIONS INVENTORY

GLOBAL - Brazilian meat processor Marfrig Group has just completed its first Scope 3 Global Greenhouse Gases (GHG) Emissions Inventory.

GLOBAL - Brazilian meat processor Marfrig Group has just completed its first Scope 3 Global Greenhouse Gases (GHG) Emissions Inventory.

The inventory includes all sources of emission not under the Company's direct control, such as the production of the grains used in feed, enteric emissions by ruminants and third party transportation of product to clients, among other sources.

The inventory includes all sources of emission not under the Company's direct control, such as the production of the grains used in feed, enteric emissions by ruminants and third party transportation of product to clients, among other sources.

"This is a pioneer initiative in the industry, and essential for the Company to understand the true carbon footprint of its products, allowing it to develop broader emission reduction strategies aiming to adapt all chains to a controlled emission economy," said Clever Avila, Marfrig's Director of Sustainability.

"This is a pioneer initiative in the industry, and essential for the Company to understand the true carbon footprint of its products, allowing it to develop broader emission reduction strategies aiming to adapt all chains to a controlled emission economy," said Clever Avila, Marfrig's Director of Sustainability.

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ARGENTINA TO RANK 4TH IN POULTRY MEAT PRODUCTION ARGENTINA - Industry Minister Debora Giorgi says Argentina is on track to become the fourth largest producer of poultry meat in the short term.

Bernama.com reports that according to the Industrial Strategic Plan 2020, the sector achieved in less than a decade exports of 600,000 tonnes per year.

From 2003 until today, poultry production tripled, doubled the level of per capita consumption and export became tenfold from US$65 million to US$650 million. Argentina is now the ninth largest producer of poultry meat, producing 1.6 million tonnes.

"We are on track to be within a few years time the fourth largest producer of poultry meat," said Ms Giorgi.

She also stressed that Argentina "is the sixth largest exporter of poultry meat and sells to over 60 countries". So far this year...

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Editorial – México como importador de huevo México se encuentra en una situación a la cual no está acostumbrada: ser un país importador de huevo. México es uno de los mayores países productores y consumidores de huevo en el mundo, pero el brote de influenza aviar H7N3 en Jalisco resultó en el sacrificio de 10 millones de gallinas ponedoras.

Eso ha afectado negativamente al mercado de huevo en el país, creando una falta de oferta y, en consecuencia, precios más altos del producto.

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El Gobierno de México, para resolver el problema de oferta, eliminó los aranceles al huevo importado y está importando cantidades significativas de huevo de plato así como de huevo industrial.

Chris Wright Editor principal, Elsitioavicola.com chris.wright@5mpublishing.com ElSitioAvicola.com, publicado por 5m Publishing, es el portal del sector avícola para Latinoamérica y España, con noticias y análisis de todo el mundo actualizados a diario.

Algunos de los temas más importantes que se han presentado en el sitio recientemente incluyen: • Altos precios de maíz y soya debido a la sequía en Estados Unidos • Crisis en el sector del huevo de plato en México • Alza de los costos de producción de pollo y huevo por los altos precios de insumos

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Recientemente el Presidente de México declaró su preocupación por la situación de los altos precios del huevo y cómo esto estaba afectando a los consumidores. Por ende, declaró, se le daría ayuda al sector de huevo para que pueda recuperarse lo más rápido posible.

El Gobierno ha autorizado la importación de 211,000 toneladas métricas de huevo de plato y 24,400 toneladas métricas de huevo industrial.

Hace poco llegaron los primeros envíos de huevo de Estados Unidos, y se está negociando también con Colombia y Costa Rica para importar huevo.

México es el quinto mayor país productor de huevo en el mundo – primero en Latinoamérica- y uno de los primeros en consumo de huevo en el mundo.

El consumo per cápita de huevo en 2011 fue de 22.4 kg.

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ElSitioAvicola.com ¿LA YEMA DE HUEVO ES PELIGROSA? Un reciente estudio canadiense está creando controversia al afirmar que el colesterol es especialmente elevado en la yema del huevo. El estudio fue publicado en la revista Atherosclerosis, e indica que el huevo tiene casi los mismos efectos nocivos sobre los vasos sanguíneos que el humo del cigarrillo.

INTENTO PARA QUE ALZA DE INSUMOS NO AFECTE PRECIO DE POLLO Los avicultores peruanos se encuentran buscando alternativas para evitar que el alza del precio internacional del maíz y soya se traslade al precio del pollo, señaló el presidente de la Asociación Peruana de Avicultura (APA), Pedro Mitma.

En lugar de medir el colesterol en la sangre, el Dr. David Spence y su equipo de la Universidad Western de Canadá examinaron las consecuencias directas del exceso de grasa en el cuerpo, y la formación de placas de ateroma.

“De inmediato no hay sustitutos para estos insumos, pero esto se puede ir mejorando con tecnología y eficiencia. El sector hace un trabajo tecnológico que le permite seguir mejorando y seguiremos buscando alternativas”, declaró.

Los investigadores midieron por ultrasonidos la formación de estas placas de grasa en la arteria carótida (que suministra sangre al cuello) en más de 1,200 pacientes canadienses, con una edad media de 61 años.

Mitma explicó que espera que se pueda desarrollar mayores investigaciones para remplazar parte de la soya por otros insumos en la alimentación de las aves.

Los científicos observaron que la formación de estas placas se aceleró de manera significativa en personas de más de 40 años de edad que consumían yemas de huevo de forma regular...

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“Si pensamos en productos sustitutos podemos usar en vez de soya, harina de pescado, harina de carne, harina de girasol, o pasta de algodón.

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EXPO AVÍCOLA INTERNACIONAL OFRECE PÁGINA WEB EN ESPAÑOL La Expo Avícola Internacional, como parte del Expo Internacional de Producción y Procesamiento, está programada del martes 29 de enero de 2013 al jueves 31 de enero de 2013 en el Centro Mundial de Congresos de Georgia (Georgia World Congress Center), en Atlanta.

El sitio en español destaca información referente a asistentes y expositores, y cuenta con un video de la nueva Expo Internacional de Producción y Procesamiento (IPPE por sus siglas en inglés), que es la integración de las exhibiciones comerciales: Expo Avícola Internacional (IPE), Expo Internacional de Alimentos Balanceados (IFE) y Expo Internacional de Carne (IME) del Instituto Americano de Carne (AMI) para el año 2013.

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INDUSTRY EVENTS

Minnesota Nutrition Conference 2012 Owatonna, Minnesota, US, 18th to 19th September

The Minnesota Nutrition Conference provides a forum for feed industry professionals to update their knowledge of beef, dairy, poultry, swine and equine nutrition. Speakers from throughout North America bring the latest concepts in livestock feeding to the upper Midwest.

Conference highlights include University of Minnesota Research Updates, and sessions on Ruminant and Non-ruminant nutrition as well as a session on Equine nutrition.

Poultry Meat Conference - Chicken 2012 Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, UK, 18th September

Embracing the traditional theme of this conference the vastly experience line up of speakers will once again address the practicalities of producing high quality poultry meat.

SPACE 2012 Rennes, France, 11th to 14th September

International livestock trade fair.

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

XXIV International Poultry Symposium Miedzyzdroje, Poland, 12th to 14th September

"Science for poultry practice - poultry practice for science" is the theme of this conference organised by the Polish branch of the World's Poultry Science Association (WPSA).

VIV China 2012 Beijing, China, 23rd to 25th September

In its role as the nation's platform on animal production and meat processing, VIV China showcases the industry's developments by the Feed to Meat concept.

Feed to meat brings together supply and demand within the complete animal protein chain.

The driver behind the chain concept is that animal feed and animal health are vital for meat quality and safety.VIV China will represent every step in the meat production process. Related topics will be featured in the VIV China Conference.

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BUSINESS DIRECTORY LISTINGS HEALTH & WELFARE Ceva Animal Health Tel: +33 (0) 557 554 040 Fax: +33 (0) 557 554 198 info@ceva.com www.ceva.com

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 www.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.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY LISTINGS To feature your business in here please contact alex.guy@5mpublishing.com For more businesses please visit www.thepoultrysite.com/directory

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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 Frères Sélection 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 Frères 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.

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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.com 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.