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Processing & Slaughter
Rethinking broiler catching, transport and slaughter
Would stunning and killing birds on the farm increase carcass quality and saleable pounds while improving the birds’ last day?
Feed withdrawal, catching, loading, transportation and lairage make the last day for broilers and turkeys their most stressful.
Brand Insights
Producing healthy poultry meat in a cost-effective way
Baader
Learn how poultry processing solutions can optimize equipment uptime and increase yield.
Producing healthy poultry meat in a cost-effective way
Poultry Tech Summit News
What’s next in broiler hatchery technologies?
The future of chick sexing, egg decontamination and animal welfare is here.
Newborn Chick Coming Out Of Shell
Broilers & Turkeys
How to protect farm workers from poultry dust
Poultry house dust can damage farm worker health, but there are steps that employers and staff can take to prevent this.
In many countries poultry dust is deemed hazardous. Exposure to it can result in workers developing permanent breathing problems. Eventually, they may be unable to work.
Broilers & Turkeys
Is on-farm slaughter for broilers a crazy idea?
Some welfare schemes are calling for broilers to spend their entire lives on the farm; researchers are looking at how the industry might accomplish this efficiently while also maintaining product quality and safety.
On-farm slaughter could reduce the amount of stress birds experience on their last day.
Diseases & Health
Big data could aid in early detection of coccidiosis
Detecting coccidiosis in poultry flocks early could prevent performance and financial losses for producers.
A system that can detect coccidiosis or potentially other diseases in flocks immediately, according to a daily or weekly collection of bird and health information, could allow for early intervention before animal performance declines and improve the poultry producer’s return on investment (ROI).
Poultry Tech Trends
Whole genome sequencing could demystify Campylobacter control
A relatively new technique, whole genome sequencing, brings the poultry industry one step closer to effective Campylobacter control in the processing plants.
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Chicken Marketing Summit News
How producers can stay relevant in poultry’s digital revolution
Poultry producers will need to capitalize on future ecommerce opportunities, such as new business models, to maximize their success in retail.
Retail is in a state of transition that is resulting in new business models and ecommerce opportunities for producers, Mark Strobel, Euromonitor International Senior Research Manager, explained at the 2023 Chicken Marketing Summit.
Diseases & Health
CRISPR makes chickens more resistant to avian influenza
Additional gene edits will be necessary for complete protection against the virus.
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Turkey
Northern Pride names Hunter Miller CEO
His previous experience includes work for Peco Foods, Pilgrim’s Pride, Bilinski Sausage and Freshwater Farms.
Thanksgiving Turkeys
Diseases & Health
Minnesota has first HPAI case in commercial turkey of 2023
A flock of nearly 115,000 turkeys in Meeker County is affected.
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Diseases & Health
FSIS finalizes rule to trim avian leukosis from carcasses
U.S. poultry producers will no longer be required to condemn poultry carcasses affected with avian leukosis.
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Diseases & Health
APHIS: Second Utah flock hit by HPAI involved 7,600 turkeys
Sanpete County has now had 141,800 commercial turkeys affected by avian influenza in 2023.
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