New Technologies

Food Safety

Bacteriophages could improve Salmonella control in poultry

Targeted viruses offer an alternative to antibiotics.

Brand Insights

Salmonella control starts early with breeders

Zoetis

An obvious way to eliminate Salmonella in broilers is to vaccinate breeder flocks.

Egg

How one company is turning potatoes into egg protein powder

The company’s process involves molecular farming, which is a technique that uses plants to produce protein.

Food Safety & Processing Perspective

7 new broiler and turkey products from Eurotier 2024

Everything from poultry house vision systems to hydration beads and hatching egg sanitizing systems were offered to poultry producers.

Nutrition & Feed

New probiotic shown to improve digestion in poultry and swine

A novel probiotic has been developed as a direct-fed microbial in poultry and swine feed to improve gut health and weight-gain efficiency. Additionally, feed cost savings may be realized through greater utilization of soybean meal in diets.

Diseases & Health

Mucosal immunization could help control ILT in poultry

The new immunization strategy uses adjuvanted DNA plasmids and calcium phosphate nanoparticles to prevent the disease.

Food Safety

Salmonella control in poultry takes center stage

With newly proposed guidelines putting food safety in the spotlight, accurate monitoring programs are more important than ever.

Avian Influenza

Understanding climate change could stop avian flu spread

Researchers are developing technology to predict the pathways of wild birds to improve disease monitoring and surveillance.

Diseases & Health

Enterococcus faecalis finding could improve hatchability

The endemic bacteria are commonly found in incubators in hatcheries.

Turkey

Histomonosis transmission insights could improve treatment

There are currently no approved drugs in the U.S. for the deadly turkey disease.

Consumer Trends

Perdue Farms wins ‘pasture-raised’ chicken label petition

New USDA FSIS guidelines clarify poultry housing definitions for consumers.

Poultry Tech Trends

Chick vocalization study has implications for people too

Audio monitoring could improve poultry welfare and find new treatments for human depression.

Diseases & Health

USDA approves use of European avian metapneumovirus vaccine

The National Turkey Federation supports import permit to improve treatment of the contagious respiratory disease.

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