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Variable Speed Tunnel Fans Can Result in Dramatic Power Savings

BY Brian Fairchild & Mike Czarick

Variable frequency drive “electronic” fans or tunnel fans can result in dramatic energy savings. The amount of electricity used by an exhaust fan is not determined by the size of the motor but rather how fast the tunnel fans blades are rotating. Image 1. Skov 55" variable speed →

Using baselines for ELISA serology
A high immunity status is the best way to keeping healthy poultry flocks. Using baselines for ELISA serology is a […] →
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More chicks from split feeding in breeders

BY Brian Fairchild & Mike Czarick

Split-Feeding for broiler breeders improves hatching rates and welfare. Up to 2 more chicks per breeder hen can be achieved. […] →

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Feeding layers up to 100 weeks of age

BY Brian Fairchild & Mike Czarick

Modern layers are highly productive birds. Nowadays it is not uncommon for flocks to reach 100 weeks of age […] →

Clinical experiences involving White Chick Syndrome

BY David French

White chick syndrome is a relatively new phenomenon in the poultry industry. Dr. David French spent several years as a […] →

Welfare & Management

Preventing infection, dehydration helps ensure good chick quality

BY David French

It’s well established that good chick quality is a prerequisite for broilers to perform well throughout grow-out. Too often, however, […] →

Reproduction and genetics

How to assess internal egg quality

BY David Cavero Pintado

In commercial egg production, not just the number of egg per hen housed is an important parameter. Egg quality is […] →

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Kipster CEO Ruud Zanders
Professor Laura Star
Marta Jaramillo
Mark W. Jackwood

The global poultry industry is facing turbulent times. Major cause is the Covid-19 pandemic. But also foreign exchange rates and African Swine Fever in Asia seriously impact →

Kipster CEO Ruud Zanders

In the search for new and sustainable concepts in layer farming, uncertainties are evident. “Yet, you must have the guts to start somewhere”, says Ruud Zanders. And so he did.→

Professor Laura Star

Chickens are usually kept in flocks or group housing cage systems, not as individual birds. Yet, better and more efficient production figures with lower excretion, should be →

Marta Jaramillo

Marta Jaramillo is a Veterinarian with a MSc degree in Poultry and Swine Production Systems and a Doctorate in Agricultural Science. Having received her education as a Scientific →

Mark W. Jackwood

What we know about avian coronavirus infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) in poultry — and how that knowledge relates to the virus causing COVID-19 in humans Mark W.→

Genetic progress in layer breeding has been substantial in recent decades. Results are lower body weight, increased feed efficiency, higher productivity and longer production →

Dr. David Stallknecht

The danger of Avian Influenza in Latin America. With a few exceptions, avian influenza has primarily been a problem in North America. Why has Latin America been unaffected? In an →

Pablo Anhalzer is president of CONAVE in Ecuador, -Ecuador Poultry Farmer National Corporation- a union that brings together about 80% of chicken meat producers and 12% of →

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Why is my biosecurity program not working?

BY Helen Wojcinski

What is critical about any biosecurity program is that you really have to commit to applying it on your farm and making sure it is consistently practiced by everyone in the company without →

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SPECIAL ANIMAL NUTRITION

How much should a tunnel door be opened during hot weather?

Originally, tunnel doors were only thought of as a method of reducing heating costs and litter caking in the tunnel […] →

Intestinal health in the era of NAE

By Tom Tabler, PhD Extension Professor Mississippi State University Extension Service, Poultry Science Department Mississippi State, Mississippi, USA The […] →

“The search for precision feeding in poultry”

Chickens are usually kept in flocks or group housing cage systems, not as individual birds. Yet, better and more efficient […] →

Importance of chicken bone in long production cycles

Whitehead reported that chicken bone begins to weaken from the time 200 eggs are produced, corresponding to 50-52 weeks of […] →

Interview with MARTA JARAMILLO, Veterinarian and Independent Consultant in Poultry Integration Systems

Marta Jaramillo is a Veterinarian with a MSc degree in Poultry and Swine Production Systems and a Doctorate in Agricultural […] →

SPECIAL INSTALLATIONS

Evaporative walls for a proper climate inside the poultry house

In many places around the world, chickens are kept under hot conditions. In order to let these flocks be productive, […] →

EBRD and EU help Chirina in Georgia to boost capacity

In early February, poultry integrator Chirina in Georgia added 14 new turnkey broiler houses to increase production by 50 per cent. […] →

PATHOLOGY AND ANIMAL HEALTH

Frequently asked questions about the coronavirus based on what we know about the avian coronavirus infectious bronchitis virus (IBV)

What we know about avian coronavirus infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) in poultry — and how that knowledge relates to the […] →

Highly pathogenic bird flu in South Carolina

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA), has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic H7N3 avian influenza (HPAI). It was […] →

Gallibacterium anatis – An Emerging Pathogen of Poultry?

Gallibacterium anatis bv. haemolytica (formerly Pasteurella haemolytica) occurs as a commensal of the upper respiratory tract and lower reproductive tract […] →

Avian Influenza in Latin America. Interview with Dr. David Stallknecht

The problem of Avian Influenza in Latin America. The role of migratory birds in the Americas and their relationship with health in commercial poultry farming →

INCUBATION AND REPRODUCTION

Raised CO2 levels during hatching: a myth debunked

For many years, raised CO2 levels at the end of the incubation period were thought to be harmful for the […] →

The specific requirements and sensitivities of turkey egg incubation

Turkey eggs have a high incubation success rate when all the species-specific areas of incubation are managed correctly. Hence, a […] →

Hatchery Sanitation

A hatchery is the place where new life begins. It is the basis for raising healthy birds and thus it […] →

Jumbo Supermarket selling “Respeggt” eggs

Jumbo Supermarket chain from The Netherlands started selling table eggs from layer flocks of which the male line has not […] →

Problems and solutions at the Hatchery

Opening of unhatched eggs remaining on the tray and the assessment of lesions or abnormalities in the rejected fowls during […] →

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