Natural, crop based sources for animal feeds around the world, are becoming exhausted in the long term.  A promising alternative however, are larvae. These turn food waste from human consumption, into a protein rich ingredient for livestock nutrition. Or into fertilizer for plant production. Black...

By Gerd de Lange, Senior Poultry Specialist, Pas Reform Academy It is important to pay attention to the orientation of the eggs when placing them on setter trays as this has quite an impact on hatch results, both in terms of hatchability and chick quality. Air cell up is the way to go! The embryo...

The Windstreek house looks very unusual. From a distance, it looms up in the landscape near the village of Raalte in The Netherlands. “Some people even think that it is a soccer stadium”, says broiler farmer Robert Nijkamp.  Yet it is a very special kind of poultry house. Not just its shape is unusual,...

VICTAM and VIV join forces to fuel growth in the Asian market Please click here for the Thai version of this message.International trade show organisers behind VIV and VICTAM are combining their events planned for Bangkok, Thailand, in the early part of 2020.This new partnership unites arrangements...

The egg production is a process of great complexity and that is intensely related to the reproductive organs physiology of the hen. Reproduction in birds and mammals is very different one another when we look at their regulatory neuroendocrine mechanism. Generally, birds or hens are anatomically...

Coccidiosis is a parasitic infection known for its damaging effects on gut health in poultry. It is one of the most economical important diseases affecting the poultry industry worldwide.Economic losses are mainly caused by medication costs and decreased animal production due to higher feed conversion,...