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1 week ago | 
poultryworld.net | Fabian Brockotter
Dozens of food retail and hospitality companies in Asia made commitments to source cage-free eggs 5 years ago. Now, the deadline looms, as the transition needs to be completed by the end of 2025. Singapore-based Global Food Partners CEO Elissa Lane drives the initiative to match the supply and demand of cage-free eggs with the help of a cage-free credit system. Asia, which is the world’s largest egg-producing region, is responsible for 64% of global egg production.
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3 weeks ago | 
poultryworld.net | Fabian Brockotter
Join our upcoming webinar taking place on Tuesday 17 June at 15:00 CEST. Global experts will discuss how to elevate your poultry production with smarter hygiene. CID Lines and Poultry World invite you to explore how the Avi Prime hygiene programme from CID Lines is helping poultry producers stay ahead of evolving pathogen threats while boosting performance and profitability. What is Avi Prime?
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3 weeks ago | 
foodsafety.einnews.com | Fabian Brockotter
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1 month ago | 
poultryworld.net | Fabian Brockotter
Researchers in the Netherlands are at the forefront of trials of an avian influenza vaccine. Considerable effort has gone into vaccinating test groups without jeopardising the export status of poultry products. After all, vaccinating against avian influenza is widely considered taboo when it comes to trading poultry products across borders. To this day, that remains the biggest hurdle for vaccination – not the approval of the vaccine or its effectiveness, which is still under investigation.
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1 month ago | 
poultryworld.net | Fabian Brockotter
The spread of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza, bringing losses of hundreds of millions of poultry worldwide with increased spillover into mammals, highlights the urgent need for strengthened biosecurity, monitoring and surveillance, rapid-response mechanisms, and risk communication to safeguard the poultry sector and protect livelihoods and economies.
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1 month ago | 
poultryworld.net | Fabian Brockotter
The global penetration of in-ovo sexing is expected to continue its sharp growth over the next few years, driven by rapid expansion in the US, continued strength in Europe, and entry into new markets such as Australia, Canada, the UK, and Brazil. This is the conclusion of research conducted by Innovate Animal Ag, which shows that as of the end of Q1 2025, these trends are already underway.
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1 month ago | 
poultryworld.net | Fabian Brockotter
The climate, environment and animal welfare goals of the EU and its member states are putting pressure on farmers, contributing to the loss of 3 million farms over a decade. With 9 million farms left and a new EU agricultural commissioner, the focus is shifting from overregulating agriculture to fostering its role in food production and food security through predictable regulations and sound income levels. “There is a new reality in Brussels,” according to AVEC chair Gert Jan Oplaat.
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2 months ago | 
poultryworld.net | Fabian Brockotter
As of this year, broiler hatchability in the United States is 6 percentage points lower than it was at its 2012 peak. This hatchability crisis represents a profound cost to the industry as well as a challenge in churning out enough broiler chicks to meet demand. Poultry World dives into research done by Innovate Animal Ag and discusses possible causes and ways to mitigate this alarming trend with multiple stakeholders.
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2 months ago | 
poultryworld.net | Fabian Brockotter
US consumers are increasingly worried about what they encounter in the supermarket. Either there are no eggs on the shelves or they are priced up to a dollar each. People are panic buying and even stealing what has become a pricey commodity. Eggs are so expensive right now because multiple avian influenza outbreaks have suddenly significantly reduced the supply of eggs. The virus killed about 17.2 million egg-laying hens in November and December 2024 and another 8 million in January 2025.
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2 months ago | 
poultryworld.net | Fabian Brockotter
The focus of Poultry World’s latest webinar, in cooperation with Ceva, was on how to enable Infectious Bronchitis control effectively. Learn how vaccinations can effectively control Infectious Bronchitis, provide flock-wide protection against various strains, and prevent the spread of the virus. Experts shared their insights into tackling Infectious Bronchitis. The line up of speakers was:Marco Aurélio Elmer Lopes, Ceva Corporate Poultry Director, who spoke about the strategy for IB control.
