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Examining broiler behaviour to reduce or prevent heat stress

Genetics and breeding Genetics and traits Poultry behaviour

29 October 2024

3 minute read

Natural antibodies and resilience indicators appear to be under polygenic control

Genetics and breeding Genetics and traits Genetics

8 March 2023

2 minute read

Studies indicate NAb levels and resilience indicators are heritable and are under polygenic control in a brown layer line.

Five questions about heat and its impact on livestock

Meat poultry Flock management Air quality

1 September 2022

4 minute read

With rising temperatures, how can we keep our animals cool?

Research: low crude protein diets supplemented with free amino acids in laying hens

Genetics and breeding Types of poultry Chickens

14 February 2022

1 minute read

Greening of ag policy to shrink Dutch livestock sector, study finds

Markets & policy Market trends Sustainability

21 December 2021

10 minute read

The main impact of the greening of agricultural policy will be a smaller livestock sector

October 2020 - February 2021

Broilers track their own lifetime activity

Markets & policy Policy and regulation Labelling and traceability

16 February 2021

3 minute read

Researchers can follow broilers with a tag on their leg through the pen and record activity levels of individual broilers throughout their life.

Broiler breeders are calmer, lay more eggs when fed twice a day

Genetics and breeding Breeders and hatcheries Breeder management

2 December 2020

4 minute read

Broiler breeders fed twice a day were calmer and laid more eggs

Better health in chicks that hatch directly in the house

Meat poultry Broiler welfare Leg/foot problems

23 October 2020

3 minute read

Broilers that hatch in the house show less mortality and less footpad lesions.

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