A growing body of research is uncovering new uses for existing medications across species. One such example is metformin, a drug primarily used to...
Description of problem
Adding antibiotics in feed as growth promoter and health enhancer has been excluded in many developed countries (Afiouni et al., 2023). In...
With more eggs in the grocery store coming from hens in cage-free housing — about 40% in early 2024 — commercial egg producers want...
As already highlighted by more than a decade of scientific research, using insects – mainly Hermetia illucens (HI) and Tenebrio molitor (TM) – as...
A new study shows chicken fertility rates in U.S. broiler eggs could decline to approximately 60% by 2050. That decline could lead to chicken...
A new study found that a pair of probiotics fed to broiler chickens successfully persisted in the animals’ digestive tract, making the bacterial species...
Description of problem
Newcastle disease (ND) is a highly contagious viral disease that significantly threatens the poultry industry and global economies. It is caused by...
Introduction
The poultry production industry is progressively phasing out cage systems (CS) due to increasing concerns regarding animal welfare (Kollenda et al., 2020). The absence...
As poultry companies weigh cost and efficiency with higher animal welfare standards, research comparing conventional and slow-growing broiler breeds showed that the slow-growing chickens...
It is expected that the global population will increase to 9.7 billion in 2050 (United Nations, 2024) and the amount of agricultural land per...