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Global Animal Partnership (GAP) has provided a grant-in-aid of research to the University of Guelph for a two-year research project that will determine and evaluate the parameters necessary for assessing the animal welfare needs of different genetic strains of chicken breeds.
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Infectious bronchitis infections continued to increase this year in the Ontario broiler, broiler breeder and layer sectors.
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Within the next year, Tyson, the biggest U.S. chicken company, will launch a pilot program at two processing plants to use gas instead of electricity to stun birds before they are killed.
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Proper management starts with recognizing signals in practice.
For poultry-keepers, this means being alert when in the hen house, watching and listening to the animals, and paying attention to their behaviour as a group as well as their individual behaviour. This usually provides much information about animals’ health, well-being and production for poultry-keepers to use for improving economic results and the well-being of the animals, as well as their own.
Poultry farming is currently investing in various new housing systems that require another type of management. The book Poultry Signals includes points of departure allowing for more animal-oriented procedures and is vital for poultry-keepers and anyone involved in poultry on a regular basis.
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Supplementing poultry rations with trace minerals like copper, zinc and manganese can help improve flock health and profitability.
Trace minerals support bone and tissue development, reproduction, and basic health and growth. And, although trace minerals themselves are not new, the latest products coming to market in Canada are presenting an alternative to low cost and highly soluble sulfate-based minerals, as well as the more expensive organic trace minerals.
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July 16-18, 2017
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
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