CHENNAI, India–October 20,2015– Kemin, a leader in developing ingredients for animal nutrition and health,recently made investments to relocate to a building that provides forlarger labs, a state-of-the-art research and development center and new corporate offices in Chennai. The 50,000 square footbuilding was inaugurated by Dr. Chris Nelson,President and CEO of Kemin, who talked with employees, community leaders, customers, and news media about the building, the investment, and the company’s vision.

The American Veterinary Medical Association, the American Association of Avian Pathologists and the FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine define judicious antibiotic use as “optimising therapeutic efficacy while minimising resistance for the protection of both animal and public health,” writes Dennis P. Wages from North Carolina State University in Zoetis' Poultry Health Today.

With each selling at 35 paise less than the production cost, the industry is making huge losses.

There has been a steep drop in the demand for eggs across markets because of the austere season, resulting in poor offtake by retailers.

Eggshell quality is of major importance to the egg industry and also has a major economic impact on commercial egg production. Broken and cracked eggs represent an economic loss to egg producers. Some 6-8% of all eggs produced commercially are unusable because of poor shell quality. Numerous factors involved in eggshell quality include nutrition, age, stress and disease. But the most important factor which should be managed for the bird’s health and to maintain good eggshell quality is heat stress.

Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 204 million eggs in incubators during the week ending October 24, 2015, down 1 percent from a year ago. Hatcheries in the 19 State weekly program set 197 million eggs in incubators during the week ending October 24, 2015, down 1 percent from the year earlier. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 83 percent. 

CHENNAI: Kuwait has lifted the ban on import of eggs from India, according to the website of Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Apeda).

The ban was imposed in 2013 by the GCC countries and was lifted following reports by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) stating that India was free from the highly pathogenic Avian influenza.

Chinese customers have temporarily stopped buying distiller's dried grains (DDGs) from the United States amid worries that Beijing may launch a new anti-dumping probe into imports of the feed ingredient, industry sources said.

China is the world's top buyer of DDGs, a by-product of corn ethanol that is used by feed mills as a substitute for corn and soymeal. China imports almost all of its needs from the United States, the largest exporter, with the total value reaching $1.6 billion so far this year.

Demand for poultry feed in India has been increasing consistently over the last five years on account of rising population, growing demand for healthy poultry products such as broiler meat and surging demand for compound poultry feed. According to the 19th Livestock Census by Department of Animal Husbandry, growing demand for poultry products in India is being witnessed on account of increasing poultry population, and this is further anticipated to drive growth in India poultry feed market in the coming years. Increasing per capita income, expansion of domestic and international quick service restaurants in India, along with growing demand for quality poultry products have significantly contributed to the rising demand for poultry feed in India.

By studying individual chickens that were part of a long-term pedigree, the scientists led by Professor Greger Larson at the University's Research Laboratory for Archaeology, found two mutations that had occurred in the mitochondrial genomes of the birds in only 50 years.

For a long time scientists have believed that the rate of change in the mitochondrial genome was never faster than about 2 per cent per million years. The identification of these mutations shows that the rate of evolution in this pedigree is in fact 15 times faster.

CHANDIGARH: Four unidentified men looted Rs 40 lakh from a poultry trader at gunpoint in Jind on Tuesday morning. The incident took place at poultry trader Satya Parkash Saini's office on Jind-Narwana Road.

The miscreants, who had come in a car, attacked Saini when he resisted their attempts to rob him. Saini's employees also tried to chase the robbers on their motorcycles, but failed to catch them. Meanwhile, police was informed and Jind superintendent of police Abhishek Jorwal constituted three teams to arrest the robbers.

The luncheon, which is scheduled to take place Jan. 26, from 12 - 1:30 p.m. at the Georgia World Congress Center, will feature Meat Institute Board of Directors, key industry leaders, representatives from packer and processor companies and award nominees and their families.

“McDonald’s believes antibiotics have important benefits, but that a few sensible changes to our policy can both maintain their most important benefits while helping to reduce their use overall,” said Rob Dick, Senior Director of McDonald’s Canada supply chain.

The change will be implemented in the next three years.

As the prices of pulses soar, many people in Bengaluru are upping their intake of chicken, traders say.

“Demand for chicken has gone up in the last month or so,” said Lakshmi Sagar, who runs a poultry store on Airport Road. “Earlier I used to sell 900 kg a day, but now it is 1,500 kg.”

The call from the regional association of egg producers in the South-East of the country Apose and the farmers unions of Bretagne and of Rhône-Alpes coincides with the price negotiations between the large supermarkets and their suppliers, an annual ritual in France. "The supermarket companies have to adjust their pricing policy in order to keep the sector and the jobs,'' Apose says. The 2 other unions already warn for actions "if we don't get an answer soon to our legitimite demands."

Calling the overuse of antibiotics 'an urgent public health problem', California's governor Edmund G. Brown announced last weekend that he signed the bill.

In a statement, Brown said, "The science is clear that the overuse of antibiotics in livestock has contributed to the spread of antibiotic resistance and the undermining of decades of life-saving advances in medicine."

September Egg Production Down 8 Percent

United States egg production totaled 7.49 billion during September 2015, down 8 percent from last year. Production included 6.40 billion table eggs, and 1.10 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.02 billion were broiler-type and 78 million were egg-type. The total number of layers during September 2015 averaged 333 million, down 8 percent from last year. September egg production per 100 layers was 2,249 eggs, down 1 percent from September 2014.

The only tracked protein that had volume levels below year ago was turkey, down 6 per cent. This is due to an industry wide supply decrease caused by HPAI issues this past winter.

Chicken continued its trend of increasing stock numbers. Up in total 28 per cent yearover-year to almost 800 million pounds, increased levels of breast meat, leg quarters, and other chicken were the drivers of total volume growth.

Poultry farmers in the district are asked to test the feed and drinking water before feeding to the birds.

A release from the Agromet Field Unit of Veterinary College and Research Institute here and Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, said that post-mortem observations in the birds brought for diagnostic purpose at the Poultry Disease Diagnosis and Surveillance Laboratory in the institute revealed that the death of birds were due to E. coli infection.

In a letter to the Prime Minister, Tamil Nadu Egg Poultry Farmers’ Federation vice-president Mr V. Subramaniyam said that the industry was unable to withstand the frequent price hike.

Despite an increase in production of soya bean in the current year, the price is on the rise in India.

KARACHI (Dunya News) – Poultry prices on Monday has risen by at least Rs 15 taking total of one kilogram (Kg) to Rs 210.

Pakistan Poultry Association has stated that one kilogram chicken is available now for Rs 210 in Karachi. While price of live-weight chicken has risen by Rs 4 settling at Rs 128 per Kg.