January 2022

The Poultry Site

Chickens need optimal heating and ventilation at all times to be productive, healthy, and happy. New developments in ventilation technology can help farmers improve their productivity and increase energy efficiency and sustainability.

TheFishSite

Researchers in China caution that some commercial probiotics for the aquaculture industry may be mislabelled, and also contain cytotoxins and antibiotic resistance genes that can be passed to other organisms.

The Poultry Site

Avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC) is a costly disease in poultry and can affect broilers and breeders as well as layers. Researchers have found that vaccinating birds against Escherichia coli can have production benefits, as well as protect birds from the disease.

The Poultry Site

Botulism might not be a common occurrence in poultry production, but when it infects a flock, mortalities can be high. That was the situation Sara Throne, DVM, senior director of veterinary services for Simmons Foods, recently faced — though arriving at a clear diagnosis was not straightforward.

MEAT+POULTRY

Enhancing the moisture content of meat and poultry – as well as their non-animal counterparts – is one of those necessary, albeit often controversial steps encountered in food manufacturing. Consumers want protein to be juicy and tender, but they don’t want to pay a hefty price per pound for a product containing more than half of something available for free from the tap.

TheFishSite

Genomic selection is an effective means of improving aquatic animal health, with recent studies suggesting it can be used for a range of conditions including whitepsot resistance in shrimp, herpesvirus resistance in Pacific oysters and Vibrio resistance in sole.

Forbes – Business

The future of animal-free meat, egg, and dairy isn’t just near – it’s here. To many, the project of undoing the environmental, public health, and animal welfare damage caused by industrial animal agriculture is important, but the prospect of humans giving up meat is just not realistic. For those, cell-cultured (or “cultivated,” “clean,” “cell-based,” “lab-grown,” etc.) meat is the most promising path.

TheFishSite

William Dar, Agriculture Secretary for the Philippines, has led the inauguration of new multi-species hatchery and broodstock facilities in Iloilo. The four new broodstock facilities have a holding capacity of 2,000 tonnes or about 400 milkfish breeders, and are projected to produce 320 million eggs annually.

Manila Bulletin

Filipino livestock growers and fish producers are cautiously optimistic for the agriculture sector’s prospects in 2022 despite myriad challenges the past two years. In a forum hosted by food security advocacy group Tugon Kabuhayan, local tilapia and bangus producers said they continue to invest and expand capacity even with limited or no government support.