Vietnams total seafood production in 2012 reached an estimated 5.74 million tonnes, a 5.1 per cent rise from last year, according to a report by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)

The year 2012 has registered a 1.9 per cent increase in world pork production which touched 110.8mn tonnes, according to a report by the Union of Producers and Employers of Meat Industry

Meat consumption is forecast to grow but at a lower rate than in recent years. (Image source: Kate McCarthy/Flickr)

Modest overall demand growth in global meat markets for next year was the forecast revealed by GIRA, the specialist research consultancy, recently

Birds do not possess sweat glands but instead lose water by evaporation from facial appendages and through panting. (Image source: Stephen Luke/Flickr)

Whether layers or broilers, chickens perform best within a temperature range of 11 to 26°C, and the behavioural and physiological changes which occur when house temperature progressively exceeds the top end of this range are well known and documented