There are several aspects behind the maintaining of eggshell quality which is determined by the implementation of best practices of layer management and egg processing during and after collection

Outbreak of two separate strings of avian influenza has forced the Philippines Department of Agriculture to put a temporary ban on poultry imports from Germany

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

Irelands Carton Brothers has announced that it will make a €3mn (US$4.7 million) investment in an equipment that will remove more offal from its chickens for export to foreign markets, especially China