The expansion in the Cobb research program is forging ahead in North America and Europe where new appointments strengthen the company team developing products for the future.
Dr Mark Cooper has been promoted to director of genetics responsible for directing the US and European pedigree genetic teams.
“Mark’s experience as a pedigree farm geneticist and as director of European research and development genetics makes him uniquely qualified to lead our program,” says Mitch Abrahamsen, R & D vice president. “This will help ensure that Cobb continues to set the standard for genetic progress and performance for the global broiler breeder industry.”
- Three day training event in Cairo is extremely successful -
Cairo: Four companies from the Wesjohann Group, including Aviagen and Lohmann Tierzucht, recently organised a training event in Cairo, Egypt, which attracted over 40 delegates. Ross customers from Ethiopia, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt and others attended the training held at Cairo’s Safir Hotel.
Lohmann Animal Health, a global major in the Animal Health business with particular emphasis on Poultry Biologicals, and with manufacturing facilities in Germany and the USA joins force with India’s no. 1 Poultry Company, Suguna, for a joint venture in India for manufacturing and marketing its range of world class poultry vaccines. The JV Company, Globion India Private Limited, is located at Genome Valley, Hyderabad, India. Approximately 15 million USD will be invested in total in the JV.
High temperatures can put poultry, including game birds, under great stress, increasing respiration rates and resulting in loss of body fluids. Water is regarded as the most important tool in combating this but doesn’t replace important electrolytes.
Hy-Line International is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Dinabandhu (Dina) Joardar, as the Regional Director for Southeast Asia & Pacific Rim (excluding China) effective 1 July 2010. In this position, Dr. Joardar will actively support Hy-Line’s existing distribution network to assist in the promotion of Hy-Line products and work to continue to grow Hy-Line’s participation in this important, rapidly growing world region for egg production.
The French Organizing Committee and the International Scientific Committee are very active in the preparation of the XIIIth European Poultry Conference in Tours, France to facilitate your venue and will be very pleased to host you in this attractive part of France.
In the ever-increasing world of different feeding systems, it is vital to choose something that has been specifically designed for its purpose, a solution that offers solid construction, simplicity of operation, optimal feed access and minimal manual intervention. SKA, with 55 years of experience in poultry floor equipment, offers the widest range of automatic feeders:
Minsk, Belarus Republic: Aviagen has held the first ever poultry production and technical seminar in the Belarus Republic.
Representatives with a broad range of expertise from veterinary specialists to heads of production attended the event at the Hotel Victoria in Minsk. In total 12 Belarusian parent stock farms were represented.