Biosecurity

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The cleanest feed mill in the world

When feeding the most expensive birds in a breeding company, you want to be sure that the feed is the safest that you can provide. Technology and biosecurity aid poultry breeder Aviagen to manufacture absolutely safe feed for their breeding stock.
By Dick Ziggers Aviagen develops pedigree lines for the production of broiler chickens and turkeys. Head-quartered in Huntsville, Alabama, US, the group currently delivers day-old broiler... read more »

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Proper hygiene measures on the farm

Professional poultry operations run the risk of not being fully productive as a result of poor sanitation standards. Diseases can easily occur, but proper measures need to be put into place to avoid this. The fight against these agents will be an on-going effort, and biosecurity measures must be the first line of defence in this battle. read more >

Testing, testing and more testing- the only way to ensure biosecurity

Over the past 40 years, Joseph Grelier and his son Jean-Marc have developed a small business producing fertilised eggs, into the number one day-old-poult producer in France, and the second largest producer of turkey hatching eggs. The success of the business is now built on biosecurity, and the laboratory set up at their headquarters in St. Laurent de la Plaine demonstrates just how seriously this is taken. read more >