//23 Jun 2011
Total broiler meat production in April 2011 was 2.97 billion pounds, a decrease of 2.3% from the previous year, according to the latest figures from the USDA.
A considerable share of the decline can be attributed to 1 less slaughter day in April 2011. Broiler meat production on a yearover- year basis rose in 3 of the first 4 months in 2011. Processors reported slaughtering 686 million broilers in April 2011, a decrease of 4% from the previous year. Partially offsetting this was an increase in the average liveweight at slaughter of those broilers to 5.76 pounds, up 1.4% from a year earlier.
In addition to the increase in the average liveweight, there was an increase in the average meat yield per bird to 4.33 pounds, a 1.8-% increase from a year earlier.
With a combination of continued sluggishness of the domestic economy and forecast higher prices for both corn and soybean meal, the broiler meat production estimates for fourth-quarter 2011 and for 2012 were revised downward from the previous month’s estimate. The meat production estimate for fourth-quarter 2011 was lowered by 25 million pounds to 9.4 billion pounds. The estimate for firstquarter 2012 was also lowered by 25 million pounds, to 9.36 billion pounds, and the total for 2012 was reduced by 100 million pounds to 38.0 billion pounds.
Turkey production
Turkey meat production in April was 456 million pounds, up fractionally from a year earlier. As with broilers, the driving factor in the increase has been higher bird weights. In April the number of birds slaughtered was 19.1 million, down about 0.5% from the previous year. This was offset by a 1-% increase in the average weight at slaughter to 30 pounds. Again, the small increase in turkey meat production in April was in part due to 1 less slaughter day in April 2011 than in the previous year.
Egg production
During January to April 2011, the number of hens in the US table egg flock was slightly higher than during the same period in 2010. In April, the flock was estimated at 283 million birds, up fractionally from the previous year. That small increase in the size of the table flock, augmented by an increase in the rate of lay for table egg birds in April, resulted in a 1.0% increase in the number of table eggs produced in April to 546 million dozen.
While the production estimates for the second half of 2011 were raised slightly, the 2012 production estimates for both table egg and hatching eggs were lowered. The estimate for table egg production in 2012 was lowered by 20 million dozen to 6.54 billion and the estimate for hatching eggs was reduced by 8 million dozen to 1.0 billion dozen. The changes for the table egg market are brought about chiefly by the increases in grain prices, and the reduction in hatching egg production is mostly the result of an anticipated decline in broiler meat production.
Source: USDA Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook
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24 June 2011
25 May 2011
Rovabio from Adisseo increases use of DDGS in broiler diets
//25 May 2011
Rovabio, the versatile enzyme from Adisseo, has a proven efficacy on wheat and corn distillers dried grain with solubles (DDGS) on broilers. This has been demonstrated throughout in vitro and in vivo trials.
The metabolizable energy uplift with Rovabio turned out to be about 5.5 % for corn DDGS and 7.5% for wheat DDGS. Significant levels of cellulase and xylanase in Rovabio allow for breakdown of the increased amounts of cellulose and arabinoxylans. When including 15% corn DDGS on a corn-soybean base diet, levels of arabinoxylans and cellulose are increased by about 20% and 30% respectively (25% and 20% for wheat DDGS).
The in vitro data, carried out in France and the USA, show that degradability of dry matter is significantly increased with Rovabio. On wheat DDGS, the increase of degradability ranges from + 8 to + 43 %, and on corn DDGS, from + 16 to + 62 %. The lowest uplift can be explained by the use of industrial carbohydrolases during the production process of DDGS, reducing further improvement potential with feed enzymes. However, Rovabio increases degradability thanks to its combination of 19 enzyme activities.
Related website: Adisseo
Rovabio, the versatile enzyme from Adisseo, has a proven efficacy on wheat and corn distillers dried grain with solubles (DDGS) on broilers. This has been demonstrated throughout in vitro and in vivo trials.
The metabolizable energy uplift with Rovabio turned out to be about 5.5 % for corn DDGS and 7.5% for wheat DDGS. Significant levels of cellulase and xylanase in Rovabio allow for breakdown of the increased amounts of cellulose and arabinoxylans. When including 15% corn DDGS on a corn-soybean base diet, levels of arabinoxylans and cellulose are increased by about 20% and 30% respectively (25% and 20% for wheat DDGS).
The in vitro data, carried out in France and the USA, show that degradability of dry matter is significantly increased with Rovabio. On wheat DDGS, the increase of degradability ranges from + 8 to + 43 %, and on corn DDGS, from + 16 to + 62 %. The lowest uplift can be explained by the use of industrial carbohydrolases during the production process of DDGS, reducing further improvement potential with feed enzymes. However, Rovabio increases degradability thanks to its combination of 19 enzyme activities.
Related website: Adisseo
Gut health a problem in late phase of broiler production
//19 May 2011
Improvements in the genetic performance of broiler birds, which have seen growth rates increase by 25% over the past two decades, has also led to a loss of intestinal integrity in later phases of the bird's life.
Addressing the BVPA spring meeting, Luis Canseco, poultry veterinary adviser for Elanco Animal Health, identified three main types of bacterial enteritis (BE): clostridial enteritis, dysbacteriosis and cholangiohepatitis, all of which led to increased mortality and loss of feed conversion efficiency.
Spotting the problem early was essential and treating the entire flock was recommended once 10% of the birds were found to be infected.
Widespread
Such intestinal diseases were widespread in Europe. A survey by Elanco last year, covering nine EU countries and involving interviews with vets, nutritionists, producers and field technicians, revealed that 23% of flocks were being treated for bacterial enteritis, wet litter or coccidiosis in the late phase.
Another 20% of flocks were "giving cause for concern". The situation was especially bad in Spain, Portugal and France, while rates of infection were lower in the UK, Italy and Germany.
Treatments
Canseco said that, for enteritis in late phase, the most common treatment was still antibiotics (86%), though copper, essential oils, natural growth promoters and restricted water were all used to a limited extent.
Data from the UK showed how all gut health problems tended to get worse as the birds got older, with the watery content of faeces, the level of excess mucus and the amount of undigested food in the gut at slaughter all rising with age.
This message was reinforced by Prof Margie Lee from the University of Georgia, USA. She explained that the balance of microflora in the gut shifted as birds got older. Understanding and managing this shift was crucial to maintaining gut health.
Diet also played a key part. For example, birds fed a wheat diet showed higher levels of Clostridia sp and C irregularis as they got older, while those on a maize diet had more Lactobacillus species.
Source: Farmers Weekly
Improvements in the genetic performance of broiler birds, which have seen growth rates increase by 25% over the past two decades, has also led to a loss of intestinal integrity in later phases of the bird's life.
Addressing the BVPA spring meeting, Luis Canseco, poultry veterinary adviser for Elanco Animal Health, identified three main types of bacterial enteritis (BE): clostridial enteritis, dysbacteriosis and cholangiohepatitis, all of which led to increased mortality and loss of feed conversion efficiency.
Spotting the problem early was essential and treating the entire flock was recommended once 10% of the birds were found to be infected.
Widespread
Such intestinal diseases were widespread in Europe. A survey by Elanco last year, covering nine EU countries and involving interviews with vets, nutritionists, producers and field technicians, revealed that 23% of flocks were being treated for bacterial enteritis, wet litter or coccidiosis in the late phase.
Another 20% of flocks were "giving cause for concern". The situation was especially bad in Spain, Portugal and France, while rates of infection were lower in the UK, Italy and Germany.
Treatments
Canseco said that, for enteritis in late phase, the most common treatment was still antibiotics (86%), though copper, essential oils, natural growth promoters and restricted water were all used to a limited extent.
Data from the UK showed how all gut health problems tended to get worse as the birds got older, with the watery content of faeces, the level of excess mucus and the amount of undigested food in the gut at slaughter all rising with age.
This message was reinforced by Prof Margie Lee from the University of Georgia, USA. She explained that the balance of microflora in the gut shifted as birds got older. Understanding and managing this shift was crucial to maintaining gut health.
Diet also played a key part. For example, birds fed a wheat diet showed higher levels of Clostridia sp and C irregularis as they got older, while those on a maize diet had more Lactobacillus species.
Source: Farmers Weekly
20 May 2011
Broiler survey shows potential for better disease control
//19 May 2011
The importance of good protection against infectious bronchitis (IB) and infectious bursal disease (IBD) — often hidden diseases that impair bird performance — has shown up in a new survey of broiler farms in the South West of the UK.
The serology survey, commissioned by Datapoul as part of the South West Health Initiative and supported by a Pfizer Poultry Health educational grant, covered 169 farms representing more than 90% of the broiler farms in the region.
The survey found that 20% of farms tested positive for IB 793B infection — higher than expected and not associated with any clear clinical signs on the farms in question
The newer IB QX variant strain of the disease, which has spread to the UK over the past four years, was found on 7% of farms. These farms were in areas where QX virus had already been diagnosed on layer units.
Poultry vaccination
The positive farms were given advice on adopting a more robust vaccination programme using the vaccine on day 1 and day 10, and on biosecurity measures.
The survey report stated: “The most important thing that farmers can do to protect their flocks against IB is to have good biosecurity and hygiene measures in place.”
Gumboro disease
Regarding IBD also known as Gumboro disease, 24% of farms had positive titres suggesting infection on top of vaccine and pointing to a large number of farms where the disease is sub clinical with raised blood titres.
An audit of the administration and type of vaccine was carried out by the farmers’ vets and, says the report, all farms on intermediate vaccine with evidence of sub clinical infection were moved to a hotter strain of vaccine.
The survey covered 81 farms with standard or lower stocking density indoor production and 88 free range or organic farms. A higher percentage of free range and organic farms tested positive for each type of infection.
Related website
Pfizer
Datapoul
The importance of good protection against infectious bronchitis (IB) and infectious bursal disease (IBD) — often hidden diseases that impair bird performance — has shown up in a new survey of broiler farms in the South West of the UK.
The serology survey, commissioned by Datapoul as part of the South West Health Initiative and supported by a Pfizer Poultry Health educational grant, covered 169 farms representing more than 90% of the broiler farms in the region.
The survey found that 20% of farms tested positive for IB 793B infection — higher than expected and not associated with any clear clinical signs on the farms in question
The newer IB QX variant strain of the disease, which has spread to the UK over the past four years, was found on 7% of farms. These farms were in areas where QX virus had already been diagnosed on layer units.
Poultry vaccination
The positive farms were given advice on adopting a more robust vaccination programme using the vaccine on day 1 and day 10, and on biosecurity measures.
The survey report stated: “The most important thing that farmers can do to protect their flocks against IB is to have good biosecurity and hygiene measures in place.”
Gumboro disease
Regarding IBD also known as Gumboro disease, 24% of farms had positive titres suggesting infection on top of vaccine and pointing to a large number of farms where the disease is sub clinical with raised blood titres.
An audit of the administration and type of vaccine was carried out by the farmers’ vets and, says the report, all farms on intermediate vaccine with evidence of sub clinical infection were moved to a hotter strain of vaccine.
The survey covered 81 farms with standard or lower stocking density indoor production and 88 free range or organic farms. A higher percentage of free range and organic farms tested positive for each type of infection.
Related website
Pfizer
Datapoul
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