Feedstuffs News Desk
2023 Poultry Science Association annual meeting

Exclusive on-the-scene interviews with industry leaders and topic experts

From the Poultry Science Association annual meeting

Feedstuffs News Desk @PSA

Your Feedstuffs team was on-site in Philadelphia during the Poultry Science Association annual meeting talking to industry experts and gathering the latest in research news.

Check out those interviews here or at www.Feedstuffs365.com

Postbiotics combination appears to offer benefits to poultry

Joining us from the Poultry Science Association meeting in Philadelphia to talk about the benefits of postbiotics in poultry is Vivek Kuttappan, Poultry Postbiotic Technology Lead at Cargill Animal Nutrition. The paper he prepared for PSA takes a look at a unique combination of Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation product and essential oils to improve broiler performance at 33 d of age.

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Broiler laser enrichment: What have we learned

Improvements to broiler chicken performance and sustainability have led to a bird that can be market ready in less than two months. However due to ongoing consumer concerns about broiler welfare, many integrators are now interested in including additional enrichment to the grow-out period. Joining us to discuss is Dr. Elizabeth Bobeck, Iowa State University.

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Building a better laying hen

Is it possible to build a better laying hen? Perhaps so. Joining us to talk more about bird welfare and it’s influence throughout the life of a laying hen is Tina Widowski, professor of applied animal behavior and welfare with the University of Guelph and Dr. Ana Rentsch, a PhD student in the Department of Animal Bioscience at the University of Guelph under the supervision of Dr. Widowski.

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Practical on-farm interventions for controlling Salmonella

Practical on farm interventions for controlling Salmonella. We dig into this topic with Ken Macklin, professor and department head at Mississippi State University's Department of Poultry Science. Among other things, we look at what works and what may work when it comes to Salmonella control.

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Food safety requires systemwide approach

Among the topics discussed during the Poultry Science Association annual meeting was that of food safety related to the egg industry and laying hens. Joining us to share some thoughts on the topic is Deana Jones of USDA Agricultural Research Service, US National Poultry Research Center.

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NUQO shares U.S. research findings

During the Poultry Science Assn meeting in Philadelphia we caught up with Dr. Stephanie Ladirat, Director of Research and Development for NUQO out of France. She took a few minutes to share with us NUQO's latest research findings here in the U.S. related to the improvement of poultry performance and pathogen control.

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Chemical composition and nutritional value of raw soybeans from Brazil and USA arriving to European ports

The objective of this study was to compare the chemical composition and the quality of the protein and lipid fractions of raw soybeans from Brazil and USA, at their arrival to European ports. Joining us to review their findings are Guillermo Talegón Galan and Professor Dr. Gonzalo G. Mateos of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

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Productive energy: A better predictor of broiler feed intake and feed conversion ratio?

Work out of the University of Arkansas is aimed at developing models to predict the feed intake and feed conversion rate of broilers based on dietary Arkansas Net Energy, metabolizable and classic net (CNE) energy values. Diego Martinez of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark., joins us to explain.

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