Cutting-edge "Thermo Protection Technology" which protects phytase from the adverse effects of high temperatures during feed conditioning and pelleting represents an exciting step forward for the feed industry, scientists from Danisco Animal Nutrition told delegates to the 2007 International Poultry Scientific Forum in Atlanta, Georgia.

Danisco Animal Nutrition’s Avizyme® 1500 received authorisation for use in turkeys.

The Animal Sciences Group from Wageningen University published a new report. It covers the results of a performance trial to determine the effect of dietary crude fibre (CF) and methionine contents on performance and slaughter quality in organic broilers.

The owner of a 300-turkey farm in New Hampshire, USA is using 50 to 60 cans of beer a day to fatten the birds before Thanksgiving.