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Desperate times call for desperate measures


Pulsed UV light to decontaminate eggs


Understanding gut health and mycotoxin interaction


Looking at sulphur and sulphate levels in poultry diets


Higher phosphate level better for bone formation


Highly productive poultry breeds are more prone to heat stress


6


The first Sustainability Report from Egg Farmers of Canada (EFC) has been released.


COVER STORY RUSSIA


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The Russian poultry industry has always been reliant on relatively expensive imports of breeding stock. Now that the new Russian broiler crossbreed Smena-9 is expected to be patented by the end of 2021, it hopes the end of foreign dependency is in sight. In ten years’ time Smena-9 could conquer the entire Russian market.


10 PRESSURE


Several major US food companies have been exposed for failing to meet their public commitments to source 100% cage-free eggs from their egg supply chains by the end of last year.


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