Aviagen EPI

Aviagen

Breeding (pedigree) and multiplication of meat chickens and turkeys from a large diverse population base with high health, broad based welfare and sustainability programmes.

Lobbying Activity

Response to Modernisation of the EU legislation for on-farm animal welfare for certain animals

15 Jul 2025

Please find attached and accessible via link below publications from Aviagen Group on balanced meat poultry breeding: - Duggan, B.; Ralph, J.; Avendaño, S.; Neeteson, A.-M.; Burnside, T.; Koerhuis, A. Decades of Breeding for Welfare and Sustainability. 2023. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://aviagen.com/assets/Welfare/AviagenDecades-of-WelfareReport_2023.pdf. - Kapell, D.N.R.G.; Duggan, B.; Avendaño, S.; Burnside, T.A.; Neeteson-van Nieuwenhoven, A.-M. Genetics of gait score in broilers: Genetic parameters of gait score in purebred broiler lines. Poultry Science 2025, 104(6):105070. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2025.105070. - Neeteson, A.-M.; Avendaño, S.; Koerhuis, A.; Duggan, B.; Souza, E.; Mason, J.; Ralph, J.; Rohlf, P.; Burnside, T.; Kranis, A.; Bailey, R. Evolutions in Commercial Meat Poultry Breeding. Animals 2023, 13, 3150. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13193150 Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions or would appreciate receiving more information
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Response to Modernisation of the EU legislation for on-farm animal welfare for certain animals

15 Jul 2025

Please find attached and accessible via link below publications from Aviagen Group on balanced meat poultry breeding: - Duggan, B.; Ralph, J.; Avendaño, S.; Neeteson, A.-M.; Burnside, T.; Koerhuis, A. Decades of Breeding for Welfare and Sustainability. 2023. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://aviagen.com/assets/Welfare/AviagenDecades-of-WelfareReport_2023.pdf. - Kapell, D.N.R.G.; Duggan, B.; Avendaño, S.; Burnside, T.A.; Neeteson-van Nieuwenhoven, A.-M. Genetics of gait score in broilers: Genetic parameters of gait score in purebred broiler lines. Poultry Science 2025, 104(6):105070. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2025.105070. - Neeteson, A.-M.; Avendaño, S.; Koerhuis, A.; Duggan, B.; Souza, E.; Mason, J.; Ralph, J.; Rohlf, P.; Burnside, T.; Kranis, A.; Bailey, R. Evolutions in Commercial Meat Poultry Breeding. Animals 2023, 13, 3150. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13193150 Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions or would appreciate receiving more information
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Meeting with Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner) and

26 Sept 2023 · Future of poultry-keeping in Europe