Monthly Archives: January, 2026

Elanco Animal Health has taken a significant step forward in poultry biosecurity by announcing, in late January 2026, the approval of a new vaccination schedule for its flagship product, AviPro Salmonella Duo. \n\nThis regulatory update allows the administration of a fourth vaccine dose during the production phase — a measure designed to adapt to the new realities of the laying sector, where the productive life cycles of laying hens are becoming increasingly extended.

The Dutch authorities confirmed the first case in Europe of a dairy cow testing positive for H5N1 avian influenza antibodies, following an investigation into the death of an infected cat on the same farm. This finding represents the first known case in bovine livestock in Europe with a positive antibody result against the virus, following the widespread AI outbreaks in cattle that occurred in the United States between 2024 and 2025.

The British government's decision on a possible ban on the keeping of hens in cages (in any of their forms — colony, enriched, etc.) within a six-year timeframe has been criticised by poultry organisations, as it does not, for the time being, contemplate banning imports of eggs produced in cages.

Main highlights in poultry at the largest industry trade show in the Americas: IPPE 2026 in Atlanta.\n\nThe International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) is firmly established as one of the most important annual events in the poultry, egg, meat, and animal feed industry worldwide.\n\nIn this article, NeXusAvicultura has selected the products of greatest interest to poultry professionals — both for those who were able to attend and for the tens of thousands of industry professionals who were unable to travel to the United States.\n\nThe IPPE is a unique collaboration of three integrated exhibitions: the International Feed Expo, the International Poultry Expo, and the International Meat Expo, representing the entire protein production and processing chain. Co-organised by the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, the American Feed Industry Association, and the Meat Institute, it offers a comprehensive overview of the sector.

Norway has become the first country in the world to completely ban the production of fast-growing chickens (i.e., the so-called "broiler", the current industry standard) and the culling of male chicks in the laying sector. This measure will be phased in throughout 2027.

Recent debates in several European countries proposing a drastic increase in VAT and/or the creation of other "sustainability" taxes on meat products have found academic justification in a new scientific paper. The report, publicised by outlets such as The Guardian — which have been advocating for the cessation or reduction of animal protein consumption for years — argues that removing reduced VAT rates on meat and applying the standard rate is the "simplest" policy tool for mitigating climate change, calculating that this price increase could reduce the environmental damage of European diets by between 3.48% and 5.7% by forcing a decline in consumption.

Avian influenza: let's not lose sight of the vaccination strategy.....\n\nThroughout 2025, health authorities around the world had to cull an average of 4.3 million chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese per month due to AI — either because of the presence or even the threat of avian influenza. Many of them were healthy animals that authorities feared might become infected in the future.\n\nThe 2025 figures, though incomplete, only add to the stratospheric global death toll from avian influenza, with more than 633 million poultry lost — both infected and healthy — since 2005.\n

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The health alert in the Valencian poultry sector is intensifying following the official confirmation on Tuesday, 20 January, of the fifth Newcastle disease outbreak in the region. \n\nThe outbreak has been identified on a farm with an approximate flock size of 75,000 broilers, located 12 kilometres from the outbreaks detected in late December and early January.