April 11, 2012

Aviagen has increased its global Research and Development capacity through a long-term lease of research facilities belonging to applied poultry research institute, Spelderholt.

An Aviagen spokesman said "This expansion of our global R&D facilities highlights our commitment to providing the best possible products and services to our customers and allows us to address important topics relevant to the international poultry sector and other stakeholders in society."

Aviagen is the world's leading poultry breeding company, developing pedigree lines for the production of broiler chickens and turkeys under the Ross, Arbor Acres, Indian River, B.U.T. and Nicholas brand names.  The company is based in Huntsville, Alabama, USA with a number of wholly-owned operations across Europe, Latin America, Brazil, India,Australia, NewZealand, Turkey and the US and joint ventures in Asia. Aviagen employs over 3,000 people and has a distribution network serving customers in 120 countries.