December 20, 2012

Aviagen's Indian River adds new Grandparent operations

The Indian River (IR) Association members gathered in Manila, Philippines, to talk about country progress, demand for IR birds, best practise husbandry and to welcome new Grandparent (GP) customers namely, Bounty Fresh Foods, Philippines and Al-Noor Chicks, Pakistan.

The meeting mixed updates from across Asia, the Middle East and Africa on the success of Indian River and the wider poultry industry with technical and thought provoking presentations.

Delegates were welcomed by Aviagen's Business Manager for the Indian River Brand, Fred Kao who said, "This is an extremely exciting time for Indian River and its customers worldwide. We have added 3 new GP operations to the list of an already expanded customer base. We are currently in 12 countries in Asia and five more in the Middle East and Africa. We now have GP customers in 10 different countries and that list is about to grow in the upcoming months."

"As a result, this third IRAA meeting focused very much on the success of Indian River as a brand over the last 18 months. This success is as much down to the dedication of our customers in making Indian River the breed of choice in their respective countries as it is down to a great performing bird well suited to the Asian market."

The 51 attendees heard country updates as well as technical presentations on Diseases and Resolutions from Aviagen's Global Head of Veterinary Services, Nick Dorko. Kim Huang, an external nutrition specialist also talked about the benefits and issues with corn or wheat based feed.

One of the participants also said that the Manila conference was very stimulating, particularly on the subject of genetic R&D by Aviagen that will help deliver the right breeding qualities for the market of the future. 

Aviagen is the world's leading poultry breeding company, developing pedigree lines for the production of broiler chickens under the Ross, Arbor Acres and Indian River brand names.