The ‘Welfare’ Trap: Gut Health, Leg Problems and More
Join an international panel of experts who
will examine how consumer and regulatory
pressures impact nutritional and veterinary
care and the consequences for ;ock welfare
and performance.
Sponsored by WATT, “The ‘Welfare’
Trap: Gut Health, Leg Problems and More”
live presentation and virtual simulcast will be moderated by Dr. Peter Ferket, North Carolina
State University. Panelists will include Dr. Richard Ducatelle, Ghent University, Belgium, and
Dr. Ken Powell, Hubbard LLC.
The seminar begins at 8:45 a.m. and ends at 10 a.m. US ET on January 28.
Attend the seminar in one of two ways:
LIVE, IN PERSON at the International Poultry Expo/International Feed Expo in Room
B206 of the Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC)
BY INTERNET via a webinar by registering at www.WATTAgNet.net/Webinars.aspx.
Ferket Ducatelle Powell
DEMAND DECLINES
JBS suffers loss in
third quarter
The ‘Welfare’ Trap: Gut Health, Leg Problems and More
Georgia World Congress Center – Room B206, Thursday, January 28, 8:45 – 10 a.m. US ET
Lack of demand
and lower beef
prices hurt the
world’s largest meatpacker, Brazil’s JBS,
which reported that pro;ts in the third
quarter fell by close to 80%. Net income fell
to 151.5 million reais ($87 million), from
694 million reais a year earlier.
The meat processing industry
worldwide has been hit by falling demand
and lower cattle prices due to the worldwide
economic recession.
JBS said that although there were
relevant gains in productivity in the JBS
international operations, the impact of the
economic crisis on important consumer
markets caused a contraction of the pro;t
margins.
The company recently bought a majority
stake in U.S. poultry giant Pilgrim’s
