National Ag News

The latest battle between the animal agriculture industry and animal rights groups is focused on broiler chickens.

The animal rights activists say broiler chickens are growing too fast, causing cardiovascular and skeletal issues for the birds.  They want the broiler industry to use slower growing chickens and they’ve already convinced some food companies to go along with those demands.

Kate Barger Weathers is a veterinarian with Arkansas-based Cobb-Vantress, a breeder of meat-type chicken genetics.

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