Business update August: What's new in the world of poultry? We’re keeping our finger on the pulse and bring you a comprehensive summary of the latest business updates from...
Airborne transmission’s role in spreading US 2015 bird flu Airborne transmission is likely to have played a role in spreading the highly pathogenic avian influenza strain...
IEC calls for continued AI vigilance High levels of surveillance and vigilance must be maintained by the egg industry in the face of ongoing outbreaks.
Disease issues: AI mixed with ND in vaccinated layers Joint Indian/UK research has found that co-infection of Newcastle Disease (ND) virus genotype X111 with low...
Italy: Cost of 2016-2017 AI outbreak New research has revealed the impact of the European outbreak of avian influenza (AI) in 2016 and 2017 on...
Macau overturns 14-year poultry import ban Macau’s government has announced it will revoke a ban on poultrymeat from some Asian countries that has been in...
Avian flu has potential to adapt Researchers have found that bird flu viruses are able to escape immune responses and adapt to infect humans.
Bird flu protests in Bulgaria as WHO issues warning Bulgarian poultry farmers have taken to the streets to protest against what they perceive to be draconian...
China: AI vaccine worked but new viruses in ducks found Use of vaccine technology to control H7N9 avian influenza was generally successful in poultry but the research...
Bioaerosol sampling to detect AI in Vietnam Newly emergent and virulent strains of the H7N9 avian influenza (AI) virus are rapidly spreading in China and...
Russian AI prompts warning for European farms Poultry producers are being urged to review biosecurity on their farms after the latest outbreak of highly...
Cobb Herveld wins Dutch compartment status Cobb’s pedigree breeding complex at Herveld in the Netherlands has been awarded compartment status by the Dutch...
Study shows potential of H5N1 AI virus to cause pandemic One of the largest studies of the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus genetic sequences from poultry and wild birds has...
Research: Genome-based approach detects avian flu outbreaks Scientists are claiming that a new genomics-based testing approach can detect highly pathogenic avian influenza...
Avian flu antibodies in Chinese poultry workers Chinese poultry workers had higher levels of avian flu antibodies in their blood than swine workers or members...
Smart farms that can feed chickens and detect bird flu Smart farms that can maximise poultry production and even detect avian influenza without the use of human help...
Disease changes landscape for years The poultry sector had its fair share of disease problems. Avian influenza, mainly caused by wild birds, has hit...
Preparing for winter for the best chance to prevent bird flu Winter is coming, as the phrase from popular TV drama Game of Thrones goes. For characters of the hit series it...
Avian influenza difficult to deal with Poultry producers in Europe and the US are out of the woods when it comes to the avian influenza threat from...
Veterinary concerns must outweigh economic concerns According to avian influenza experts, the bird flu carrying wild widgeons should be out of the largest part of...
Poultry disease prevention by design Disease prevention is certainly very much to the fore, as it is such an integral part of sustainable poultry...
Assessing the threat of AI It may have been a quiet winter for avian influenza last year, but that doesn’t mean the threat is gone. Poultry...
Shake up of global trade is the main future challenge The main challenges the poultry industry faces in the short and long term future are becoming more and more...
Bird flu season fast approaching An outbreak of avian influenza on a Russian poultry farm has left producers across Europe looking nervously...
The 6th edition of Poultry World 2018 is now online In the 6th edition of Poultry World 2018 we focus on new bird flu research being done in Canada.
Thinking outside the bird Canadian researchers tested a new approach in Avian Influenza surveillance by going beyond wild bird sampling...
Russia faces trade sanctions as it battles bird flu Russia faces poultry trade sanctions as it battles an outbreak of bird flu that has affected four regions and a...
The growing case for new AI control methods Vaccination against avian influenza and changing consumer habits were just two topics that featured at the...
Egg crisis almost sparked a revolution in Iran Iran has lost 21 million birds due to outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) since the...
The "humble egg" is making waves Poultry World talks to Ben Dellaert and Tim Lambert. As Dellaert is looking back on his two year stint as...
Russia: Veterinary control system under scrutiny Russia’s veterinary watchdog Rosselhoznadzor reported that some AI infected turkey meat has hit the retail...
Overcoming hurdles for AI vaccination The poultry industry must take into serious consideration that avian influenza outbreaks may become the new...
Layers protected by lasers Small scale, with an eye for tradition and with a holistic view on nature and farm life – surely this doesn’t...
Rising oversupply and AI worry Russian poultry industry By the end of 2016 the poultry industry in Russia was rocked with several huge outbreaks of avian influenza...
"It leaves you powerless. This has an enormous impact" In 2016 poultry farm Waddenei was struck twice by avian influenza, low pathogenic at first, followed by a high...
Vaccine atomisation promising for influenza immunisation A few more research steps to go and then mass vaccination of poultry against bird flu will be a viable option....