Disease control challenges of non-notifiable LPAI Excellent communication and teamwork between the government, industry and private vets minimise the potentially...
Compulsory poultry housing measures to end in parts of UK Chief Veterinary Officers (CVOs) from across the UK have announced that compulsory poultry housing measures are...
Biosecurity: An Inconvenient Necessity Measures taken to protect staff health because of Covid-19 should continue after the current pandemic ends.
Organisations support poultry sector in the face of Covid-19 Global poultry and egg organisations are attempting to support their sectors in the face of rapidly changing...
Bird flu found in western part of Germany On a backyard farm in the western part of Germany, the Baden-Wurttemberg province, high pathogenic H5N8 bird flu...
5 year outlook for broiler diseases Poor floor quality and a failure to stop visitors from entering poultry units are 2 areas where broiler farmers...
Biosecurity and risk factors for production diseases in... Poor floor quality and a failure to stop visitors from entering poultry units are two areas where broiler...
Staff and visitors letting down biosecurity on EU broiler... Better education of broiler farmers and their staff would help improve overall biosecurity on broiler farms in...
Aviagen wins US compartmentalisation certification for AI Aviagen has become the first US poultry primary breeder company to be certified as an Avian Influenza Clean...
IEC: Practical Biosecurity Checklist Egg businesses are being given a helping hand to develop and improve their biosecurity levels thanks to a new...
AI this autumn a real threat, says APHA European poultry farmers will have to be on their guard against a range of different strains of bird flu over...
US: Vaccines and biosecurity to replace antibiotics Increased use of vaccines and better sanitation and biosecurity are the 2 most common changes US pig, cattle and...
Farmers should do their utmost to ensure good hygiene According to virologist Ron Fouchier, biosecurity is the most important tool the poultry sector can use to keep...
Cobb granted ‘compartment’ status in UK The UK farm and hatchery facilities exporting Cobb broiler breeding stock globally have been granted ‘GB...
Novus steps up biosecurity following AI outbreak Animal nutrition company Novus International has responded to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreaks...
New Cobb production complex in opens in China The new Cobb-Vantress production complex at Suizhou in Hubei province, west of Shanghai, developed to supply the...
Challenges of the poultry industry In spite of substantial qualitative and quantitative advancements in different sectors of the poultry industry,...
Biosecurity; what do we know? Biosecurity is a word frequently used in the poultry industry worldwide but it seems that it is one of those...
Biosecurity breaches a major factor in disease outbreaks In intensive livestock farming, a good biosecurity protocol is essential as potentially harmful diseases can...
Pulsed UV light to decontaminate eggs Pulsed ultraviolet (UV) light can be an effective means of killing pathogens found on eggshells.
Reducing antibiotics: 4-phase farm management blueprint Reducing antimicrobials from poultry production requires good farm management. Simply defined, farm management...
Why cooperative Lar wants to stay ‘clean’ Brazil’s animal protein industry comprises various large cooperatives. One of the best known is Lar,...
Sharing poultry production best practices in Bangladesh Voluntary organisation PUM Netherlands senior experts (PUM) in The Hague operates in about 30 developing...
Poultry disease prevention by design Disease prevention is certainly very much to the fore, as it is such an integral part of sustainable poultry...
Immediate ‘beep’ if farm biosecurity is ignored A new preliminary study in Canada examines how technology used in hospitals can boost protocol compliance rates...
How to get the most from a poultry flock health plan Flock health plans have evolved from assurance scheme checklists to the foundations of an active partnership...
Transition to antibiotic free production Recent years have seen an explosion in the availability of “free-from” foods for consumers increasingly...
One age, one site Strict biosecurity protocols are essential to keep disease pressure on the farm under control. That said, with...
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...
US to encounter avian influenza again? The US experienced the most severe animal disease emergency ever in 2015 when H5N2 highly pathogenic avian...
Biosecurity on the edge of Berlin Close to one billion eggs. That`s the annual production of SVB, a gigantic layer site just 30 kilometres...
Keeping the Avian Influenza virus out During the most recent Avian Influenza summit, a part of the International Egg Commissions leadership conference...
Lessons learned from the recent US HPAI epornitic The last confirmed case of H5N2 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was diagnosed in Iowa in a commercial...
AI causes headaches around the world While it is not unusual for the avian influenza virus to circulate, particularly among wild birds, the recent...