Costs of US avian flu outbreak in 2014/5 Trade losses from the devastating high pathogenic avian influenza outbreak in 2014/5 totalled £1.3bn and more...
Bulgaria and Italy battle bird flu Four outbreaks of bird flu have been reported across Bulgaria, according to the country’s Food Safety Agency.
South Africa struggles to bring AI outbreak under control Avian influenza is continuing to spread across South Africa where 300,000 birds have been culled in the past 2...
Ventilation shutdown: A humane depopulation method US poultry sector publishes research on ventilation shut down as a humane depopulation method
High path AI may not persist in wild birds Evidence released this week suggests that highly pathogenic flu viruses, similar to the H5 avian influenza virus...
OIE launches avian influenza web portal Gaining a better understanding of avian influenza, providing easy access to the OIE’s recommendations on how to...
Record bird cull ordered in South Korea The biggest-ever cull of chickens and other poultry has been ordered in South Korea, with millions of birds...
Commercial poultry embryo sexing a step closer A commercially viable test to determine embryo chick sexing will be available by early next year, German...
US turkey slaughter techniques condemned Animal welfare groups have heavily criticised the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for using ventilation...
US plan to suffocate poultry in AI outbreaks condemned Animal rights campaigners in the US have condemned a move by the authorities in Washington to allow ventilation...
New case of AI H7N7 in England A new case of high-pathogen H7N7 avian influenza has been found on a poultry farm in Preston in the northwest of...
New technique established for sexing chick embryos Male chicks are usually discarded, however a breakthrough method has been found that could spare male baby...
New case of mild AI in Holland A new case of AI has been discovered on a poultry firm in Barneveld, a major centre for the eggs and poultry in...
New housing regulations to curb AI in Taiwan From September it will be mandatory for poultry in Taiwan to be raised in enclosed spaces, the country’s Council...
LPAI confirmed on UK poultry farm UK government body, Defra, has confirmed that low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) has been detected on a...
Taiwan struggling to contain multi-strain AI outbreaks Taiwan has reported more than 100 avian flu outbreaks of three different subtypes, affecting hundreds of...
The growing case for new AI control methods Vaccination against avian influenza and changing consumer habits were just two topics that featured at the...
Strengthening broiler legs through nutrition and management Tremendous progress has been made by geneticists over the last 50 years in increasing the growth rate of broiler...
"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...
Incredible technological advance Sometimes one runs into things that are really mind blowing. One example of that is technology that can...
German parliament rejects male chick cull ban The German parliament has voted down the proposed ban on culling male chicks, instead opting to stick with the...
145,000 birds culled after AI outbreak in India 145,000 birds have been culled by order of the Telangana (India) government, after an outbreak of H5N1 Avian...
Keeping the hatchery clean and disinfected A hatchery is the very earliest stage in chickens’ lives. Each type of contamination in this environment is a...
Breeder management: Do not forget the males Trace minerals play an important role in broiler breeder nutrition. These essential nutrients improve breeder...
Containing AI with fingers crossed The poultry business is a professional global industry. Nothing new, we all know that. Everyone involved does...
Spiking reduces fertility drop in older poultry flocks Aging hens physiologically need to be mated more often to sustain the same level of fertility as a flock of 35...
Responsible disposal of hatchery waste Apart from lively and vigorous chicks, a commercial hatchery also produces a considerable volume of waste....
Properly managing mortality Dead birds dying or destroyed on the farm can become an important source of diseases by serving as a direct...
Wohlfahrt eggs: Three generations of success Consistency in applying the fundamentals of best business practice has kept Wohlfahrt Poultry Farm in business...
Precisely managing the broiler flock Poultry growers take great care and devote much attention when brooding young chicks. However the most...
Nutritional interventions can prevent pododermititis Pododermititis or foot pad lesions is one of the main indicators of welfare status in broilers. Wet litter due...
Nutritional interventions can prevent pododermititis Pododermititis or foot pad lesions is one of the main indicators of welfare status in broilers. Wet litter due...