Japanese authorities battle bird flu outbreak Japanese authorities have culled 92,000 chickens following the discovery of the highly pathogen H5 avian...
European birds heading back outside European countries are beginning to allow birds outdoors as the threat from avian influenza continues to recede.
The survivability of avian influenza examined Research is taking place to gauge the survivability of the avian influenza (AI) virus as part of a poultry...
Self-sufficiency level in UK poultry drops Despite a further increase in production, last year the United Kingdom was only 73% self-sufficient for poultry...
Spike in antibiotic use on UK poultry farms The use of an antibiotic considered ‘critically important’ for human health spiked on UK poultry farms in 2014,...
Over 4% drop in UK egg prices The average UK farm-gate egg price through the second quarter of 2015 was 81.7 pence per dozen, which is a...
UK: BVA questions new poultry slaughter regulations The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has raised an urgent question with government body Defra over new...
UK consumers seek out free-range eggs More than half of the British public always buy free-range eggs and a further quarter regularly purchase them,...
AI outbreak costing UK poultry industry dearly Lost export markets are costing the UK poultry sector dear following the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian...
'Risk of AI reaching UK from US is negligible' The risk of high pathogenic avian influenza reaching the UK from the US is “negligible”, according to the...
RSPCA under fire for attacking duck-rearing standards The RSPCA has recommended consumers cease buying British duck because it feels the standard of production in the...
Specialist poultry farm incomes in UK to drop The average Farm Business Income (FBI) for specialist poultry farms in the UK for 2014/15 is set to fall,...
LPAI confirmed on UK poultry farm UK government body, Defra, has confirmed that low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) has been detected on a...
UK: Defra offers biosecurity advice following AI case Wild birds are one possible source of the H5N8 avian flu outbreak in East Yorkshire. That is why Defra is now...
British egg producers feel the strain in bird flu zone British egg producers located in the avian influenza restriction zones in East Yorkshire say they are facing a...
HPAI also found on British duck farm The British authorities have confirmed a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a duck farm near...
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...