Risk factors for Salmonella on egg production farms in Japan
15 May 2012 - A recent publication has examined the epidemiology of Salmonella prevalence on egg-producing farms in Japan. This article provides statistics including odds ratios associated with a number of management and housing variables. Read more >>
Bird flu confirmed in Yunlin, Taiwan
11 May 2012 - As the number of chickens culled in Taiwan rises to 4,000 birds, the country's agriculture authorities have confirmed H5N2 avian influenza as the cause.
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South Africa brings a year of ostrich culling to a close
11 May 2012 - With the culling of 360 ostriches in the Oudtshoorn area, the Western Cape agriculture department has brought its culling programme to a close.
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Mysterious and large-scale chicken deaths haunt Taiwanese farm
10 May 2012 - A Taiwanese chicken farm is going through a mysterious die-off, with 3,250 chickens dead in the last three days.
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Research: Synbiotic to control campylobacter in poultry
09 May 2012 - Italian research investigated the use of a Bifidobacterium-based synbiotic product to reduce the transmission of C. jejuni along the poultry food chain. Read more >>
Hong Kong suspends poultry imports from Liaoning province
27 Apr 2012 - Hong Kong has suspended imports of poultry products from Liaoning province on the mainland, Reuters has reported.
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Newcastle Disease kills 44m broilers in Pakistan
27 Apr 2012 - Newcastle Disease is estimated to have killed over 44 million broilers in the last five months, according to speakers at a meeting held at the University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences (UVAS) in Lahore, Pakistan. Read more >>
Taiwanese poultry workers test positive for AI
24 Apr 2012 - Three poultry farm workers in Taiwan have tested positive for the H5N2 avian influenza strain despite not displaying flu symptoms, the country’s disease control authorities have announced. Read more >>
Philippines bans Taiwanese poultry imports
20 Apr 2012 - The Philippines has suspended imports of Taiwanese poultry and related products following reports of the presence of avian influenza at chicken farms in Taiwan. Read more >>
Study: Lameness in broilers substantially reduced by probiotics
18 Apr 2012 - Year in and year out, lameness is one of the leading causes of mortality in broilers, making the condition a significant economic concern for the poultry industry. But because the incidence rate of lameness is low in research flocks, the phenomenon has been difficult to study, which has hampered efforts to develop measures that may help producers. Read more >>
Ceva developed Vectormune HVT AIV vaccine gets USDA approval
11 Apr 2012 - Ceva announced the successful development and subsequent USDA approval of Vectormune HVT AIV, a recombinant vaccine against Avian Influenza (AI), at the 8th International Symposium on AI.
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The state of H5N1 tracking, surveillance and modelling
02 Apr 2012 - Four experts have expressed their recommendations on how to improve H5N1 avian influenza monitoring in the field, Nature reports.
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Newcastle disease found in turtle doves in Italy
26 Mar 2012 - In the Arezzo countryside, Newcastle disease has laid low hundreds of turtledoves, and there are fears that it could be spreading. Read more >>
Singapore tests avian flu culler prophylactics
23 Mar 2012 - Singapore has successfully tested two new procedures in a mock cull designed to help protect chicken cullers from contracting bird flu.
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Taiwan's HPAI epidemic ongoing
21 Mar 2012 - Dr Kwo-Ching Huang, of the Bureau of Animal Health Inspection and Quarantine Council of agriculture Taipei reports that 8221 layers have been destroyed in an on-going bird flu epidemic in the Chu-Tang Township, Chung-Hua, Taiwan, the OIE reports.
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Myanmar reports outbreak of H5N1 among layers
02 Mar 2012 - The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 has broken out at two farms in the Chaung U Township, Sagaing, Myanmar. Read more >>
Central American Congress on its way
23 Feb 2012 - Preparations are underway for the XXII Central American and Caribbean Poultry Congress, which will be held in Panama from May 23 to May 25. Read more >>
UK researchers aim to breed Campylobacter-resistant chickens
17 Feb 2012 - Eliminating the most common cause of food poisoning from the food chain is the aim of new Roslin Institute research funded by the BBSRC and poultry breeding company Aviagen. Read more >>
People: MSD Animal Health recruits coccidiosis specialist
08 Feb 2012 - Andy Payne has been appointed by MSD Animal Health to manage the successful introduction of Paracox 5 coccidiosis vaccination programmes with UK and Ireland broiler producers. Read more >>
H5 LPAI bird flu discovered in Melbourne
30 Jan 2012 - The low pathogenic avian influenza was uncovered, during a routine check on the 25th of January, of a duck grower farm in the Melbourne area of Victoria. Read more >>
