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Industry growth in Uganda

28 Sep 2006 - Uganda's domestic chicken industry is experiencing strong expansion, particularly in the production of day-old chicks, meat and eggs. Read more >>

Indonesia seizes 167 poultry feed

27 Sep 2006 - Java's Tanjung Priok Port Authority seized 167 containers of poultry feed over concerns of contamination from sick cows. Read more >>

Poultry plant closure marks the end of an era

27 Sep 2006 - The €20 million a year poultry industry in Limerick, Ireland, could be wiped out completely with the impending closure of a local processing plant, which will result in the loss of more than 300 jobs. Read more >>

UK exercise to test financial impact of AI

27 Sep 2006 - The UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) has devised a test to examine how the nation's financial institutions would hold up in the case of an avian flu pandemic. Read more >>

US survey: 70% of respondents believe AI outbreak likely

27 Sep 2006 - A recent US survey shows that 70 percent of respondents believe an outbreak of bird flu is likely in North American, while only 25 percent of respondents are aware of a bird flu pandemic plan being in place at their workplace. Read more >>

Embargo does not stop US poultry exports to Cuba

27 Sep 2006 - In spite of an embargo that has been in place for almost 50 years, companies from 37 US states are exporting food to Cuba - including $57 million worth of poultry. Read more >>

Thailand reports 25th bird flu case

27 Sep 2006 - Thailand has reported its 25th death from the H5N1 avian influenza virus - the 17th bird flu death in Thailand and the country's third case this year. Read more >>

Step forward in air consent agreement

26 Sep 2006 - 204 egg-laying operations and 40 broiler operations have so far signed up for the US federal Air Consent Agreement, a voluntary programme to allow the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to gather air emissions data from agricultural animal feeding operations. Read more >>

H9N2 vaccine shows potential

26 Sep 2006 - A clinical trial of an avian influenza vaccine that uses inactivated H9N2 plus an adjuvant has shown positive results at low dosages. Read more >>

USDA to provide indemnity for AI eradication

26 Sep 2006 - The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced an interim rule that expands the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), a voluntary cooperative federal, state and industry programme designed to prevent the spread of poultry diseases in commercial poultry operations.   Read more >>

Two more Indonesian children die from AI

26 Sep 2006 - The Ministry of Health in Indonesia has confirmed two additional fatal cases of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. Read more >>

RSPCA campaign: be choosy for chicken

26 Sep 2006 - The RSPCA in the UK has launched a campaign encouraging consumers to be choosy for chicken, citing a recent research report about poor welfare conditions in intensive chicken farming. Read more >>

Eggs or phones: logo confusion in Russia

25 Sep 2006 - Inskaya poultry farm recently began labelling its eggs with a logo almost identical to one launched by Russia's largest mobile phone operator in May, prompting rumours of a publicity stunt. Read more >>

Vitarich rehab plan underway, buyers keen

25 Sep 2006 - Poultry and feed firm Vitarich Corporation last week filed a petition for corporate rehabilitation. The Bulacan Regional Trial Court approved the company's petition by issuing a stay order in the enforcement of all claims by creditors. Read more >>

More poultry farmers choosing needle-free vaccination

25 Sep 2006 - Poultry producers are increasingly moving towards needle-free injecting technology, according to company Medical International (MIT), which has experienced increased sales and trials of its low-pressure injecting products. Read more >>

World Bank AI grant for West Bank and Gaza

25 Sep 2006 - The World Bank has approved a US$13 million grant to minimise threats posed to humans by avian influenza in domestic poultry in the West Bank and Gaza. Read more >>

Pennsylvania, Maryland clear, Montana birds need more tests

25 Sep 2006 - Following recent confirmation that the bird flu virus strains found in Maryland and Pennsylvania are low pathogenic, the US Departments of Agriculture and Interior have announced that H5 and N1 avian influenza subtypes have now been detected in samples from wild ducks in Montana. Read more >>

Hurricane affects Mexican poultry production

22 Sep 2006 - Bachoco, Mexico's leading producer and processor of poultry products, announced today that Hurricane Lane, which hit the southern part of the state of Sinaloa on September 16th, affected some of the chicken growing farms the Company owns in that region. Read more >>

Listeria controlling technology validated

22 Sep 2006 - BOC technology aimed at making food safer for consumers by controlling Listeria  has been validated by Kansas State University and accepted by the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety Inspection Service. Read more >>

US spends $1 million for AI testing in Pacific

22 Sep 2006 - The United States has allocated one million US dollars to conduct the first avian flu tests among migratory birds in the Pacific. Read more >>
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