Factors Affecting Poultry Meat Quality
Julie K. Northcutt of The University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service discussed some of the factors affecing appearance, texture and flavour in the University's Bulletin 1157 published in June 1997.

US Poultry Outlook Report - December 2008
By the USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) - This article is an extract from the December 2008: Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook Report. After strong exports for most of 2008, a weaker 4^th quarter is expected.

Spirochaetosis (Brachyspira)
Crowshall Veterinary Services offers advice on the diagnosis and control of a disease that is becoming common on free-range poultry farms.

UK Poultry Disease Quarterly Surveillance Report - July- September 2008
Highlights of the latest quarterly report from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) include fungal infections in young game birds, acute respiratory disease of unknown aetiology in ducks, acute and atypical ILT outbreaks in smaller flocks and the...

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates - December 2008
Overall meat production forecasts in the US have been lowered compared to last month, according to the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) from the United States Department of Agriculture.

Peoples Republic of China Poultry and Products Annual Report 2008
China's broiler production in 2009 is forecast to increase eight per cent to 13.7 million tonnes, according to the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). Broiler imports in 2009 are forecast to be at the same level as 2008. Broiler exports are forecast...

Georgia Research Focuses on Feet
Dermatitis in humans can make skin itch and burn. When it hits chickens, it drastically reduces farmers' profits and cuts the supply of an Asian delicacy – chicken feet. Footpad dermatitis also leads to an estimated loss of about $100 million for the...

UK Poultry and Poultrymeat Statistics - November 2008
By Defra. This monthly publication combines the UK Hatcheries Survey and Poultry Slaughterhouse Survey results together with other Defra statistics, and trade data.

UK Poultry and Poultrymeat Statistics - September 2008
By Defra. This monthly publication provides the latest national statistics produced by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) on the activity of UK hatcheries and poultry slaughterhouses and other related poultry statistics...

Runting/Stunting/Cystic Enteritis Syndrome
By John A. Smith, DVM, MS, MAM, ACVIM, ACPV, Director of Health Services of Fieldale Farms Corp. and presented at the North Carolina Broiler Supervisor's Short Course Conference. This article provides an update on the clinical features, temporal and geographic...

Weighing Broiler Breeder Females Post-Feeding
By R. Keith Bramwell, Jon R. Moyle, Doug E. Yoho and Bob S. Harper, University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture. Published in Avian Advice, Spring 2008, Volume 10, No. 1. The conclusions have important implications for both the timing of...

Runting-Stunting Syndrome in Broilers
By F. Dustan Clark and Frank T. Jones, University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture and published in Avian Advice, Spring 2008.

UK Poultry and Poultrymeat Statistics - July 2008
By Defra. This monthly publication combines the UK Hatcheries Survey and Poultry Slaughterhouse Survey results together with other Defra statistics, and trade data.

Scandinavians Focus on Food Safety and Welfare
Representatives of the Danish and Swedish poultry industries highlighted food safety in their presentations at World Poultry 2008 conference organised last month in London by Agra Informa, writes ThePoultrySite editor, Jackie Linden.

FAO Reports on Global Avian Influenza Situation
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has published its latest 'HPAI Situation Update'. Outbreaks in commercial poultry were reported in Egypt and Bangladesh (one outbreak each), Republic of Korea (22) and Vietnam (6).