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.

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.

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...

Gut Health: Is Anything More Important in Turkey Production?
By Jim Plyler (Consultant, Turkey Health & Specialties LLC.) and Susan Watkins (Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas) and published in Avian Advice Spring 2008 from the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service. A review...

Lessons Learned from an AI Outbreak
The full impact of the 2007 outbreak of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), at a farm belonging to the country's leading turkey company, has been published in a report by Jeremy Hall of Bernard Matthews, reports Jackie Linden, ThePoultrySi...

Regulations Coming to Control Salmonella in Turkeys
Directives and regulations from the EU have been driving to control zoonotic infections in livestock and in particular poultry as part of the improved food hygiene legislation, writes ThePoultrySite Senior Editor, Chris Harris.

A Fibre-Optic Probe for Muscle Composition in Poultry
This report describes the development of a probe used to predict meat quality in turkeys. Published as Tech Info 16 from the Canadain Poultry Industry Council.

Spiking Mortality Syndrome Of Turkeys
Dr John Schleifer of Hoechst Roussel Vet wrote this article for the Alberta Government's Agriculture and Rural Development department in 1996.

Nipple Drinkers for Brooding Turkeys
By Jesse L. Grimes, Department of Poultry Science, NC State University; Summer Russell, Prestage Farms, Inc and published in the North Carolina Poultry Industry Joint Area Newsletter - Fall 2007. The use of nipple drinkers for rearing broilers has become...

Coccidiosis Management for Natural and Organic Poultry
By Anne Fanatico, NCAT Agriculture Specialist. - Both small and large poultry producers are interested in the sustainable management of the parasitic disease coccidiosis.

Small Flock Biosecurity
By Carlyle Bennett, Terry Whiting and Glen Duizer Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives. With the current concerns about diseases such as avian influenza, owners of small flocks can take simple precautions to help prevent an outbreak of disease...

Cellulitis/Dermatitis in Turkeys
By Donna Carver, Associate Professor of Poultry Science and Extension Veterinarian, North Carolina State University - Condemnations of turkeys due to cellulitis or dermatitis are on the rise according to some turkey producers in North Carolina.

Biosecurity Basics for Poultry Growers
By Dan L. Cunningham and Brian D. Fairchild, Department of Poultry Science, The University of Georgia - Biosecurity refers to procedures used to prevent the introduction and spread of disease-causing organisms in poultry flocks.