Salmonella Contamination of Poultry Meat in Processing
Studies into testing poultry meat for Salmonella have called for a harmonisation of the procedures across Europe, writes ThePoultrySite senior editor, Chris Harris.

UK Poultry Disease Quarterly Surveillance Report: October - December 2009
Highlights of the latest quarterly report from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) include a further case of QX-like strain of infectious bronchitis virus as well as lead poisoning seen in ducks and chickens and ionophore toxicity was confirmed in...

Beak-Trimming Discussed at WPSA Welfare Meeting
The need to carry out beak-trimming of Muscovy ducks was investigated and reported by a French group at the European Symposium on Poultry Welfare in Italy last year, and two posters were presented relating to beak-trimming pullets destined for the laying...

Asia Dominates World Waterfowl Production
Some 83 per cent of world duck meat is produced in Asia and more than 99 per cent of goose meat, with China dominating the league table in the output of both products, writes Terry Evans for ThePoultrySite.

Goose Parvovirus
An overview of this disease from the UK Veterinary Laboratories Agency.

Mixed Fortunes of the French Industry on Show
A report from SPACE 2009 on the highs and lows of France's livestock sectors by Stuart Lumb for ThePoultrySite.

UK Poultry Disease Quarterly Surveillance Report: April - June 2009
Highlights of the latest quarterly report from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) include duck virus enteritis, Salmonella pullorum responsible for high mortality in chicks in a small backyard flock and a further outbreak of QX strain of...

Hatching Quality Chicks
Dr Tom Smith, Jr., extension poultry science specialist from Mississippi State University, introduces the inexperienced hatchery person to the various types of incubators and their operation for the hatching of chicken, turkey, waterfowl, game bird and...

A Small-Scale Agriculture Alternative: Poultry
Phillip J. Clauer, Poultry Extension Specialist with Virginia Cooperative Extension, offers practical advice for those taking up poultry-keeping on a small scale, be it chickens for eggs or meat, or waterfowl.

Welfare of Farmed Animals at Slaughter or Killing
The second report by the UK's Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC) on Welfare of Farmed Animals at Slaughter or Killing deals specifically with animals for white meat, namely meat chickens (broilers), laying hens, turkeys, ducks, geese, gamebirds...

Brooding and Rearing Baby Chicks [Oregon SU; for archive]
Dr James Hermes of Oregon State University Extension Service gives a practical guide to brooding and rearing all types of poultry chicks to small-scale producers and hobby farmers in this Pacific Northwest Extension Publication from 1996.

Selecting Breeds For Small Flocks
From the Cooperative Extension Service at West Virginia University's Center for Extension and Continuing Education. Advice on choosing the best breed for small flocks of chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys (publication date unknown).

Showers, Troughs as Good as Ponds for Duck Welfare
Duck welfare is related to the nature and extent of their access to water, according to a paper published by University of Oxford researchers, Tracey Jones, Corri Waitt and Professor Marian Dawkins. Growth was not affected by treatment but the eyes, nostrils...

UK Poultry Disease Quarterly Surveillance Report - October - December 2008
Highlights of the latest quarterly report from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) include vitamin B2 deficiency in young broilers, respiratory diseases in turkeys, pneumonia of unknown aetiology in ducklings and a suspected case of goose parvovirus...

Soil Association Publishes Organic Market Report
The Soil Association has just published its Organic Market Report 2009. The highlights for the poultry industry have been selected by Jackie Linden, editor of ThePoultrySite. Last year, sales of organic food in the UK increased by 1.7 per cent...