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Controlling Campylobacter in Broiler Flocks
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the UK has been developing an action plan against Campylobacter food poisoning sine 2003, writes ThePoultrySite senior editor, Chris Harris.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the UK has been developing an action plan against Campylobacter food poisoning sine 2003, writes ThePoultrySite senior editor, Chris Harris.
Milk & Meat in Our Diet: Good or Bad for Health & Wealth?
Professor Ian Givens of the University of Reading outlined the evidence concerning the health benefits (and otherwise) of animal products in the human diet in the 21st century at this year's meeting of the British Society of Animal Science. Jackie Linden...
Professor Ian Givens of the University of Reading outlined the evidence concerning the health benefits (and otherwise) of animal products in the human diet in the 21st century at this year's meeting of the British Society of Animal Science. Jackie Linden...
Animal Antibiotics, Resistance and Human Health
Antibiotics are a vital component to rearing healthy livestock, but many researchers argue that mismanaged use is having a detrimental effect on the industry, writes Adam Anson for ThePoultrySite.
Antibiotics are a vital component to rearing healthy livestock, but many researchers argue that mismanaged use is having a detrimental effect on the industry, writes Adam Anson for ThePoultrySite.
Finding Ways to Fight Campylobacter
Good farming and hygienic practices, testing and removing positive birds in production as well as vaccination have all succeeded in helping to reduce the incidence of Salmonella in chickens, writes ThePoultrySite senior editor, Chris Harris.
Good farming and hygienic practices, testing and removing positive birds in production as well as vaccination have all succeeded in helping to reduce the incidence of Salmonella in chickens, writes ThePoultrySite senior editor, Chris Harris.
Getting to Grips with Campylobacter
New measures are to be set out by the European Commission and individual EU countries to clamp down on incidence of campylobacter food poisoning across the Continent, writes ThePoultrySite senior editor Chris Harris.
New measures are to be set out by the European Commission and individual EU countries to clamp down on incidence of campylobacter food poisoning across the Continent, writes ThePoultrySite senior editor Chris Harris.
New Methods for Ensuring Food Safety
Agricultural Research Service researchers have developed technology to protect pasteurised liquid eggs from food safety threats, including Salmonella enteritidis.
Agricultural Research Service researchers have developed technology to protect pasteurised liquid eggs from food safety threats, including Salmonella enteritidis.
New Study Overturns Orthodoxy on How Macrophages Kill Bacteria
Immune cells in animals kill bacteria and other pathogens by secreting poisons known as reactive oxygen species, according to new research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Professor Slauch and his colleagues made this discovery while studying...
Immune cells in animals kill bacteria and other pathogens by secreting poisons known as reactive oxygen species, according to new research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Professor Slauch and his colleagues made this discovery while studying...
Campylobacter Studied through the Turkey Production Chain
Although the number of Campylobacter found on the turkey farms were low, this food-borne pathogen was found quite widely on Finnish turkey farms and the slaughterhouse, according to researchers led by Dr Perko-Makela. The highlights of their recently...
Although the number of Campylobacter found on the turkey farms were low, this food-borne pathogen was found quite widely on Finnish turkey farms and the slaughterhouse, according to researchers led by Dr Perko-Makela. The highlights of their recently...
Tracking Salmonella's Evolution From Innocuous to Virulent
Studies by the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) into how Salmonella enteritidis evolves and infects hens will help to reduce levels of infection.
Studies by the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) into how Salmonella enteritidis evolves and infects hens will help to reduce levels of infection.
Salmonella Intervention Strategies and Testing Methods
Dr Scott M. Russell, extension poultry scientist with the University of Georgia, describes and explains the implications of the different Salmonella intervention strategies and testing methods used in the US and EU in the March 2009 issue of the...
Dr Scott M. Russell, extension poultry scientist with the University of Georgia, describes and explains the implications of the different Salmonella intervention strategies and testing methods used in the US and EU in the March 2009 issue of the...
Arcobacter: Genome of Foodborne Pathogen Exposed
Mapping of the genome of Arcobacter butzleri by scientists at the USDA Agricultural Research Service is a first step in control of this food-borne pathogen. Previously thought to be a member of the Campylobacter family, it has been found in farm...
Mapping of the genome of Arcobacter butzleri by scientists at the USDA Agricultural Research Service is a first step in control of this food-borne pathogen. Previously thought to be a member of the Campylobacter family, it has been found in farm...
Chlorine: Still the Most Popular Sanitizer in the Poultry Industry
Dr Scott M. Russell, extension poultry scientist at the University of Georgia, describes the use of chlorine gas, sodium hypochlorite and potassium hypochlorite as sanitisers in poultry meat processing in the University's Poultry Tips in November...
Dr Scott M. Russell, extension poultry scientist at the University of Georgia, describes the use of chlorine gas, sodium hypochlorite and potassium hypochlorite as sanitisers in poultry meat processing in the University's Poultry Tips in November...
Bird Flu is Top Disease Concern in Asia
Interviews with some of the leading exhibitors in the special show sector, Eggs!, at VIV Asia in Bangkok in March revealed that avian influenza remains top of the list of disease concerns in Asia, reports Jackie Linden, editor of ThePoultrySite.
Interviews with some of the leading exhibitors in the special show sector, Eggs!, at VIV Asia in Bangkok in March revealed that avian influenza remains top of the list of disease concerns in Asia, reports Jackie Linden, editor of ThePoultrySite.
Biosecurity for the Poultry Industry
"It really does not matter how comprehensive your biosecurity measures are on paper but rather whether the programme is implemented correctly in farms," write Gary Butcher and Mojtaba Yegani for the Florida Cooperative Extension Service. They explain...
"It really does not matter how comprehensive your biosecurity measures are on paper but rather whether the programme is implemented correctly in farms," write Gary Butcher and Mojtaba Yegani for the Florida Cooperative Extension Service. They explain...
European Turkey Industry in Difficulties, Says AVEC
The 2008 Annual Report from AVEC, the Association of Poultry Processors and Poultry Trade in the EU Countries, includes an overview of the turkey industry. Welfare and the reduction in Salmonella contamination are seen as particularly difficult issues...
The 2008 Annual Report from AVEC, the Association of Poultry Processors and Poultry Trade in the EU Countries, includes an overview of the turkey industry. Welfare and the reduction in Salmonella contamination are seen as particularly difficult issues...
