Meat Products: Competition from Low Cost Countries
By Peter van Home and Robert Hoste for the FAO. The EU is a leading exporter of meat: net exporter for pork and poultry and net importer for beef.

USDA Poultry and Products Annual Reports 2007 - 2008 Summary
Latest USDA FAS report from Chile plus previously published reports from many other countries.

Elevated Risk of Carrying Gentamicin-Resistant Escherichia coli among U.S. Poultry Workers
By Lance B. Price, Jay P. Graham, Leila G. Lackey, Amira Roess, Rocio Vailes, and Ellen Silbergeld researchers at The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Antimicrobial use in food-animal production is...

UK Poultry Disease Quarterly Surveillance Report (to September 2007)
By Veterinary Laboratories Agency. The report monitors trends in the major endemic poultry diseases in the UK to September 2007.

Fertilizing With Poultry Litter
By Joni Ross, Agronomy Specialist, University of Missouri Extension. With the cost of commercial fertilizer increasing, more farmers are starting to look for a less expensive source of nutrients.

UK Poultry and Poultrymeat Statistics - January 2008
By Defra - This monthly publication combines information from the UK Hatcheries Survey and Poultry Slaughterhouse Survey results together with other Defra statistics, and trade data, pulling all ‘official’ poultry statistics in one publication. ...

US Poultry Outlook Report - December 2007
By U.S.D.A., Economic Research Service - This article is an extract from the December 2007: Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook Report, highlighting Global Poultry Industry data.

Use of sentinel chickens to evaluate the effectiveness of cleaning and disinfection procedures in noncommercial poultry operations infected with exotic Newcastle disease virus
By Brian J. McCluskey,¹ Brandy Burgess, James Glover, Hailu Kinde, Sharon Hietala. The use of sentinel chickens in establishing the negative status of commercial poultry flocks depopulated due to exotic Newcastle disease (END) is considered...

RainMaker – Simple and Effective Cooling System
By Big Dutchman. RainMaker is a pad cooling system developed by Big Dutchman for poultry houses particularly in areas that have hot, dry summers.

Yeast Beta Glucans and Broiler Chicken Growth
From the Atlantic Poultry Research Institute by B. Rathgeber, Agricultural and Agri-Food Canada, Kentville, NS, K. Budgell, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, NS, J. MacIsaac, Atlantic Poultry Research Institute, Truro, NS M.Mirza, Institute...

Antibiotic Feed Additives: Politics And Science
By Chris Harris, ThePoultrySite Senior Editor. The debate regarding the use of antibiotic feed additives in food-producing animals has intensified in recent years according to Hector Cervantes Manager of Poultry Technical Services at Phibro Animal He...

H5N1 in Wild and Domestic Birds in Europe
By H Needham on behalf of the Influenza Project Team*, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Eurosurveillance. Since the emergence of A/H5N1 in the winter of 2005-2006 at the border of the European Union (EU), including human cases in Turkey,...

External Parasites of Poultry
By P. E. Kaufman, P. G. Koehler and J. F. Butler - University of Florida, IFAS Extension. Arthropods are important pests of poultry in Florida, especially where proper management practices are not implemented.

Prospects for Poultry Markets in the EU - 2007 - 2014
This feature is taken from the Avec Annual Report for 2007. A link to the full report is also provided. The medium-term perspectives for animal products are relatively positive for poultry, pig meat and the dairy markets, while beef meat production...

High Capacity Manure Drying Tunnel
By Chris Harris, senior editor of ThePoultrySite. A new manure belt-drying tunnel to dry fresh or pre-dried manure from cage or aviary laying systems has been developed by Big Dutchman.