Goose Newcomers Award Goes to Peak District
UK - Newcomer to farming in one of the country's most scenic locations, Lizzie Murphy, is the 2009 winner of the John Adlard Memorial Award for new entrants to goose production.

RTC Weight Down Four Per Cent from Last Year
US - The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reports a four per cent drop in poultry ready-to-cook (RTC) weights in their monthly Poultry Slaughter report for September 2009.

Farmer Campaigns for the Return of Christmas Goose
UK - An Oxfordshire goose farmer is spearheading the Chrismas comeback of a very traditional meal.

UK's Top Duck Company in Line for Award
UK - Duck company, Cherry Valley Farms, is among the finalists for the Lincolnshire Media Business Awards.

Researchers Can Detect Parvovirus in Geese
CHINA - Yang at Chongqing Academy of Animal Science and co-authors have published a paper in the latest issue of Virology Journal describing their success in developing a PCR method to detect goose parvovirus in vivo.

Spiking Mortality and Rickets Reported by VLA
UK - According to VLA Monthly Scanning Surveillance Report for August 2009, spiking mortality syndrome caused an increase in mortality among young broilers, and a deficiency of vitamin D or calcium was blamed for the deaths of 20 per cent of...

Study Finds Indian Duck/Prawn System Sustainable
INDIA - Abraham and Ravindran of the College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences at Pookot, Wayanad in Kerala describe how fresh prawn waste can be fed to ducks to produce the eggs for human consumption in a sustainable system. Their paper is published...

RTC Weight Down Three Per Cent from Last Year
US - The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reports a three per cent drop in poultry ready-to-cook (RTC) weights in their monthly Poultry Slaughter report for August 2009.

Call for Data on Antibiotic Use in Animals
US - Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter, Chair of the House Committee on Rules, asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review federal efforts to collect data on antibiotic use in animals.

Brazilian Duck Meat Becomes Favourite in Middle East
BRAZIL - Brazil has sold more than 50 per cent more duck meat to Arab countries this year.

Recreating Time When Geese Walked to London
UK - The Essex village of Gosfield turned back the clock last weekend to the days when geese spent the night there en route to London markets.

International Egg and Poultry Review
PHILIPPINES - By the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). This is a weekly report looking at international developments concerning the poultry industry. This week's report focuses on the Filipino poultry situation.

RTC Weight Down Five Per Cent from Last Year
US - The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reports a five per cent fall in poultry ready-to-cook (RTC) weights in their monthly Poultry Slaughter report for July 2009.

China Targets Taiwan with Peking Duck
CHINA - A number of leading restaurant brands in the mainland are aiming to expand their business to Taiwan as early as this year.

Two Per Cent Fall in US RTC Weight in June
US - The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reports a two per cent fall in poultry ready-to-cook (RTC) weights in their monthly Poultry Slaughter report for June 2009.

FSIS Issues New Directive for Imported Meat
US - The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a directive on verifying requirements for pre-stamping of imported meat and poultry.

Backyard Flocks Form Salmonella Reservoir
UK - The Monthly Scanning Surveillance Report for May 2009 from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) highlights a case of Salmonella Pullorum that caused high mortality in chicks in a small backyard flock, and botulism in cattle and sheep associated...

Cherry Valley Receives Double Marketing Awards
UK - Cherry Valley, the country's largest duck manufacturer, is celebrating after winning two accolades at this year's Pig and Poultry Marketing Awards.

Low-Path Bird Flu Hits Ducks in Spain
SPAIN - The veterinary authorities have reported a new outbreak of low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).

Another Drop in US RTC Output in May
US - The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) comments on the nine per cent drop in poultry ready-to-cook (RTC) weights in their monthly Poultry Slaughter report for May 2009.

Biosecurity Standards Set for the Australian Industry
AUSTRALIA - A cooperative initiative between the Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Animal Health Australia and the poultry industry has produced the first biosecurity manual for the poultry industry, entitled National...

Thai Company Achieves Success with its Cool Ducks
THAILAND - STD Charoen Farm, a duck farm supplying Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF), has installed closed houses and evaporative cooling systems to raise biosecurity and improve performance.

Quanjude Duck to go on Sale in Taiwan
TAIWAN - One of Beijing's most famous restaurants for roast duck, Quanjude, will go ahead with plans to begin trial sales of its famed cuisine in southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung city from 10 July.

Ducks, Water and Distorted Science
UK - Professor Marion Stamp Dawkins, Professor of Animal Behaviour of Oxford University, puts the record straight with regard to her research into duck welfare that was criticised in the popular media recently.

Erysipelas in Layer Flock Noted in Monthly Report
UK - The Monthly Scanning Surveillance Report for April 2009 from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) highlights acute erysipelas in a commercial layer flock with a history of increased mortality around peak lay. An Aspergillus fungus caused respiratory...