Czechs Find LPAI in Wild Duck
CZECH REPUBLIC - The veterinary authorities have reported finding H5N3 low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) in a wild duck.

Czech Meat Production Down in Q3 of 2009
CZECH REPUBLIC - A decrease in the country's meat production and milk collection has been noted in the third quarter of 2009.

Sales up but Profits down for Czech Processor
CZECH REPUBLIC - Despite raising sales to 1.6 billion koruny (CZK) last year, gross profit for poultry processor, Drubezarsky zavod Klatovy, was down.

Agropol Group Raised Profit, Output in 2008
CZECH REPUBLIC - Agropol Group, which includes a poultry processing division, increased its profit to 441.47 million koruny (CZK) in 2008. Poultry output was up, while feed production was down compared to the previous year.

No New Cases of LPAI in Czech Republic
CZECH REPUBLIC - The veterinary authorities sent a report to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) indicating no new outbreaks of low-pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI).

New Low-Path Bird Flu in Czech Republic
CZECH REPUBLIC - The veterinary authorities have sent a report to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) regarding a new outbreak of low-pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI).

Feed Focus for Aviagen's Czech Customers
CZECH REPUBLIC - Nutrition was the focus of Aviagen's most recent customer event.

Q4 2008: Significant Drop in Poultry Meat Production
PRAGUE - Total meat production went down by 11 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2008 due to a considerable decrease in pig meat and poultry meat production, according to the Czech statistical office.

Focus of Cobb Seminars in Czech Republic
CZECH REPUBLIC - Two broiler seminars organised by Cobb Germany and two Czech hatcheries, Mach Litomysl and Best Opava, brought together more than 160 people from different sectors of the chicken industry — broiler farmers, nutrition specialists, veterinarians...

Aviagen Holds Seminar in Czech Republic
CZECH REPUBLIC - More than 100 customers from the Czech Republic and Slovakia gathered in Mistrin, near the Czech-Slovak border, for the annual Aviagen seminar. The two-day event was aimed at broiler and breeder farmers and offered practical management...

Broiler Ventilation Seminar in Brno, Czech Republic
CZECH REPUBLIC - More than 80 professionals from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Poland, Hungary and Germany attended the broiler ventilation seminar organised by Cobb Germany and AGE Company at the Czech Tech Agro Fair.

Poultry Weakens Czech Production Statistics
CZECH REPUBLIC - The Czech Statistics Office released the latest results for animal products yesterday. The report concluded that meat production totalled 626,297 tonnes last year, a 0.4% fall that appears to be due to a significant drop in poultry production....

Why the Fee-Range Egg Might Come First
CZECH - The embryonic state of the socially responsible and organic trading sectors where big Czech retailers are concerned is perhaps well demonstrated by the huge difficulty a supermarket customer will typically face even when searching for a free-range...

Czech Poultry Plant to Close
PRAGUE - Drubežárny Xaverov, a poultry slaughter house, has announced that it is to close its site in Prague with the loss of 408 jobs.

Aviagen Czech and Slovak Roadshows
CZECH REPUBLIC - Aviagen customers from the Czech Republic and Slovakia recently had the opportunity to attend roadshows organised specifically to support broiler growers in the region.

Czech Republic Gets Higher Poultry Prices.
CZECH REPUBLIC - Poultry producers and processors in the Czech Republic say that poultry meat prices are likely to increase substantially as a result of higher input prices, according to the CTK news agency's Business News.

Producers Say Czech Poultry Prices Will Grow Markedly
PRAGUE - Poultry meat prices on the Czech market will increase considerably owing to growing prices of grains and other inputs, representatives of breeders and meat processors said at a news conference of the Agricultural Chamber Wednesday.

Aviagen Congratulates Mach Hatcheries
CZECH REPUBLIC - Aviagen representatives were delighted to take part in the 15th anniversary celebrations of Mach Hatcheries in the Czech Republic this month. The company has been a Ross Parent Stock customer during this time.

Czech Republic - Adex Agro Goes Bust.
CZECH REPUBLIC - Adex Agro, the Czech Republic's largest turkey meat processor, has gone bust, according to the CTK news agency, citing company sources.

Bird Flu and Poultry Impact on Czech Republic
CZECH REPUBLIC - Hundreds of turkeys were recently killed by the H5N1 bird flu virus at a farm in eastern Bohemia in the Czech Republic, according to the CTK news agency's Business News.

Disease Unlikely To Affect Czech Poultry Consumption
PRAGUE - Czech poultry breeders and processors alike think the occurrence of the first case of bird flu at a poultry farm in the Czech Republic will not have a great effect on poultry meat consumption in the country, CTK has learned from them.

Bird Flu Pushes Czech Poultry Industry into Losses
CZECH REPUBLIC - The Hospodarske noviny daily in Prague reports that measures taken in 2006 to prevent avian influenza in the Czech Republic resulted in losses worth CZK1 billion (USD48.5 million) for poultry producers, according to the CTK news agency's...

Czech Republic Poultry Data for 2006.
CZECH REPUBLIC - The Czech Statistical Office reports that the Czech Republic produced 216,111 tonnes of poultry meat in 2006, a fall of 4.7 per cent as compared with the previous year.

Newcastle Disease In The Czech Republic
CZECH REPUBLIC - This is a report via OIE on the latest Newcastle Disease outbreak in the Czech Republic.

Czech Poultry Prices Drop 9%
CZECH REPUBLIC - The Czech Statistical Office reports that the number of poultry on farms in the Czech Republic on June 30 this year was 23.3 million head, an increase of 1.4 per cent as compared with the number on the same date in 2005.