Teva Sells Vet Company to Phibro
ISRAEL - Teva has sold Abic Biological Laboratories Teva to Phibro Animal Health for $47 million.

Plasson Sales Rising
ISRAEL - Plasson Industries achieved double-digit revenue growth and maintained operating profitability according to its second quarter results.

Changes Ahead in Egg Market
ISRAEL - The price of state-subsidized eggs is to rise, and more size categories will be introduced.

Deadly Bird Flu in Israeli Zoo
JERUSALEM - A deadly strain of the bird flu virus has infected chickens in northern Israel, local daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported on its website on Thursday.

Israel Set For Poultry Product Exports To Canada
ISRAEL - Israel is about to begin exporting poultry products to Canada. The Ministry of Agriculture Veterinary Services received the export permit after a long process of examination by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Israeli Eggs To Cost 10% More
ISRAEL - Steep increase in chicken feed leads to rise in cost of eggs pending approval by Agriculture Ministry

Egg-Products Firm Cham Says The Billionaire Is Eyeing It Too
ISRAEL - Billionaire Arcadi Gaydamak took Israel's capital market by storm. Inside a month he bought controlling interests in - count 'em - four publicly traded companies, agreeing to hand over a total of NIS 1.3 billion.

Broiler Seminar Israel
ISRAEL - A broiler seminar has been organised in Israel by Hapach Metal Industries and AgroTop. Several companies were invited to tell about their innovative housing equipment for broilers.

Where Have All The Eggs Gone?
ISRAEL - Supermarket chains have been busy since the beginning of the year trying to find out where all the eggs have disappeared to.

Egg market plagued by deceptive labels
ISRAEL - The free-range egg market in Israel is growing: An increasing number of consumers are willing to pay twice the cost for eggs laid by hens raised in humane conditions, and seven million eggs are marketed as "free-range" every year - 0.4 percent...

International Egg and Poultry Review
By the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service - This is a weekly report looking at international developments concerning the poultry industry, this week looking at the latest in Israel.

Poultry consumption up in Israel
ISRAEL - Dun & Bradstreet survey: Over past eight years, poultry consumption rises by 6.5 kilos average per person. Poultry is preferred meat for Israelis

US agrees to buy poultry from Israel
ISRAEL - Agriculture Minister Shalom Simhon and the US government agreed to advance the inspection of slaughterhouses in Israel in preparation for the coming renewed export of poultry to the US.

World Bank Bird-Flu Grant
ISRAEL - The World Bank said on Friday it has approved a $13 million grant to reduce avian influenza threats on poultry in the West Bank and Gaza.