Poultry Industry News: Norway
Friday, May 10, 2013
Study Finds Whole Grains Cut Campy ColonisationNORWAY - A whole-grain diet makes for healthier chickens, according to Nofima, the national food research institute....
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Infectious Laryngotracheitis Reported in Hobby Hens in ØstfoldNORWAY - The Norwegian Veterinary Department has confirmed that a hen and a rooster from a hobby poultry at Orcas in Østfold have been infected with the virus that causes respiratory disease infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT)....
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
ILT Breaks out Again in NorwayNORWAY - The veterinary authority has identified avian infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) as the cause of death of 10 birds in a 20-bird flock in Western Norway. ...
Monday, April 16, 2012
Packaging with Smart FunctionsNORWAY - Researchers believe that the packaging of the future will contain substances that will get rid of unwanted bacteria. Or it could be made from food waste....
Thursday, June 02, 2011
New Plasma Treatment Sterilises Eggs GentlyNORWAY - A new plasma treatment removes 99.5 per cent of all bacteria on the egg shell but leaves the egg yolk and white unaffected....
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Supermarket Chain Acquires Poultry SupplierNORWAY - Supermarket chain, Rema 1000, has acquired a majority stake in Norsk Kylling. ...
Monday, February 14, 2011
Chickens' Campylobacter Risk Affected by Weather, Water SourceNORWAY - Mild weather and rain increase the risk of Campylobacter in chickens, according to new research from the National Veterinary Institute. Farms using their own water sources also had a higher risk of infection. ...
Saturday, January 01, 2011
Investigation of Botulism in Chickens NORWAY - Three research institutes have received funding to investigate the recent increase in botulism outbreaks in commercial chickens in Norway and Sweden in recent years. ...
Monday, September 27, 2010
Poultry Meat Not the Only Source of CampylobacterNORWAY - Campylobacteriosis cases might be caused by risk factors other than consumption and handling of poultry meat, according to new research. ...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Aviagen and Nortura: Industry Meeting in NorwayNORWAY - A group of invited guests, including representatives of Norway’s food inspection authority, recently gathered at a joint Aviagen – Nortura, a long-standing Norwegian Ross customer, event which focussed on health, welfare and breeding. ...
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Explaining Salmonella Survival in the Feed MillNORWAY - Researchers investigating the factors affecting the survival of Salmonella in feed mills and fish meal factories found that cellulose was not an important factor in the biofilm matrix but that the different colony shapes affect persistence after...
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Research Sheds Light on Mycobacterium PathogenicityNORWAY - Tone Bjordal Johansen of the National Veterinary Institute and colleagues have published a paper in BMC Microbiology. Nine of the 97 isolates examined, all of porcine origin, formed biofilm. The authors conclude that the bacterium's ability to...
Friday, May 29, 2009
Study Finds Clue to Salmonella Persistence in FeedNORWAY - Researchers at the National Veterinary Institute in Oslo have found that the biofilm-forming abilities of Salmonella are correlated with their persistence in fish meal- and feed factories. L.K. Vestby and co-authors have published their paper...
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Researcher Turns Harmless E Coli DangerousNORWAY - For her doctorate, Camilla Sekse revealed that transmission of bateriophage between bacteria can occur, and that in the case of E. coli it can transform a harmless bacterium into one capable of causing disease in man. ...
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Norway Reports No New Cases of Low-Path AI or IBNORWAY - The veterinary authorities have sent two reports to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), indicating no further outbreaks of avian infectious bronchitis (IB) or low pathogenic avain influenza (LPAI)....
Monday, December 08, 2008
Low-Path Bird Flu Reported in NorwayNORWAY - The veterinary authority has reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) an outbreak of low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI)....
Friday, August 29, 2008
Coccidia in Broilers Found to Be IncreasingNORWAY - Coccidia are single-celled intestinal parasites that currently represent one of the greatest challenges to the broiler industry. To keep the level of infection low, farmers commonly add coccidia-inhibiting chemicals (coccidiostats) to broiler...
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Farm to Shelf: RFID Tracking Norwegian Meat SupplyIBM has signed an agreement with Matiq, the information technology subsidiary of Nortura, Norway's largest food supplier, to use radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to track and trace poultry and meat products from the farm, through the...
Monday, March 31, 2008
Norwegian Poultry Production Flying HighNORWAY - Last year 297 000 tonnes of meat from domestic animal production were approved for the market in Norway. According to Statistics Norway this accounts to an increase of 4 000 tonnes from the year before....
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
EW Group Acquires Majority Shareholding in Aqua GenEW GROUP GmbH, the holding company of the world's leading poultry genetics companies, has taken ownership of Aqua Gen AS, the Norwegian-based world market leader in salmon and trout breeding....
Friday, March 30, 2007
Norwegian Poultry Meat Production up 10% in 2006.NORWAY - Statistics Norway has reported that poultry meat production in the Country totalled 62,518 tonnes carcass weight in 2006, up from 56,472 tonnes in 2005 and 54,236 tonnes in 2004. ...
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Transmission Routes For The Bacterium CampylobacterNORWAY - Campylobacter is the most frequently reported human bacterial enteric pathogen, in Norway as well as in other countries and the number of diseased has been continuously increasing during the last 15 years writes Gro Johnsen, National Veterinary...
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