Sweden Reports Newcastle Disease Outbreak
SWEDEN - The country's veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of Newcastle Disease, also known as Paramyxovirus 1.

Human Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Not from Chickens
SWEDEN - Researchers have found that vancomycin-resistant enterococci in humans did not originate in chickens but possibly from sewage sludge spread on arable land. Sahlström from Evira in Finalnd and co-authors from Sweden's National Veterinary Institute...

Swedish Chicken Industry Subject to Sabotage?
SWEDEN - The largest producer of chicken products in Sweden, Kronfågel, has been hit by a severe food safety scare. Consumers have found pieces of glass in a wide variety of the company's chicken products. Glass is prohibited in all of its facilities,...

Salmonella Detection Methods in Feeds Compared
SWEDEN - Koyuncu and Haggblom at the National Veterinary Institute in Uppsala found that the accuracy, sensitivity and specificity of the three cultural methods they compared were similar although the the detection levels for different feed and feed ingredients...

Methodology for Salmonella in Feed Compared
SWEDEN - Researchers in Uppsala compared cultural methods for the detection of Salmonella in feed and feed ingredients, and found their methods to be equally sensitive and specific, although the detection levels in different materials varied considerably....

Sweden Declared Newcastle-Free
SWEDEN - Sweden is now free of Newcastle disease, according to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).

Free-Range Chickens May Be Less Healthy
SWEDEN - A free-range label doesn't guarantee your poultry had a worry-free existence, according to Swedish researchers.

Study: Hen Mortality Affected by Housing System
SWEDEN - Free-range and barn-housed (litter-based) layers were more likely to have bacterial infections and parasites, and to suffer from cannibalism than birds kept in battery cages. These are the main conclusions of a recently published paper by Fossum...

Free-Range Chickens are More Prone to Disease
SWEDEN - Chickens kept in litter-based housing systems, including free-range chickens, are more prone to disease than chickens kept in cages, according to a study published in BioMed Central's open access journal Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica.

Newcastle Disease in Sweden 'Resolved'
SWEDEN - The authorities have reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) that there have been no new outbreaks of Newcastle disease.

No Further Cases of ND in Sweden
SWEDEN - There have been no further outbreaks of Newcastle disease (ND) since early November.

Continued Positive Results from Lantmännen
SWEDEN - The country's farmers' co-operative producing feed and food has posted good third-quarter results.

Newcastle Disease in Sweden
SWEDEN - The veterinary authority has informed the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about a new outbreak of Newcastle disease.

Sweden and Finland in Farm Subsidy Spat
SWEDEN - Sweden has called for an end to national farm subsidies in Southern Finland. Finland's Agriculture Minister, Sirkka-Liisa Anttila, says the Finnish government believes that Sweden, too, should be able to extend national subsidies.

Swedes eye fowl as power-plant fuel
SWEDEN - A Swedish firm's proposal to use dead chickens to generate electricity probably isn't the first thing that comes to mind in terms of alternative energy.

Newcastle disease in Sweden
SWEDEN - This is a report from OIE on the outbreak of Newcastle Disease in Sweden.

Govt hailed over poultry products move
TANZANIA - A section of traders has hailed the government for considering to lift the three month old ban on the importation of poultry and poultry products due to fear of the bird flu epidemic.