Bird Flu Returns to Northeast India
NEW DELHI, INDIA - On Tuesday a fresh outbreak of bird flu was reported in India's northeast state of Tripura. The news comes just a week after culling operations were completed in Dhalai district in the state, according to Indo-Asian News Service.

Nutrigenomics Centre Opens Doors
IRELAND – The global animal health company Alltech cut the ribbon on its Centre for Animal Nutrigenomics and Applied Animal Nutrition this week. They are calling the facility the first of its kind in the world, as it is dedicated to the studying the effect...

Tyson Appeals Chicken Advertising Injunction
US - US poultry giant, Tyson Foods, is to fight a court order preventing then from using the phrase "Raised Without Antibiotics" in their advertising.

USDA Discusses Poultry Improvement Plan
US - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has announced that it will hold a meeting regarding the national poultry improvement plan on the fifth of June.

March Egg Production Down 2 Percent
US - U.S. egg production totaled 7.68 billion during March 2008, down 2 percent from last year, report the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

International Egg and Poultry Review
US - By the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service - This is a weekly report looking at international developments concerning the poultry industry.

Egg Month and Turkey Lovers Month in Nebraska
NEBRASKA, US - Proclamations were recently signed in Nebraska declaring May as egg month and June as Turkey lovers' month. Governor Dave Heineman signed the proclamations during a luncheon with egg and turkey producers, state senators, and representatives...

Food for Thought: Does Meat Cause Hunger?
GLOBE - Not bio-fuel, but animals raised for meat are the main reason for the growing shortage of food in the world claims Pune Maharahtra. One-third of the annual global food production is used for feeding animals specially bred and fattened to be killed...

Scrutinous Eye on Frozen Chicken Labels
US - Food-safety officials are debating whether the packaging of many frozen chicken products bare adequate labelling to alert the consumer when the product is raw.

Glycerin: A Different Kind of Feed
US - Crude glycerin, a byproduct of biodiesel production has recently been fed to poultry and pigs in a series of tests conducted by the Iowa State University. They say that the results indicate that as a feed, crude glycerin is viable and comparable...

Russia Vaccinates 400,000 Poultry
VLADIVOSTOK, RUSSIA - A bird flu campaign carried out in the Primorsky Territory of Russia has resulted in the vaccination of 400,000 poultry

Hubbard Brings Customers Together
INDIA - March 2008 Hubbard organised a visit for SIPRA from the Ivory Coast to Skylark Hatcheries in India. The main purpose of the visit was to give SIPRA a better understanding of the way of operating in India and to enhance interaction between the...

Chicken Price Dips by 20 Cents
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - Chicken prices in Trinibad and Tobago dropped by 20 cents for every pound due to over production and surplus.

Aviagen Announces Formation of Aviagen Turkeys
HUNTSVILLE, US - The Aviagen Group has decided to fully merge its two turkey breeding companies, Nicholas Turkey Breeding Farms (Nicholas) and British United Turkeys (B.U.T.), which have been operating as separate companies since the acquisition of B.U.T....

New Website for Cobb Germany In Seven Languages
GERMANY - A new website providing technical information for Cobb customers in central and eastern Europe in their own language has been launched by Cobb Germany — www.cobbgermany.de