Through the Looking Glass: WHO Plan for Pandemic
GLOBE - Experts from the World Health Organisation have this week revised their guidance measures that spell out how a country can prepare itself to tackle a bird flu epidemic on a scale yet unseen.

Feeding Animals to Animals: EU May Lift Ban
EU - It is believed that if the EU go ahead with contraversial plans to relax current safety measures on pig and poultry feeds, which outlaw animal proteins, then vast amounts of money could be saved by EU farmers.

EU Poultry Feed Plan Rejected
UK - According to a North East scientist, the EU's plans to allow the use of pig remains as poultry feed could stir up another BSE-style crisis.

Misr Arabian Poultry Sets Sights on Rival
EGYPT - Ismailiya Misr Arabian Poultry has tabled a EŁ426m ($80m) takeover bid for rival chicken producer Ismailiya Misr Poultry. The bidder is part of the Dallah el-Baraka group of companies, a Saudi Arabian conglomerate owned by Sheikh Saleh Kamel...

Breeding Companies Unite on Genomics Programme
GLOBE - In an unprecedented collaboration the leading poultry breeding companies Aviagen, Hy-Line International and Lohmann Tierzucht have committed to a combined initiative to evaluate and implement a new genetic technology - Genome Wide Selection...

N Korea Intensifying Anti-Epizootic Campaign
NORTH KOREA - As bird flu has spread through most of South Korea since early April, North Korea is intensifying its measures for prevention of the sickness, the North's news outlet said.

Bird Flu Fowl Bring Woe to Can Tho City
VIETNAM - The number of affected localitites in Vietnam rose to three this week with the discovery of stricken fowl in the Southern city of Can Tho, reported Vietnam's Department of Animal Health earlier today.

Weekly US Broiler Hatchery Report
US - Broiler Chicks Placed Down 2 per cent, report the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

A One-Health Concept for Animal Disease
US - Antimicrobial resistance, avian influenza, and climate change are among the topics that illustrate interconnections among human, animal, and environmental health.

FSA Lay Egg Hygiene Plan on Farmers
UK - The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has begun to seek views and comments on new draft guidance plans that aim to enforce a higher degree of hygiene regulations on egg production sites in the United Kingdom.

US Poultry in a Flap Over EU Trade Issues
US - Recent failures to resolve issues of poultry trade from the US to Europe have been met with criticism by the US poultry industry, who say that there will never be a conclusion to the debate whilst the European Union keeps seeking a 'scientific...

KFC: Colonel Sanders Turns to China
SHANGHAI, CHINA - KFC has set its sights on China to help increase sales as a US recession looms round the corner. The Chinese KFC menu will offer fried dough and preserved egg porridge alongside the usual helping of Kentucky fried chicken.

Peta Pulls Out Shares for Poultry's Sake
US - An animal rights activist group has submitted a shareholder resolution to encourage a meat processor company to slaughter poultry in more humane methods.

On The Road: Aviagen Supporting East Europe
GENERAL - As customers face the challenges of elevated feed prices and increasing production costs, Aviagen KFT, part of the Aviagen Group, have recently organised a successful series of seminars in Hungary, Romania, Slovenia and Serbia, working...

Hubbard Get a New Technical Manager
FRANCE - Hubbard S.A.S. is very pleased to announce that Jacky Michard has joined the Hubbard technical team in April 2008.