Game birds

GLOBAL - Volatility in agri commodity prices looks set to continue into 2013, according to a report from Rabobank.

US - In Turkey, thousands of non-native guineafowl have been raised and released to eat ticks that carry the deadly Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in people. Yet research suggests guineafowl eat few ticks and car…

PARAGUAY - Training sessions were developed in the towns of Puerto Indio, department of Alto Paraná and in the town of Ñeembucú Alberdi and attended by a mix 100 producers and students, reports the National Animal Qualit…

UK - Wet litter was reported in one of six houses of 42,000 broilers aged 25-days. Deterioration in litter quality was first noticed around 23 days of age, when there had been a slight drop in feed and water consumptio…

NEPAL - The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is helping small poultry farmers in Nepal make their businesses more productive through better farm management practices that increas…

BRAZIL - Vaccinating against Newcastle and Gumboro disease has always been difficult for broiler producers because of the uncertainty created by varying levels of maternally derived antibodies (MDA) in chicks.

FRANCE - The Commercial Court at Quimper reserved its decision on Friday night until 1 August on the future of the poultry group Doux.

MALAYSIA - There is sufficient supply of meat, chicken and eggs to meet demand for the Aidilfitri celebration, Deputy Agriculture and Agrobased Industry Minister Datuk Wira Mohd Johari Baharom said.

AUSTRALIA - Australian feed grain prices increased dramatically in July, underpinned by developments in international markets, reports Meat and Livestock Australia.

PAKISTAN - Vice Chancellor of the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Prof Dr Talat Naseer Pasha has said that the poultry sector is the most attractive for investment since it has become the second large…

UK - Brachyspira intermedia infection was implicated as cause of diarrhoea in free range laying hens.

UK - Spotty Liver syndrome was detected in a 28-week-old layer flock.

UK - Significant mortality in game bird chicks and poults caused by rotavirus and protozoal infections was detected.

An investigation by AHVLA into a rare infection of red-legged partridges with Listeria monocytogenes, which cause neurological symptoms.

Researchers in the Czech Republic have found that grey partridges are highly susceptible to natural infection by M. gallisepticum.

UK - An unusual case of listeriosis in partridge chicks has been reported in the Non-Statutory Zoonoses Quarterly Report for the period April to June 2011.

UK - Among the main points of the Monthly Scanning Surveillance Report for June 2011, published by AHVLA, is Salmonella pullorum causing disease in gamebirds.

UK - Among the main points of the Monthly Scanning Surveillance Report for May 2011, published by AHVLA, are the European QX strain causing infectious bronchitis in two backyard flocks and listeriosis in partridge chicks…

WYOMING, US - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) Downar Bird Farm near Torrington has experienced outbreaks of two diseases, one of which is psittacosis. To help contain the diseases and prevent future outbreaks…

Two-millimetre pellets can be fed to guinea fowl, laying hens and pheasants without compromising growth performance, according to new research.