Game birds

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.

UK - Fowl cholera hit laying chickens and turkeys and there was a Salmonella pullorum outbreak in a backyard flock, according to the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) Monthly Scanning Surveillance Report for …

UK - Gamekeepers across the UK are reminded of their responsibilities for ensuring animal feed is safe for food-producing animals and for carrying out record-keeping correctly.

SOUTH KOREA - There have been 14 new outbreaks of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).

UK - Fowl cholera has been reported in commercial and backyard flocks in the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) Monthly Scanning Surveillance Report for September 2010.

UK - A QX-like strain of infectious bronchitis causing losses in a flock of 46-day-old chickens is among the highlights of the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) Monthly Scanning Surveillance Report for August 2010.

Highlights of the latest quarterly report from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) include losses of broilers from primary E. coli infections and in turkeys linked to rotavirus.

UK - Salmonella pullorum caused losses of two-week-old pheasant poults, according to the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) report for July 2010, indicating that game birds may act as a potential reservoir of …

UK - Increased mortality in a flock of 21-day old broilers caused by endocarditits was among the problems investigated by the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) and covered in its report for June 2010.

Highlights of the latest quarterly report from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) include the first detection of IBV European QX-like strains in commercial poultry in Great Britain.

UK - The general public is being encouraged to count wild birds - including game birds - for their preservation.

UK - A major review of the management and professional skills standards for the game and wildlife industry has begun, giving employers the chance to play their part in ensuring their ways of working are accurately reflec…

Highlights of the latest quarterly report from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) include a further case of QX-like strain of infectious bronchitis virus as well as lead poisoning seen in ducks and chickens and ion…

UK - Ministers have issued a new code for the welfare of birds produced as quarry for shooting enthusiasts.

UK - Among the cases in the VLA Monthly Scanning Surveillance Report for December 2009 was the first in which both paramyxovirus 2 and Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale had been isolated in game birds in …

UX - An outbreak of Spotty Liver Disease is among the cases reported in the October 2009 VLA Monthly Scanning Surveillance Report.

UK - Farming unions in the UK have heralded the publication of the UK Government’s vision for food production in the UK as welcome recognition of the growing importance that farming will play in meeting ambitious targets…

FRANCE - The competition authorities in France have given the go-ahead to the acquisition of the poultry company Arrivé by the major poultry processor LDC.

UK - There has been another outbreak of infectious bronchitis virus caused by the QX strain, according to September's Monthly Scanning Surveillance Report from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA). Backyard …