Spiking Mortality and Rickets Reported by VLA 28 Sep 2009 UK - According to VLA Monthly Scanning Surveillance Report for August 2009, spiking mortality syndrome caused an increase in mortality among young broilers, and a deficiency of vitamin D or calcium was blamed fo…
UK Poultry Disease Quarterly Surveillance Report: April - June 2009 27 Sep 2009 Highlights of the latest quarterly report from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) include duck virus enteritis, Salmonella pullorum responsible for high mortality in chicks in a small backyard flock and a …
Hatching Quality Chicks 20 Sep 2009 Dr Tom Smith, Jr., extension poultry science specialist from Mississippi State University, introduces the inexperienced hatchery person to the various types of incubators and their operation for the hatching of chicken, …
Free-Range Flocks Also Suffer Cannibalism 11 Sep 2009 UK - The Monthly Scanning Surveillance Report for July 2009 from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) highlights severe cannibalism in two free-range layer flocks and infectious laryngotracheitis as the caus…
Chinese IB Virus Found in UK Backyard Flock 5 Aug 2009 UK - The Monthly Scanning Surveillance Report for June 2009 from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) highlights a further outbreak of QX strain infectious bronchitis (IB) in rare-breed chickens, and several…
Welfare of Farmed Animals at Slaughter or Killing 21 Jul 2009 The second report by the UK's Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC) on Welfare of Farmed Animals at Slaughter or Killing deals specifically with animals for white meat, namely meat chickens (broilers), laying hens,…
Brooding and Rearing Baby Chicks 7 Jul 2009 Dr James Hermes of Oregon State University Extension Service gives a practical guide to brooding and rearing all types of poultry chicks to small-scale producers and hobby farmers in this Pacific Northwest Extension Publ…
Biosecurity Standards Set for the Australian Industry 24 Jun 2009 AUSTRALIA - A cooperative initiative between the Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Animal Health Australia and the poultry industry has produced the first biosecurity manual for the poultry …
UK Poultry Disease Quarterly Surveillance Report : January - March 2009 15 Jun 2009 Highlights of the latest quarterly report from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) include low pathogenicity avian influenza at two turkey premises, erysipelas and atypical necrotic enteritis in layers and severe ga…
Erysipelas in Layer Flock Noted in Monthly Report 29 May 2009 UK - The Monthly Scanning Surveillance Report for April 2009 from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) highlights acute erysipelas in a commercial layer flock with a history of increased mortality around peak lay. An…
UK Poultry Disease Quarterly Surveillance Report - October - December 2008 19 May 2009 Highlights of the latest quarterly report from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) include vitamin B2 deficiency in young broilers, respiratory diseases in turkeys, pneumonia of unknown aetiology in ducklings and a …
Artificial Incubation 15 Apr 2009 An introduction to incubation times and optimal conditions in a number of avian species by Joe G. Berry, Extension Poultry Specialist at Oklahoma State University in a Fact Sheet published in May 2007.
DNA Used to Distinguish Wildfowl Meat 9 Apr 2009 SPAIN - A team of researchers from the Veterinary Faculty of the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) have developed a quick and easy technique to distinguish the meat of quail, pheasant, pigeon and other wildfowl usin…
Control of Blackhead Disease 12 Jan 2009 A thorough review of this hard-to-control disease of turkeys, chickens and other farmed birds was presented by Dr Larry R. McDougald of the University of Georgia at the 2008 North Carolina Turkey Days.
Low-Path Bird Flu Hits Belgium 29 Dec 2008 BELGIUM - The veterinary authorities have notified the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about two cases of low-pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI).
UK Poultry Disease Quarterly Surveillance Report - July- September 2008 15 Dec 2008 Highlights of the latest quarterly report from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) include fungal infections in young game birds, acute respiratory disease of unknown aetiology in ducks, acute and atypical ILT outbr…
Canada to Consult WTO on COOL Regulations 2 Dec 2008 CANADA - The Government of Canada is seeking formal consultations with the United States under the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement process on country-of-origin labelling (COOL) measures.
Labelling, Feeding and Legislation to Be Discussed 1 Dec 2008 IRELAND - A meeting of the Poultry Expert Group has been arranged for Tuesday, December 9, to discuss the various issues facing the poultry industry.
CAP Health Check to Ease Plight of Farmers 21 Nov 2008 EU - The European Commission welcomes the political agreement by EU agriculture ministers on the Health Check of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Poultry Plant Fined over Poor Safety 21 Nov 2008 NORTH CAROLINA - A poultry plant has been fined for a series of major safety violations.
