avian flu Articles
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10 things you can do to reduce the threat of Avian Flu
With Avian Flu looming its gloomy head over the start to 2018, what can YOU do as poultry farmers to reduce your potential exposure to this destructive disease. Forgive us if you already have these in place…. We just want make sure as many people are informed as possible. All poultry keepers should: minimise movement in and out of bird enclosures clean footwear before and after ...
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10 things you can do to reduce the threat of Avian Flu
With Avian Flu looming its gloomy head over the start to 2018, what can YOU do as poultry farmers to reduce your potential exposure to this destructive disease. Forgive us if you already have these in place…. We just want make sure as many people are informed as possible. All poultry keepers should: minimise movement in and out of bird enclosures clean footwear before and after visiting ...
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Bird Culling in the Battle Against Avian Flu
Carbon dioxide stunning is a common technique used in the bird culling and poultry slaughter processes. Outbreaks of avian flu have been spreading across the UK and beyond for the past several months, resulting in necessary bird culling to limit the spread of disease.Avian flu spreads from country to country as wild birds migrate seasonally. There are several strains which do little harm to the ...
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Could food shortages bring down civilization?
One of the toughest things for people to do is to anticipate sudden change. Typically we project the future by extrapolating from trends in the past. Much of the time this approach works well. But sometimes it fails spectacularly, and people are simply blindsided by events such as today’s economic crisis. For most of us, the idea that civilization itself could disintegrate probably seems ...
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Poultry production in North Africa and the Middle East
The demand for poultry products in North Africa and the Middle East continue to grow as the population become more urbanised. Changes in demographics see the population increase with higher levels of disposable income. Chicken is already the most consumed meat across the middle east and Africa. Due to the higher cost for beef products and religious restrictions around pork in some regions, there ...
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Poultry production in the Caribbean
Chicken is one of the most common ingredients in Caribbean cuisine. The high costs of beef and pork make poultry the most preferred meat in households. The yearly production of poultry averages approximately at 200,000 metric tonnes of meat. The majority of poultry are raised on large factory farms using intensive farming techniques. The introduction to new technologies in the poultry sector has ...
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Birds are not the only carriers of Avian Influenza
Global poultry production has more than quadrupled since 1970, with the United States leading the flock. However, due to the rising demand for chicken and other poultry, avian influenza, or ‘bird flu,’ outbreaks have occurred at an accelerated rate, causing concern across the agricultural industry. Most alarmingly is the fact that the 2014 bird flu virus killed nearly 50 million ...
By Bird-X Inc.
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