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A new study conducted by ADAS and commissioned by The Association of Poultry Processors and Poultry Trade in the EU Countries (AVEC) into the additional costs and likely implications of adopting the European Chicken Commitment (ECC) in the EU has been published. Numerous companies across Europe, spanning from retailers to restaurants and catering businesses, have already signed up to the ECC, a ...
When influenza transmits within certain important animal hosts (such as bats, pigs and birds living in close proximity to humans), mutations can occur that enable transmittal between species. ...
The case concerns Malta's decision to allow the live capture (i.e. trapping) of seven species of wild finches as from 2014. ...
The South is the heart of U.S. broiler chicken production and escaped the deadly bird flu virus that devastated flocks in the Midwest this spring. Autumn, however, brings the possibility that migrating wild birds will carry the virus to the lower half of the U.S. ...
This practice is prohibited under EU legislation on the conservation of wild birds. The case concerns Malta's decision to apply a derogation to the EU Birds Directive, the cornerstone of EU nature and biodiversity policy, allowing the live capture (commonly known as trapping) of seven species of wild finches as from 2014. ...
The H5N1 epidemic of about a decade ago “greatly improved biosecurity procedures, led to better cleaning and disinfection, and eliminated some live bird markets. Open houses are also less common now,” he said. ...
He developed the practice and installs custom bird houses in the vineyards for the families to attract indigenous birds of the Blue Tit, Great Tit, Redstart, Serin, Green Finch, Spotted Flycatcher, Hoopoe, Sparrow, Tree Sparrow and Gold Finch families to nest and eat insects which could challenge the vines. Since this program began in 1998, farmers have noticed ...