The take-home message? Veterinarians are at greater risk of contracting more virulent forms of avian influenza if they hatch in the United States. Iowa City, Iowa - 06/01/2007 - DVMs who work with birds have significantly higher levels of antibodies fighting avian influenza strains compared to control groups, according to a University of Iowa study. Because of this, we suggest that veterinarians should be considered for inclusion on priority-access lists for pandemic influenza vaccines and...

The Pakistan poultry industry is struggling once again, as devastating heat waves, frequent load shedding and power break downs are proving fatal for poultry. He said, paradoxically, that the society will blame poultry producers for manipulating poultry prices and will hold them responsible for price hike. A drop in the production of hatching eggs, table eggs and broiler weight gain has caused huge economic consequences for the industry. There will be a significant reduction in the supply...

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Her family suspected she was developing bird flu symptoms as she had had contact with a dead chicken. The latest case brings the confirmed bird flu attacks on human to 101 in the country, of which 80 ended with fatalities, becoming the highest bird flu death toll in the world. Her condition is improving because she got immediate treatment and took the tamiflu," the hospital's bird flu team head, Dr. Vivi was admitted to the Arifin Achmad hospital in the provincial capital of Pekanbaru...

The reports raises concern over ill treatment of chickens in poultry farms across the country and also gives recommendations for changes to be implemented at farms to reduce the suffering of chickens. PETA also screened a video of several poultry farms across India showing cruelty to chickens, like crammed cages and unhygienic conditions, to support its campaign. So, what we want is that with such a big poultry industry that generates so much revenue from these birds, should adopt and...

The ban was to protect the local poultry and the people of Rwanda from the deadly avian flu which kills both people and birds. If they are shipped, then this will be the first consignment of chicks into the country after government slammed a ban on importing chicken and its products in 2005. In a bid to close the gap of chicken scarcity on the market, the Rwandan government intends to import fast growing chicks from Malawi. Prior to the outbreak of the avian scourge, the government had...