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Education program reinforces need for biosecurity plans in feed facilities

Staff Edit - February 9, 2023

Special Dr. Louise Dufour-Zavala, executive director of the Georgia Poultry Laboratory Network, speaking on the current HPAI outbreak in the U.S. during the American Feed Industry Association’s educational program at IPPE 2023.

Associations & Federations

National Chicken Council releases comprehensive guidelines well-being of broiler chickens

Staff Edit - January 24, 2023

WASHINGTON — Consumers want to be sure that all animals being raised for food are treated with respect and are properly cared for during...

Associations & Federations

Latin American Poultry Summit looked at avian influenza situation

Staff Edit - January 23, 2023

ATLANTA — Dr. Claudia Osorio, Elanco Animal Health, presented a timely session titled, “Current Avian Influenza Situation in North America” at the 2023 Latin...

Associations & Federations

AFIA educational program to stress biosecurity preparedness

Staff Edit - January 10, 2023

ATLANTA — A new educational program, hosted by the American Feed Industry Association, will focus on biosecurity preparedness in the animal food industry. The...

Associations & Federations

NCC delivers comments on FSIS proposed salmonella framework

Staff Edit - November 15, 2022

WASHINGTON — The National Chicken Council recently delivered public comments at a USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) virtual meeting about the agency’s...

Health & Safety

Reusing poultry litter can reduce antibiotic-resistant salmonella

Staff Edit - November 14, 2022

ATHENS, Ga. — When many of us hear about bacteria, we associate it with illness. But certain bacteria can be helpful in preventing disease,...

Associations & Federations

Turkey industry responds to avian influenza

Staff Edit - November 9, 2022

WASHINGTON — It has been a challenging year for the turkey industry. There’s no way to sugarcoat it. Just as all signs pointed to...

Business

ERS: U.S. turkey production impacted by 2022’s HPAI outbreaks

Staff Edit - November 3, 2022

WASHINGTON — Turkey production for the remainder of 2022 and into 2023 has been lowered in estimates stemming from new outbreaks of highly pathogenic...

Health & Safety

Recent research addresses blackhead disease in poultry

Staff Edit - October 31, 2022

TUCKER, Ga. — Histomoniasis outbreaks in turkeys and broiler breeders can lead to major economic losses for the poultry industry. Histomonas meleagridis is the...

Health & Safety

New measures proposed to reduce salmonella illnesses

Staff Edit - October 28, 2022

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Salmonella is a very common illness. According to the Cleveland Clinic, salmonella is a bacteria that can develop in under-cooked or...

Business

Perdue Farms shares animal care initiatives during annual summit

Staff Edit - October 26, 2022

SALISBURY, Md. — Perdue Farms recently hosted its seventh annual Animal Care Summit near its Maryland headquarters, after two years of hosting the annual...

Health & Safety

FDA announcing new standards for ‘healthy’ foods

Staff Edit - October 13, 2022

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — For years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had a definition of what foods were considered healthy, the existing definition dates...

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