Poultry
Getting serious about biosecurity
By Mike Tyers, regional farms manager, Deans Foods Every sector or industry meeting, every contingency plan, and every bit of advice in the current…
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Government responds to independent enquiry into quarantine system
Recommendations put forward following an independent review of the UK's avian quarantine system were today largely accepted. An independent review of…
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Watch out for ventilation if birds are brought inside
House design is likely to have a big influence on bird welfare if free-range layers or table birds have to be confined as a defence against bird flu…
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Fife swan not native
STATEMENT BY THE UK CVO'S ON THE SWAN DNA RESULT The bird in which H5N1 avian influenza was confirmed on 6 April in Scotland has been identified as a…
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Poultry sales remain strong
All of the big four supermarket chains have reported strong, maintained sales of chicken and eggs despite the recent case of bird flu in Scotland…
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NFU supports housing of birds in Fife
In the light of the confirmation of H5N1 in a swan found in Scotland today the NFU has supported the decision of the Scottish Executive and Chief…
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Retiring after more than 35 years in egg industry
An association stretching back more than 35 years with ISA egg layers ended this month with the retirement of John Durkee, regional technical sales…
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Poultry Board chairman re-elected
Members of the NFU Poultry Board unanimously re-elected Charles Bourns as chairman today. Charles and his wife Beverley rear chickens, tucked away on…
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Tradition heralds Cobb move to Colchester
The official opening of the new Cobb Europe regional office at Colchester brought together the world's oldest poultry breeding organisation with the…
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Lion to audit ‘part-organic’ pullets
The BEIC has agreed to undertake the auditing of pullets being reared for organic laying farms. The move follows a request from organic certification…
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