A cat in France was euthanized because of an avian influenza infection. The virus was believed to have been transmitted at duck farm.

Since the start of January, presence of the H5N1 virus serotype has been detected at 34 locations in Poland. 

UK Poultry producer, Avara Foods, has pledged to bring its pollution of the River Wye to zero by 2025 as concerns rise for the river’s health.

The current highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) epidemic in poultry and wild birds is the largest ever recorded in Europe. This is according to the latest review of the disease situation by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). 

Nearly 9,500 birds in Russia have died as a result of an outbreak of Newcastle disease in the country, according to a report from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH).

Royal Pas Reform appointed Eric Stodel as the company's new CEO, effective January 1, 2023. 

Growth in the European Union’s poultry sector over the next decade will be sluggish at best, but the sector will still outperform pork and beef production.

As part of a renewed approach to HPAI control, the agriculture ministry in France has announced it is developing a renewed action plan. Set to include a vaccination strategy, the action plan will also involve additional biosecurity measures and better protection for producers of fattening ducks and geese.

Compound feed production for all species is thought to have contracted in the European Union last year, with inflation and disease outbreaks largely to blame.