Gary ThorntonGary Thornton is editor and publisher at ClearPoultry.com. Email him at [email protected].From the Author - Page 8Processing & SlaughterKeystone Foods turns poultry wastewater sludge to soil compostAs part of an environmental management goal to be “landfill free” by 2020, Keystone Foods' poultry further processing plant in Reidsville, North Carolina, sends all sludge from its dissolved air flotation (DAF) wastewater system to a farm that composts the material to produce soil amendment products for landscaping – never to a landfill.Processing & SlaughterClaxton Poultry makes animal feed with poultry wastewaterBy land applying poultry wastewater, Claxton Poultry Farms converted hundreds of acres of land dominated by weeds and prickly pear cactus to productive farmland producing nutritious feed for local animal production.Antibiotic-Free Meat6 myths about poultry productionMedia members attending the 2015 Chicken Media Summit heard four poultry experts bust six prevalent myths about poultry production.Avian InfluenzaAvian flu response plan is required readingUSDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) updated two avian flu response plan documents that should be required reading for the U.S. poultry industry.Processing & SlaughterHow to reduce Salmonella on poultry partsPre-chiller treatments, cleaning processing surfaces with ozonatedwater, and preharvest litter treatments reduce Salmonella in poultry parts.EggUSDA to seek avian flu vaccine stockpileThe U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) is expected this week by August 21 to issue a request for proposal (RFP) to vaccine manufacturing companies to have avian influenza vaccine produced to protect U.S. poultry from future outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza (HPAI).EggAvian flu preparedness in US poultry industryThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and state and industry partners are treating the potential threat of more highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) infections in the fall of 2015 with the utmost seriousness.Broilers & TurkeysUS poultry aids in sustainable food production in HaitiCallit social responsibility or faith-based sustainability, the U.S. poultryindustry is helping in the effort to feed people, restore livelihoods andrebuild Haiti.Avian InfluenzaWhat if highly pathogenic avian flu returns this fall?Is the U.S. ready to handle a worst-case outbreak of highly pathogenicavian influenza in the fall? More funding for APHIS is needed.Broilers & TurkeysAnálisis: ¿Pueden convivir el comercio avícola global y la influenza aviar?Alrededor de 200 personas se enfrentan a problemas de comercio que rodean a la IAAP al asistir a la conferencia de tres días organizada por el APHIS del USDA.EggAnalysis: Avian flu risk is greater downwind, APHIS saysEpidemiological studies show avian influenza is likely to beairborne, and poultry farms downwind of infected premises are at greater risk ofthe disease.EggAnalysis: Can global poultry trade coexist with avian flu?Animal health officials are tackling highly pathogenic birdflu trade issues at the International Conference on Avian Influenza and PoultryTrade.Previous PagePage 8 of 29Next Page