In Latin America, and around the world, it is overwhelming to see the size of the poultry industry in Brazil. Everything is big, from the size of the companies, to something very important: the conception of Brazilians themselves as poultry producers and the future outlook.

A few days ago, my colleague Mark Clements, editor of Poultry International, spoke on his blog of a new egg product launched in Britain, called Dippy Egg[k1] . Other Egg products have been launched in the Latin American market. But do we need new egg products for mass consumption, beyond liquid eggs for the food industry?  Hyperlink text to: http://www.wattagnet.com/The_convenience_of_a_Dippy_Egg.html  

The biological tsunami of avian influenza seems to be yielding, and from the rubble we will slowly see what we need to do. While this year's outbreak is but the shadow of last year's (4.1 million sacrificed birds to 26 million, respectively), the point is that now the broiler breeder flock was affected. Companies need to find out what is next in the business strategies.

The fashion is to reengineer when something is no longer working at maximum efficiency, and the poultry industry is no exception. Talking to colleagues about the relentless issue of avian influenza, Dr. Miguel Angel Marquez said the Mexican poultry industry will require a thorough structural reform.

For years, we have been hearing about Brazil, Russia, India and China as the new triggers of the global economy. The point is that international analysts say Mexico has several factors that have strengthened its position.

Last night, I went to bed right after reading the news in the digital version of the newspaper Reforma that a new avian influenza outbreak was reported in the state of Aguascalientes, in Western Mexico. According to reports, the H7N3 virus A has a genetic similarity of 99 percent with the virus that spread in the outbreak of Los Altos in the state of Jalisco, about 6 or 7 months ago. So far, according to the report MEX 09-01-13 OIE A, a total of 284,755 birds have died, of which only 740 are deaths from the disease and the vast majority from sacrifice.

The National Association of Poultry Specialists of Mexico, ANECA, just carried out an excellent course on emerging diseases that has served us all tremendously to get updated about the terrible case of avian influenza in Mexico. Poultry producers will finish this feat having learned many things.

WATTAgNet.com just hosted a webinar on the DDGS market and its use in poultry nutrition. For some, this co-product of ethanol production may still be an odd ingredient, but the truth is it has been successfully used for a long time in many countries.

It was a month ago that the H7N3 avian influenza crisis started in the state of Jalisco in Mexico and a little more than 20 days after the notification to the World Organization for Animal Health. Previously, I praised the animal health authorities and the poultry industry in Mexico, for the quick response and because they set off a series of measures to control and eradicate the outbreak, and thus protect the Mexican industry and the global industry as well.