USDA renews funding for AI research

USDA funding will continue for a Coordinated Agricultural Project, led by University of Maryland, on avian influenza.

September 11, 2008

The USDA has announced continued funding of $5 million for a Coordinated Agricultural Project (CAP) on avian influenza. The second phase will also be led by the University of Maryland and will involve researchers and extension specialists from a number of cooperating Land Grant institutions.

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Production resumes at idled Wayne-Sanderson Farms plant

Lawmakers seek quick aid to hurricane-hit ag producers

Diseases & Health

Newcastle disease reappears in Polish poultry

The latest flock to be infected involved 51,900 head of poultry.

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Avian Influenza

Beware of another billion-bird migration night

Poultry producers need to assume that any wild bird could be carrying highly pathogenic avian influenza.

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Avian Influenza

Early signs of growing avian flu risk to European poultry

Recent discoveries of dead wild birds in European countries has led to concerns about avian influenza in poultry flocks.

Diseases & Health

Colombia lifts H5N1-related ban on US beef

The trade restrictions had been in place since April.

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Diseases & Health

FAO conference aims to tackle threat of animal diseases

The three-day event represents a unique opportunity to explore how to integrate existing mechanisms and knowledge with new and improved tools to reduce the global burden of animal disease.

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JD Vance and his egg price buffoonery

The U.S. senator and vice-presidential candidate is called out for his lack of attention to detail on prices, how many eggs make a dozen and the impact of avian influenza.

Sen. JD Vance, Republican candidate for U.S. vice president, is blaming higher egg prices on policies set by Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president.

Avian Influenza

62,800 turkeys were in California flock hit by HPAI

On the same day H5N1 was confirmed in a California turkey flock, the virus was also found in six dairy farms in the state.

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Avian Influenza

H5N5 remains a concern in eastern Canada

To date, the strain of the virus has been confirmed in 50 wild birds and several species of mammals.

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Avian Influenza

Canada goes 7 months with no new cases of HPAI in poultry

Only one avian influenza primary control zone remains in the country.

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Avian Influenza

After 2-month hiatus, avian flu returns to US poultry

The virus has been confirmed in a commercial meat turkey flock in Merced County, California.

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Phage therapy in the poultry industry

Mark Clements talks to Pablo Cifuentes, chief technology officer with PhageLab, about how phage use in the poultry industry is set to increase.

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Poultry Tech Trends

Chicken models aid understanding of human immune diseases

Research on the Smyth line of chickens is crucial to the development of vitiligo prevention and therapeutics.

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