As well as new confirmed outbreaks of the highly pathogenic form of avian flu in poultry in Mexico, South Africa, and Taiwan, the disease is also suspected in South Korea.

Kristin Peck will succeed Juan Ramón Alaix as the CEO of Zoetis, effective January 1, 2020, and join the board of directors, effective immediately.

Study will examine whether stress while still in the shell and post-hatch may adversely affect chickens in later life, impacting how they eat.

Work on gene edited chickens able to resist avian influenza continues apace, but bringing these birds to market will face numerous hurdles.

A few days ago, I attended Biomin’s ABReduction Days in Lima, Peru, where several sessions were presented on the rational use of antibiotics in poultry, resistance, challenges, biosecurity and intestinal health.

Cause of the recent loss of a village poultry flock in Russia’s Far East has been identified as Newcastle disease. This was the first confirmed outbreak of the disease in the country for several months.

Veterinarians need to be involved in flock health care decisions particularly when dealing with producing specialty products.

As Denmark self-declared the country free from mild avian flu in poultry, a similar virus was detected in a duck flock in France.

I've been questioning the importance of notifying avian flu outbreaks of a few birds in backyard production for some time now.

Producers have invested heavily in the past to reduce the incidences of Salmonella Enteriditis (SE) in table eggs with refrigeration, improved cleaning and disinfection of facilities, enhanced biosecurity, better pest control, testing, and record-keeping. An additional option that has widely been included in SE control programs has been the use of live Salmonella vaccines and inactivated bacterins.

Jayson Lusk, distinguished professor and head of the Purdue University Department of Agricultural Economics, urged members of the United States Senate to make sure federal funding is available for research to improve the productivity of livestock and poultry.