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Six new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) have been reported in Mexico and one new case has been reported in Argentina, according to the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH).
Ingham’s, Oceana’s largest producer of poultry, entered into an agreement for the conditional purchase of the poultry meat business and assets of New Zealand’s Bromley Park Hatcheries (BPH).
As the broiler industry is hoping hatchability rates improve, North Carolina State University researchers conducted a study to see if fertility in breeding roosters could be improved by giving them a feed that included fish meal.
After Hubbard announced its research and development (R&D) investment in April 2021, the poultry breeder company’s Walpole, New Hampshire expansion project is finally completed.
In a concerning development, Japanese authorities have detected a second HPAI virus serotype in commercial poultry.
Earlier this month, broilers at a farm on the southernmost main island of Kyushu tested positive for the H5N2 serotype, according to the official notification to the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH).
Tennessee State Veterinarian Samantha Beaty on January 20 reported a new detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial broiler chicken flock at a farm in Weakley County.