around 556 million chickens in the US died at hatcheries and on farms before reaching the slaughterhouse, their carcasses winding up in landfills, incinerators, compost heaps, or pet food.
KUCHING, Dec 6 — Over 10,000 chickens met a fiery end after a fire destroyed a block of chicken coops at a poultry farm in Batu 8, Jalan Matang. According to the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), ...
Test results from a small free range chicken farm near Dunedin have not detected the bird flu strain at the centre of an outbreak at another farm. The farm had reported bird deaths, after the H7N6 ...
The latest report comes from the state of Nebraska where another 1,8 million chickens must be sacrificed, following the discovery of an egg laying farm some 190 kilometers north of Omaha.
Biosecurity New Zealand has confirmed a second case of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H7N6 at a commercial egg farm in rural Otago. Testing identified the virus in chickens in a second shed on ...
The number of chickens needing to be culled has doubled as bird flu spreads to a second shed on the Otago farm. Photo / Ben Tomsett A second poultry farm near Dunedin has been placed under ...
MPI's chief veterinary office, Mary van Andel, said 80,000 chickens would now need to be culled at Mainland Poultry's Hillgrove Egg Farm, doubling from 40,000. She says there's no indication the H7N6 ...
The number of chickens needing to be culled on an Otago farm has doubled to 80,000. It is New Zealand’s first confirmed case of high pathogenic avian influenza H7N6, or bird flu. All poultry ...