News & Updates

The effectiveness of any biosecurity program is affected by what is in the program and whether the program is being followed. All it takes is one instance of a policy circumvented on a day that an infectious disease is waiting outside the poultry house door. Industry biosecurity practices proved inadequate in stopping the introduction and spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the U.S. Midwest in spring 2015. ... read more

In response to a critical need in the industry, U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY) has approved $550,000 in emergency funding to support further avian influenza research and communication. ... read more

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) on October 13 awarded contracts to Harrisvaccines and Ceva to manufacture doses of avian influenza vaccine. ... read more

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Tom Smith, vice president of quality management at Jennie-O Turkey Store, offers five tips for other poultry processors to follow, based on Jennie-O’s experience, in order to be prepared in advance of an outbreak at their own facilities. ... read more

A free guide to avian influenza had been published by the UK’s National Farmers Union (NFU) and the British Free Range Egg Producers’ Association (BFREPA). ... read more

Highly pathogenic H5N6 avian influenza has been detected in Laos for the first time since March 2014. ... read more

Enhancing biosecurity is the talk of the U.S poultry industry this fall with everyone trying to make sure that their farms have perimeter buffer areas around their poultry houses and lines of separation between the outside of the poultry house and where the birds actually live. Everything is focused on reducing the chance for the avian flu virus of getting onto a poultry farm and from getting inside the poultry ... read more

The global poultry industry had a busy week with one acquisition finalized, another planned, and expansion updates for two other companies. A recall, a lawsuit and further concerns about avian influenza also made the headlines. ... read more

Cuba has resumed imports of U.S. poultry after initiating a ban that stretched through August and September. ... read more

The number of table egg-laying hens in the U.S. might not fully recover from the losses stemming from the highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak in the Upper Midwest this spring until 2017, but don’t expect the current run of high wholesale egg prices to last that long. ... read more

The global poultry industry remains highly concerned about avian influenza and its impact on poultry production and trade. Here are 6 news stories from the week ending October 9 concerning the virus. ... read more

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has received reports about a number of new outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Nigeria, Taiwan and Vietnam over the last two weeks. ... read more

The government of Northern Ireland is urging all poultry farmers and people with backyard flocks to register with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) as a biosecurity measure to protect flocks from highly pathogenic avian influenza. ... read more

The Jamaican government has affirmed its commitment to poultry industry stakeholders in the country that it is doing what it can to protect birds there from potential avian influenza outbreaks. ... read more