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Editorial: It’s time to rethink poultry production

The bird flu epidemic has wiped out 12 per cent of U.S. egg-laying capacity in a matter of weeks

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The numbers surrounding the bird flu epidemic change each day. But they are staggering. Early this week, the USDA was reporting 197 confirmed outbreaks among poultry flocks with losses of 44.6 million fowl, many of them egg-laying hens. The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) predicts the number of birds affected will climb to 50
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Why do some songbirds warm eggs longer than others?

Birds with a short lifespan put more effort into incubating their young

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The amount of care parents provide their young varies greatly across the animal kingdom, particularly among songbird species, who spend anywhere from 20 per cent to nearly 100 per cent of daylight hours warming eggs in their nests. A team of researchers led by Thomas Martin, senior scientist and professor at UM’s Montana Cooperative Wildlife
Livestock, News

Hobby comes home to roost

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The attic of Peter Pauls’ tidy two-storey garage is filled with giant runts, white homers and Warsaw Schmetterlinge, also known as Polish butterflies. They are all pigeons, although you won’t find the latter just anywhere. “They’re the ones with the feathers on their feet,” he explained. “They are bred for show, but they do fly.”
Livestock, Poultry

More Compensation For Layer Hens

Egg farmers will get more compensation money if their flocks have to be destroyed because of a disease outbreak. The federal government has created a separate category for layer hens under the Compensation for Destroyed Animals Regulations. The maximum compensation amount per hen is $30. Previously, egg-laying hens were included in a general category for
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Turkey Production Recovering After November Avian Flu Case

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After a stressful 3-1/2 months for poultry producers across Manitoba, U.S. borders have reopened and it’s back to production as usual. Borders reopened to all poultry February 1, 2011, 11 weeks after the Manitoba avian flu case was first reported in a turkey breeder farm. The young breeder who was forced to destroy all of
Livestock, Poultry

Avian Flu Halves Manitoba Chicken Exports

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Acase of avian influenza in a turkey flock north of Winnipeg has had a backlash effect on Manitoba’s chicken industry. Chicken exports have been cut in half as a result of import restrictions on Manitoba poultry because of the AI outbreak last November, Manitoba Chicken Producers reports. Manitoba grows roughly five per cent of its
Livestock, Poultry

Ont. Processor To Buy Lilydale In Meats Merger

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Toronto-area meat processor Sofina Foods has signed a $75-million cash-and-bonds deal to take over Edmonton poultry packer Lilydale Inc. Privately held Sofina, which processes and sells pork, beef and poultry products for the domestic, U. S. and Japanese markets, has offered Lilydale’s shareholders $10 cash and about $5.43 in debentures per share. The buyer will
News, Poultry

Japan Bans Imports Of Texas Poultry

Japan has banned imports of poultry from the U. S. state of Texas after a report of a case of avian flu (serotype H5) in the state, the U. S. Agriculture Department said Jan. 6. Japan, which has previously banned poultry imports from Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Illinois, is a small market for U. S. poultry,
News, Poultry

Bird Flu Fears Halt Poultry Exports From Kentucky

Ecuador and Taiwan became the latest countries to halt imports of poultry meat from Kentucky following a suspected case of the non-lethal strain of bird flu, the U. S. Agriculture Department said April 8. Russia, the top importer of U. S. chicken meat, stopped shipments of fresh and frozen poultry from the state last week.

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