chickens

The latest outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the Western Cape, has resulted in at least 550 000 chickens being slaughtered and many more eggs being destroyed in attempts to contain the disease. This is according…

Breadcrumb Trail Links Author of the article: The Associated Press Josh Funk Published May 17, 2023  •  2 minute read Article content An animal rights group said Wednesday that a Virginia farm that raised…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska agriculture officials say another 1.8 million chickens must be killed after bird flu was found on a farm in the latest sign that the outbreak that has already prompted the slaughter of more than…

By DAVID PITT - Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa agriculture officials said Monday that another commercial egg farm in the state has been infected with bird flu, the first commercial farm…

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An outbreak of bird flu that has led to the deaths of 43 million chickens and turkeys this year across the U.S. has been found at a giant egg-laying operation in Ohio, state and federal agriculture officials said…

Supermarket chain Carrefour has hit on a novel idea to cope if the worst-case scenario of electricity shortages comes true this winter in France: firing up the rotisseries it uses to cook chicken an hour earlier in the morning. It is one of…

Poultry is responsible for more than one out of every five cases of salmonella infection in the U.S. But traditional methods of testing the chicken you grab off the grocery shelf may not be enough to detect all strains of the bacteria,…

25/25 © Reuters. Zinaida Makishaiva, 82, who survived Russian occupation, hugs one of her chickens, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine April 12, 2022. Makishaiva was not too shaken when Russian tanks…

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska agriculture officials say 570,000 broiler chickens will be slaughtered after…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The confirmation of bird flu at another Iowa egg-laying farm will force the killing…