Poultry feed is an expensive commodity. Any loss or reduction of feed utilisation can seriously affect the profitability of ...

To keep birds safe, take care when placing your bird feeders, according to the Lab of Ornithology. An estimated 100 million birds are killed in collisions with window glass every year, the group says.

Feed industry rejects poultry litter-bovine bird flu link. Published 3:00 pm Monday, May 6, 2024 ...

Sometime in the 2010s, chicken surpassed pork to become the most widely produced meat in the world. As of 2022, tens of billions of chickens are killed every year to feed humanity’s growing ...

Feeders, bird baths and backyard poultry enclosures can be sources of salmonella and bird flu (avian influenza), public health experts said. But people can reduce spread to birds and other animals ...

Like commercially farmed poultry, backyard chickens are also vulnerable to bird flu. Several factors contribute to the risk level, says Maurice Pitesky, an epidemiologist and veterinarian at the ...

READ MORE: Experts say lose the bird feeder as cases of infectious avian flu rise. ... 27 million cases of avian influenza have been reported in backyard and commercial poultry as of April 8th.