Chicken farm plan hits hurdle over drainage query
A plan to spend £3.5m to develop a 180,000-bird chicken farm has run into objections. The site at Barnes Farm in Rowton, near ...
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US poultry farms forced to eliminate 50,5 million chickens because of avian flu
More than 50,5 million birds in US poultry farms have been slaughtered ... by wild birds which transmit the virus through feathers, feces and direct contact. The latest report comes from the ...
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How to Avoid Poultry Manure Fires
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - How high is too high for a pile of chicken manure? Eight feet, apparently. Chicken waste is an excellent fertilizer, but with the growing season still weeks away it’s ...
Bird flu outbreak shuts down live poultry markets in New York
Authorities in New York state have temporarily closed all live poultry markets in New York City after detecting bird flu at ...
No waste left behind: Insect droppings can improve soil fertility
Insect droppings, commonly known as insect frass, may seem useless and downright disgusting, but scientists found that this ...
‘No water contamination from poultry farms in GBS-affected areas’
The NIV, Pune previously had found Campylobacter jejuni in water samples collected from Kirkatwadi area. Consumption of water ...
Can you get bird flu from eating eggs or chicken? How avian flu spreads
The risk of bird flu to humans is low, but eating undercooked eggs or chicken could increase your chances of exposure to infection and germs.
State suspends poultry events as avian flu continues to rise
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, more commonly known as H5N1 or bird flu, claimed its first human victim in the United States earlier this month. In the past year, it's resulted in the deaths of ...