Agriculture Department said on Friday the public will be able to formally comment on the way it handled the discovery that the industrial chemical melamine was found in feed given to hogs and poultry. USDA and the Food and Drug Administration have said that it was unlikely that pigs, chickens or fish that ate the contaminated feed would pose a risk to human health if consumed. More than 100 brands of pet foods have been recalled, and the pet food was later purchased by poultry, fish and...

The Punjab poultry industry, which was ranked first in India in 1984, has dropped to the seventh due to what farmers' term as the anti-poultry attitude of the government. Punjab poultry farmers see big market players as threat to their industry. Agitated poultry farmers claim that they experiencing huge losses due to natural calamities and with the presence of mega companies. Punjab is the first state in the country to introduce contract farming at the government level. The Punjab poultry...

Roxas City (25 May) -- About 264,000 heads of various livestocks have been recorded by the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) - Capiz in view of its livestock and poultry inventory as of January 1 this year to determine the status of farm animals in the province. Roxas City (25 May) -- About 264,000 heads of various livestocks have been recorded by the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) - Capiz in view of its livestock and poultry inventory as of January 1 this year to determine...

Those affected either had direct contact with the affected poultry or with farm workers, said Chris Lines, a spokesman for the agency. The H7 subtype of bird flu is believed to be less virulent than H5, but it has in the past caused human cases, and was responsible for a large outbreak which led to one death in the Netherlands in 2003. The cases come a day after four people tested positive for the H7N2 type virus_ a far milder form of the illness than the deadly H591. The illnesses were...

Market hit by avian flu poultry ban. Fabian Eagle, who runs the Swaffham market, said the decision was reasonable, but insisted it was unfair for people to be able to sell poultry in their backyard, but be banned from attending bird markets. There are at least 100 vendors, whom we call backyard poultry keepers, who normally attend the market every week. We are expecting several people to turn up, but on the whole we have to live with the state of facts. The restriction only covers chickens...

The whole area had been disinfected and villagers had been advised to follow advice from doctors on the matter, he added. The virus was confirmed through tests on affected birds in Namaturu village and more than 200 birds had been culled to curtail the spread of the disease, said Aminu Abdulrazak from the state health ministry. Bird flu was first detected in Nigeria on a farm in Jaji town outside the northern city of Kano in February last year from where it spread to other parts of the country.