It also mentioned that the authority is unable to detect initial stages of the epidemics in order to implement control actions. The report added that it is likely that the disease will spread, taking into consideration that there is vast poultry trading between the two countries, in addition to shared borders. The report attributes these problems to the lack of budget funds allocated to the operating management to carry out programs, although the Cabinet approved a project valued at YR 50...

DAILY EXPRESS NEWS A mobile abattoir for now 17 November, 2007 Papar: Agriculture and Food Industry Minister Datuk Abdul Rahim Ismail launched a mobile abattoir on Friday to cater to the forthcoming Hari Raya Aidil Adha celebration and demand from other quarters as well. DAILY EXPRESS NEWS A mobile abattoir for now 17 November, 2007 Papar: Agriculture and Food Industry Minister Datuk Abdul Rahim Ismail launched a mobile abattoir on Friday to cater to the forthcoming Hari Raya Aidil Adha...

The year was 1986, and Tibbott had spent the past six years hoping that his small business selling vegetarian meat alternatives in rural Washington state would catch on. Success proved elusive -- the treehouse was the only place he could afford to live -- until he developed a soy-based version of the traditional Thanksgiving turkey. The percentage of adults who do not eat poultry in particular grew to 6 percent from 3 percent. Two years later, he moved the shoestring operation to an...

They say the drug is not broken down in sewage systems, meaning it could find its way into water supplies and make viruses resistant in the event of a pandemic (source: Reuters) If confirmed, her death will bring the country's total to 90 (source: Xinhua) It includes improvements to diagnostic capabilities, research and public awareness campaigns (source: Daily Times) Each title is a link to the full article. Indonesia's death toll now stands at 88 (source: Reuters) E-Guide to Science...

Tyson will acquire a Brazilian poultry business and has reached preliminary deals for two joint venture poultry operations in China. The legal maneuver is the latest chapter in the ongoing saga between Oklahoma environmental regulators and a group of 14 poultry companies, many of which are based in Arkansas. In the wake of the fallout from its failed $3 billion go-private sale, Morgan had announced that he would step down as company leader after a successor was appointed, but would remain...

One cattlemen's group didn't wait to find out, filing an emergency request Friday for a temporary restraining order to block the rule from taking effect. Mad cow disease has been linked to variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare and deadly nerve disease that has been blamed for more than 150 human deaths, mostly in Britain. At the same time, no one knows for sure how the decision will affect domestic ranchers or foreign markets, which have yet to fully recover from the discovery of an...