“Under the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) and agency regulations, live poultry must be handled in a manner that is consistent with good commercial practices, which means they should be treated humanely,” said Edward Surgeon, DVM, of the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

Sam Houston State University’s Department of Agricultural Sciences and Engineering Technology recently received a $2,300 student recruiting grant from the USPOULTRY Foundation. The grant was made possible by an endowing Foundation gift from Jerry Moye, president of Cobb-Vantress, and his wife, Cherie.

Aviagen's guide on biosecurity best practices includes 10 steps that should be taken to clean and disinfect a poultry house.

The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has created a web portal on avian influenza.

According to the OIE, gaining a better understanding of the disease, providing easy access to recommendations on how to control it, and raising awareness of the current global avian influenza situation are the main objectives for creating the portal.

The trend toward antibiotic-free poultry production is likely to have some unexpected and far-reaching consequences.

Read the entire report about antibiotic-free poultry exclusively in the January issue of Poultry International.