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PED Slows Down and New Avian Flu Strain Takes Flight

2016-01-19 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - Well, here we go again. Or at least here goes the poultry sector again – we think, writes Steve Meyer in the National Hog Farmer.

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Pig Flu Virus Study Shows Worrying Pandemic Profile

2016-01-05 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

GLOBAL - Tests on the most common type of influenza found in Chinese pigs reveal that it has the potential to transmit easily in humans, posing a pandemic threat similar to the virus that triggered a pandemic in 2009 after jumping from swine to people.

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2015 Agriculture review, part 2: Input costs, grain prices and avian flu

2015-12-22 20:42:00| Corn & Soybean Digest

This is the second of a two-part article highlighting what happened agriculturally in 2015. Last weeks article provided a review of 2015 crop production and weather conditions. This week we will focus on some highlights regarding input costs, grain prices and the avian flu virus outbreak in 2015. Focus on Ag read more

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France takes measures to curb bird flu outbreak

2015-12-18 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology

France has bolstered sanitation as well as imposed restrictions zone to curb movement of poultry from the southwest region in an effort to limit impact of bird flu outbreak.

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