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With H5N8 avian influenza (and an unrelated H5N2 case) confirmed in the UK, it’s a critical time to review the signs and symptoms that a flock may have the virus, and ways to keep it out of poultry farms. Bird flu is a notifiable animal disease, meaning that failing...
With winters in the UK becoming increasingly warm and wet, it is becoming ever-more important to stay on top of worms on poultry farms. Intestinal worms of poultry thrive in mild, damp conditions, and if left unchecked can have severe consequences for poultry farmers,...
CHRISTMAS is fast approaching, and seasonal turkey producers will be gearing up to serve customers in a year that could see wide-ranging restrictions placed on social activity. As it stands, UK law only permits gatherings of six or fewer and vast swathes of the...
Small adjustments to the egg collection and sorting equipment at a Welsh free-range egg farm has resulted in fewer eggs being graded as seconds. Hairline cracks in eggs are often not noticeable to the naked eye at farm level, but sensors at the packing plant pick them...
SOLAR POWER is generating interest among poultry producers as rising costs for electricity combine with lower prices for installations, making for a more attractive proposition. Prices for solar systems are more than 80% lower than they were ten years ago. Back then,...
With record summer temperatures forecast, it's worth reviewing how your broiler farm is set up to deal with warm weather. There is little doubt that the UK's climate is changing. Warmer, wetter winters and hotter summers have been recorded in recent years, with the...
RED MITE is a blood-sucking parasite that, if allowed to reproduce uncontrolled, can have a severe impact on the health and productivity of birds on a poultry farm. They are primarily a problem in laying hen and broiler breeder systems, but the set-up of modern...
BIOSECURITY is often highlighted as a priority in the winter months when the threat of avian influenza is higher. But it is just as important in the summer when a range of factors can increase the risk of an incursion of salmonella on both egg or broiler farms,...
NFU MUTUAL has released a checklist for poultry farmers to help with bird management in the summer months. The insurer’s risk management division said that the variable nature of summers in the UK means that sudden spikes in temperature can catch people off-guard –...