The unusually heavy media coverage of expensive eggs, depopulated chickens and avian flu has highlighted some of the deep problems and risks of modern poultry production. Unfortunately, however, ...

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C1 and C2 comprised two houses each, with birds housed in indoor cages without litter. Backyard poultry as viral reservoirs – The study detected genetically similar H5N1 strains in a backyard ...

“Additionally, those who keep domestic birds should ensure they are housed in protected areas to avoid contact with wild birds, regularly clean and disinfect poultry houses, and restrict the access of ...

"We have 10 poultry houses full of lively hens and two of them ... Mr Saunders said the cost of a deep clean by Defra was more than the business could afford so the family would have to leave ...

Other farms also have litter disposal pits. Litter produced is sold as manure for farming as organic fertilizer. Story continues below this ad Individual broiler poultry farmers rear their birds using ...

The results also “strongly implicate” that air ventilation systems in poultry houses could make it easier for airborne HPAI to spread, the authors noted, adding that “the windborne spread of H5N1 HPAI ...