Etiket: poultry
Successful bird flu vaccines are being tested on poultry farms
Two vaccines have proven successful in protecting chickens against bird flu. Research by Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR) shows that two ‘vector vaccines’ “significantly reduce the number of infections”. In a…
Colruyt supports poultry farmers who get a lower price for eggs due to the obligation to house them | Economy
The current obligation to screen chickens and birds means that free-range chickens from professional poultry farmers actually become free-range chickens, Colruyt explains in a statement on Monday. The eggs of…
Ammonia leak in poultry slaughterhouse: “keep windows and doors closed”
Ammonia leak in poultry slaughterhouse: “keep windows and doors closed” Neighbors were asked to keep windows and doors closed. Firefighters were called from various municipalities. The leak would have originated…
Five trucks burned out at poultry farm in Anzegem
Five trucks burned out at poultry farm in Anzegem The fire started around half past seven this morning at Haerinck Services, a company that transports poultry. At first an explosion…
Avian flu: Consequences for poultry farmers, nature and our wallet
How it ended up in the barn remains a mystery. “In the end, the laboratory was unable to determine how it got to us, but we suspect it was due…
Bird flu again at poultry farm just across the Brabant border
Bird flu has been diagnosed at a poultry farm in Ospel, Limburg, just across the border with Brabant. About 94,000 hens are culled to prevent spread, the Ministry of Agriculture,…
Transport ban for poultry farms after bird flu in Hedel
Bird flu was diagnosed at a turkey farm in Hedel, Gelderland. All 44,400 turkeys there are being culled. To prevent further spread of the virus, a ban on the transport…
Transport ban for poultry farms after bird flu in Limburg
Bird flu was diagnosed at a turkey farm in the Limburg municipality of Ospel. To prevent further spread of the virus, the nearly 29,000 turkeys are culled. The bird flu…
Poultry farmers in Brabant are having a hard time due to the confinement obligation
The obligation to keep and shield poultry and other bird species has been extended again because of the bird flu. Agriculture Minister Piet Adema announced this last Wednesday. The extension…
Noose pot for poultry sector to fight bird flu is empty
The current outbreak of bird flu is so great that the sector’s noose pot intended for five years has already been exhausted after two and a half years, de Volkskrant…