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29 January, 2025. An outbreak of avian influenza in a poultry flock in the United States may not initially seem like a significant news event. However, the situation becomes far more concerning when the affected farm houses 2.8 million layers from the nation’s second-largest producer.

Dec 14, 2024 · Wen, Feng et al. (2024) The Lancet Microbe 14 December, 2024. A correspondence published in The Lancet Microbe highlights critical findings regarding the highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses, particularly their emergence in live poultry markets (LPMs) in China.The authors claim that these viruses exhibit enhanced binding affinity for human-type receptors, posing significant public ...

L= Lentogenic; M= Mesogenic. VG/GA strain was isolated by Drs. Pedro Villegas and John Glisson at the University of Georgia from the intestinal tracts of turkeys. LaSota strain: the strain had been isolated from the farm of Adam LaSota in Westwood, Bergen County, New Jersey.He had submitted chicks for postmortem examination on February 6, 1946, and Newcastle disease virus was isolated from the ...

9 January, 2025. The United States is renewing its bird flu vaccine strategy as the virus continues to severely impact poultry and dairy industries, causing the deaths of over 130 million birds and leading to human infections.

11 January, 2025. 2025 is projected to be a year of robust growth for the global poultry industry, according to RaboResearch’s latest animal protein report.

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28 January, 2025. Zoetis Inc. announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB) has granted an import permit for a modified live vaccine, Poulvac TRT, to address an increasing demand within the poultry industry for the control of turkey rhinotracheitis (TRT), an upper respiratory tract disease caused by …

Jan 27, 2025 · Global poultry industry set for 2025 growth 11 January, 2025 2025 is projected to be a year of robust growth for the global poultry industry, according to RaboResearch’s latest animal protein report. The global poultry industry is anticipated to maintain its strong growth momentum in 2024, with an additional 2.5% to 3% predicted market growth in 2025.

27 December, 2024. CDC has sequenced the influenza viruses in specimens collected from the patient in Louisiana who was infected with, and became severely ill from HPAI A(H5N1) virus. The analysis identified low frequency mutations in the hemagglutinin gene of a sample sequenced from the patient, which were not found in virus sequences from poultry samples collected on the patient’s property ...