Zootecnica International - World Poultry Journal

China's poultry prices to rise as H7N9 wanes

Prices of poultry products in China could rise sharply as early as next month as the waning H7N9 virus helps consumers regain confidence in poultry meat and eggs, experts said. Since late March, authorities have closed many poultry markets in eastern China to curb the spread of the virus and many consumers have stayed away from poultry products due to fears of being infected by the deadly virus.

Since the beginning of May the number of new infecti...

UK retailers relax rules on GM poultry feed

Three major British grocery chains have ended their bans on providing genetically modified feed to chickens. Sainsbury's, the Co-operat...

Poultry drug increases levels of toxic arsenic in chicken meat

Chickens likely raised with arsenic-based drugs result in chicken meat that has higher levels of inorganic arsenic, a known carcinogen, according to a...

Greek and Italian poultry farmers face European court threat over hen welfare

The European Commission has announced that it is taking Greece and Italy to the European Union Court of Justice over their failure to implement the We...