Luckily, the annual search for a vaccine against seasonal flu is helping scientists as they seek immunization against its much deadlier cousin, H5N1 avian influenza. That's much lower than the regular seasonal flu vaccine, making it unclear as to how effective the newly approved bird flu shot would be in the event of an epidemic. Food and Drug Administration of a less-than-perfect vaccine against bird flu is only the beginning of the search for a truly effective shot against the virus,...

Foster Farms would like to reassure our customers and consumers that our poultry products are not in any way affected by these events. Foster Farms is committed to producing the safest, most wholesome, highest quality and delicious poultry and poultry products. Consumers are alarmed by current news about a large scale USDA hold on major market brand poultry suspected to have eaten contaminated feed from China. Foster Farms specializes in producing high quality fresh chicken products that...

Third in a series of reports on deadling with the threat from avian influenza. Yet people often do not follow the rules about preventing bird flu. What happens if you follow all these rules and someone in your family gets sick? How will you know if it is bird flu? People who could be infected with the bird flu virus will have difficulty breathing. Most bird flu cases in human beings have resulted from people touching infected farm birds, such as chickens, ducks or turkeys. The government...

Measures against bird flu cost Czech poultry breeders Kc1bn-press By Prague Daily Monitor/ TK / Published 2 May 2007 Prague, April 30 (CTK) - Measures taken last year owing to a risk of bird flu spread to the Czech Republic caused losses to the extent of Kc1bn to Czech poultry breeders, while pharmaceutical firms gained Kc1bn, the business daily Hospodarske noviny reported today. Measures against bird flu cost Czech poultry breeders Kc1bn-press By Prague Daily Monitor/ TK / Published 2 May...

Reducing over-regulation and ensuring that a new approach to environmental issues and climate change is not bound in red tape are key to assisting the poultry industry, food and environment minister Lord Rooker told the British Poultry Council (BPC) at its AGM and Annual Parliamentary Lunch. Reducing over-regulation and ensuring that a new approach to environmental issues and climate change is not bound in red tape are key to assisting the poultry industry, food and environment minister...