China confirms birdflu outbreak among poultry Sat 19 May 2007 7:00 AM ET (Adds details in paragraphs 5 to 7) BEIJING, May 19 (Reuters) - China has confirmed an outbreak of the H5N1 birdflu virus among poultry in the central province of Hunan, but no cases of human infection in the area hit, state media reported on Saturday. China confirms birdflu outbreak among poultry Sat 19 May 2007 7:00 AM ET (Adds details in paragraphs 5 to 7) BEIJING, May 19 (Reuters) - China has confirmed an outbreak...

According to the SCCBF spokesman, attempts to combat bird flu in Egypt have been severely hampered by the continued practice of raising poultry domestically in rural areas. Thirty-four cases of bird flu in humans have been reported in Egypt since February 2006 of which 20 made a full recovery. Al-Ahram Weekly was among an Egyptian delegation, headed by Abdel-Rahman Shaheen, official spokesman at the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP), invited by the US State Department for a one week...

Jakarta- A 26-year-old woman has died of bird flu in Indonesia, bringing the country's world-leading death toll from the H5N1 avian influenza virus to 76, a health official confirmed Monday. He said local health officials quoted the victim's husband as saying that several days before she became ill, several of their backyard chickens were founded dead. Afraid the other chickens would also die, the victim killed, cooked and consumed the remaining chickens. The government also placed tight...

This article does not have any comments associated with it. Light refreshments will be served. The program is free and open to all. Welcome to The Daily Times - Salisbury, Md. Bethany sponsors discussion on poultry industry BETHANY BEACH The town's Cultural & Historic Affairs Committee will be closing its spring programs with a discussion about the poultry industry. Bill Satterfield, executive director of the Delmarva Poultry Industry, inc. will be speaking about the poultry industry at 7:30 p.

This would trigger an increase in corn acreage to more than 110 million acres and drive the price to more than $4. Researchers at Iowa State University recently released a study that shows the possibility of large spikes in the cost of retail meat, egg and dairy prices if U. According to the study, the increase in corn production would be largely at the expense of soybean and wheat acres, which would cause the price of these crops to rise from decreased production. Beef, pork and poultry...