This is a disease that is becoming increasingly important to free range and barn egg producers and a solution is desperately needed. Join over 70,000 readers and stay up-to-date with whats happening in the Farming industry. Red mite continues to be one of the most costly problems in the free range egg sector. The BEMB Trust is the largest independent research funding body for the egg production industry. Thelatest theory is thatbare soil may have a role in re-infecting flocks. Another...

China has invested in effective systems for disease surveillance, prevention and response since it came under criticism for its secretive response in fighting severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS in 2003, World Health Organization Director-General Dr. China has invested in effective systems for disease surveillance, prevention and response since it came under criticism for its secretive response in fighting severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS in 2003, World Health Organization...

The assets of Copaga to be acquired comprise a feed factory, a poultry processing facility and a pig integration business. Nutreco said the acquisition enables Nutreco to further optimise feed and meat capacity and reduce production costs in Spain. Nutreco spokesman Frank van Ooijen said he could not confirm any financial details of the deal as this is conditional on due diligence. The transaction is subject to due diligence and approval by the members of the Copaga co-operative and...

As a quarter of Britons are described as binge drinkers, we look at the health risks involved and how to identify the signs of addiction and alcohol abuse. Click on the links below for our story archives on key health issues such as allergies, breast cancer, nutrition, obesity, smoking, stress, binge drinking and bird flu. From the latest bird flu outbreaks in Britain to how avian influenza is spreading around the world. Discover breast cancer symptoms, how to check your breasts, learn...

WHO said the virus, which passes from birds to humans, had killed 200 of the 350 people confirmed as infected worldwide. WHO avian flu expert David Nabarro told journalists in Geneva it was still feared that the H5N1 strain, the most dangerous ever recorded, could be the virus that mutates and causes the next human influenza pandemic by passing from human to human. WHO was co-ordinating preparations and overseeing moves to speed up vaccine production globally but there was another two to...