Health

Multi-drug resistant bacteria proliferating through poultry waste

Misuse of antibiotics in poultry farms is leading to a proliferation of multi-drug resistant bacteria.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2017
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Poultry, Antibiotics, Agriculture, Waste Disposal, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Health Effects, Health, Food Safety
Health

Antibiotic resistance in poultry environment: spread of resistance from poultry farm to agricultural field

This new study establishes that poultry environment is a reservoir of multidrug resistant bacteria and points towards the role of litter in spreading ABR in the environment. Antibiotics are becoming increasingly ineffective.

Publication Date: 
31/08/2017
Chandra Bhushan, Amit Khurana, Rajeshwari Sinha, Mouna Nagaraju
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Tags:
Antibiotics, Poultry, Agriculture, Health Effects, Waste Management, India, CSE Study
Health

Antibiotic resistance in poultry environment

Misuse of antibiotics in poultry farms is leading to a proliferation of multi-drug resistant bacteria.

Publication Date: 
31/08/2017
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Tags:
Antibiotics, Poultry, Health Effects, India, CSE Study, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab
Health

Antibiotic misuse in poultry farms leading to multi-drug resistant bacteria, says CSE’s new study

Misuse of antibiotics in poultry farms is leading to a proliferation of multi-drug resistant bacteria. To make matters worse, these bacteria are now spreading in the environment because of unsafe disposal of poultry litter and waste in agricultural fields – this has a potential to infect human beings: says a new study from Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).

Tags:
Antibiotics, Poultry, India, Health Effects, CSE Study
Animal Care

South Africa's RCL Foods finds bird flu at poultry farm

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa’s RCL Foods has found the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu at one of its poultry farms, it said on Tuesday, as it reported a 34 percent drop in full-year earnin

Publication Date: 
30/08/2017
Reuters
Tags:
Animal Care, Influenza, Avian Flu, South Africa, Poultry, Birds, Africa
Animal Care

Germany reports outbreak of H5N8 bird flu in swans

PARIS (Reuters) - Germany reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus in the central state of Saxony-Anhalt, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Tuesday.

Publication Date: 
30/08/2017
Reuters
Tags:
Avian Flu, Influenza, Germany, Animal Care, Poultry, Birds
Animal Care

South Africa: New Bird Flu Cases Reported

South Africa has reported eight new cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N8 to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).

Publication Date: 
29/08/2017
All Africa
Tags:
Animal Care, Avian Flu, Influenza, Birds, Poultry, South Africa, WHO, Africa
Animal Care

Uganda declared free of bird flu

KAMPALA - Uganda has been declared free of bird flu after tests of samples from poultry and wild birds proved negative, according to Christopher Kibazanga, the minister of state for agriculture.

Publication Date: 
21/08/2017
New Vision (Uganda)
Tags:
Animal Care, Influenza, Avian Flu, Birds, Uganda, Poultry, Africa
Health

Assessing the health and nutrition risks of smallholder poultry production in Burkina Faso

The Soutenir l’Exploitation Familiale pour Lancer l’Élevage des Volailles et Valoriser l’Économie Rurale (SELEVER) study is designed to evaluate the impact of an integrated agriculture-nutrition intervention package (including poultry value chain development; women’s empowerment activities; and a behavior change communications strategy to promot

Publication Date: 
17/08/2017
Aulo Gelli, Derek Headey, Francis Ngure, & et al
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Tags:
Poultry, Animal Products, Health Effects, Nutrition, Child Health, Burkina Faso, Africa, Women
Agriculture

Factory farming in Asia poses environmental, forced-labour risks - report

The rapid growth of factory farming in Asia for livestock and seafood poses enormous environmental and forced labour risks, in addition to threats to public safety and health, according to a report

Publication Date: 
17/08/2017
Thompson Reuters Foundation (TRUST)
Tags:
Agriculture, Asia, Livestock, Poultry, Labour, Environment, Aquaculture, Food Safety, China

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