Health

Factory farming in Asia: assessing investment risks

The use of antibiotics in factory farms in Asia is set to more than double in just over a decade, with potentially damaging effects on antibiotic resistance around the world.

Publication Date: 
14/08/2017
FAIRR
Tags:
Poultry, Antibiotics, Asia, India, Health Effects, Food Safety, Nutrition, Animal Products, Pigs, Livestock, Environment
Health

Factory farming in Asia creating global health risks, report warns

Growth of intensive units has potential to increase antibiotic resistance and could result in spread of bird flu beyond region

Publication Date: 
14/08/2017
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Health, Asia, Poultry, Health Effects, Avian Flu, Influenza
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding requirement of consent to operate for poultry farms, Madhya Pradesh, 11/08/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of CH Institute of Management and Commerce & Others vs. State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 11/08/2017 regarding requirement of consent to operate for poultry farms. As per the classification of CPCB poultry firms having less than 1 lakh birds do not require ‘Consent to Operate’ as per CPCB guidelines of 20.10.2015. Tribunal directs that the clarification of CPCB dated 19.07.2017 be filed before the Court.

Judgement Date: 
11/08/2017
Tags:
Poultry, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Madhya Pradesh, Court, Water Demand
Animal Care

Southern Africa: Zim, SA Lose 1m Chickens to Bird Flu

Zimbabwe and South Africa have lost over one million chickens to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), it has been learnt.

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

Another bird flu outbreak, farmers taking extreme care

A poultry producer has confirmed another outbreak of bird flu at a breeding farm in Standerton, Mpumalanga.

Publication Date: 
03/08/2017
ENCA (South Africa)
Tags:
Animal Care, Avian Flu, Livestock, Influenza, Poultry, South Africa, Birds, Africa
Animal Care

Zimbabwe poultry farm hit again by avian flu outbreak

A Zimbabwean poultry farm has reported a second outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu, two months after it first occurred, the state-owned Herald newspaper said on Monday.

Publication Date: 
02/08/2017
Reuters (Africa)
Tags:
Animal Care, Influenza, Avian Flu, Zimbabwe, Poultry, Birds, Africa
Health

Myanmar H1N1 swine flu death toll rises to 10

YANGON, July 31 (Reuters) - Four more people have died in an outbreak of H1N1 influenza in Myanmar, a health official said on Monday, taking the death toll in the latest outbreak to 10 as the gover

Publication Date: 
31/07/2017
Thompson Reuters Foundation (TRUST)
Tags:
Health, Influenza, Avian Flu, Myanmar, Poultry, Livestock
Animal Care

Zimbabwe poultry farm hit again by avian flu outbreak

HARARE - A Zimbabwean poultry farm has reported a second outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu, two months after it first occurred, the state-owned Herald newspaper said on Monday.

Publication Date: 
31/07/2017
Angola Press
Tags:
Animal Care, Avian Flu, Influenza, Zimbabwe, Poultry, Birds, Africa
Health

'Punjab poultry farms breeding antibiotic-resistant pathogens'

Scientists have found high levels of antibiotic resistant pathogens in chickens being raised for eggs and meat in poultry farms in Punjab, raising serious health concerns for humans.

Publication Date: 
21/07/2017
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Poultry, Antibiotics, Health Effects, Farmers, Animal Diseases, Health
Health

The prevalence of extended-spectrum Beta-Lactamase-producing multidrug-resistant escherichia coli in poultry chickens and variation according to farming practices in Punjab, India

Agricultural use of antimicrobials in subtherapeutic concentrations is increasing in response to the rising demand for food animal products worldwide. In India, the use of antimicrobials in food animal production is unregulated. Research suggests that many clinically important antimicrobials are used indiscriminately. This is the largest study to date in India that surveys poultry production to test for antimicrobial resistance and the occurrence of extended-spectrum b-lactamases (ESBLs) modulated by farming and managerial practices.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2017
Charles H. Brower, Siddhartha Mandal, Shivdeep Hayer & et al
Environmental Health Perspectives
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Tags:
Poultry, Antibiotics, Punjab, Health Effects, Micro Organisms, Livestock, Food Contamination, Food Standards, India

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