The gape worm is a roundworm that affects wild birds, chickens and turkeys. It is transmitted mainly by snails, slugs, earthworms, and grasshoppers Thank you for reading Nation.Africa Show plans Some ...

She said: "I think the silver lining for all this is how do we in our back yards, we've got chickens too in our back yard, how do we solve something like this and people are sort of looking around ...

Prices of chicken, fish and some vegetables saw an upward trend in the Dhaka’s kitchen markets on Monday despite the government's repeated assurances of market stability during Ramadan. Lemon and ...

The unusually heavy media coverage of expensive eggs, depopulated chickens and avian flu has highlighted some of the deep problems and risks of modern poultry production. Unfortunately ...

Kauffman’s 20,000 Hyline Brown chickens lay their eggs in the hen house Oct. 7 at the Kauffman farm in Weldon, Iowa. At hen houses like this, avian flu can spread rapidly among the flock and lead to ...

As part of a new $1 billion plan to address bird flu in poultry and lower egg prices across the country, US secretary of agriculture Brooke Rollins announced Wednesday that the Department of ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture officials said Wednesday that there are "no anticipated changes" to the current federal policy requiring poultry to be culled in response to bird flu outbreaks ...

She laid out a five-point plan to address the situation. Dedicate up to $500 million to helping U.S. poultry producers implement “gold-standard” biosecurity measures. USDA has developed a ...

Farmers could plant it between food crops to improve soil and its seeds can be harvested and pressed for oil, while a byproduct of that processing can feed poultry and cattle. The oil, in turn ...