Why is Poultry Welfare in develoPing countries a concern? The poultry sector is one of the most rapidly growing livestock sectors worldwide: between 1961 and 2001 the number of poultry slaughtered annually increased by 621 percent. Although industrialized countries have much higher average per capita consumption of most poultry products, production in developing countries is increasing rapidly....

BACKGROUND The significant role of retail poultry meat as an important exposure pathway for the acquisition and transmission of extended spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli (ESBL-EC) into the human population warrants understanding concerning those operational practices associated with dissemination of ESBL-EC in poultry meat retailing. Hence, the objective of this study was to dete...

Simulation modeling can be used in aiding decision-makers in deciding when to invest in additional research and when the risky animal disease-import decision should go forward. Simulation modeling to evaluate value-of-information (VOI) techniques provides a robust, objective and transparent framework for assisting decision-makers in making risky animal and animal product decisions. In this anal...

Background: Gastroenteritis caused by Salmonella spp. is mainly related to the consumption of undercooked chicken meat or raw poultry products. The objective of this study was to assess the occurrence of Salmonella spp. in chicken carcasses and giblets commercialized in Southern Chile (Valdivia city). Methodology: A total of 560 samples were collected from four supermarkets and one poultry prod...

Meat products were collected from public retail outlets and tested for the presence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in an area with a high prevalence of VRE reported in human fecal samples. VRE were detected in 66% of the samples, and a predominance of VanC strains was found, which is also true for human fecal samples.

Three-hour milk production measurements determined by machine milking at 3-d intervals throughout a 63-d lactation period were used to describe lactation curves for crossbred ewes lambing at 1 and 2 yr of age and rearing single and twin lambs. Age of ewe, type of rearing, and day of lactation affected (P < 0.05) milk production. Over the 63-d lactation, average daily milk production was 2.56 an...

The accurate operation of a Food Supply Chain (FSC) is critical issue as it directly interfaces with health and safety matters. This study addresses coordination conflict management in three-level FSC that embraces new inventory type known growing items like poultry livestock. chain involves rearing farm the supplier, processed food producer manufacturer, multiple retailers. Vendor Managed Inve...

Background: Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis is a zoonotic pathogen isolated in broilers causing great economic losses the European poultry sector. It demonstrated that an investment management measures at farm level could directly affect control of food chain microorganisms. The aim this study was to investigate development S. antimicrobial resistance (AMR) patterns during growing period, ...

In India, the contribution of ducks for egg and meat production is next to chicken. There are many advantagesof duck over The important available in country few exotic breeds locallyavailable indigenous ducks. Ducks can be reared under intensive, semi-intensive extensive rearing system.However, mostly small flock size as subsidiary source income. major basedintegrated farming system duck-fish, ...