BIRD FLU: H5N1 Detected in Vietnam; Bird Flu and US Government Reaction; Bird Flu Vaccine Spurs Strong Immune Response
GLOBAL - Summary of Bird Flu / Avian Influenza related news from across the world.

Avícola As de Oro To Build Modern Hatchery
GLOBAL - Avícola As de Oro, a Peruvian broiler and breeder rearing company, has enlisted Petersime's support in building its new hatchery in Lima - one of the most modern in Latin America.

Goldman Sachs Buys Chinese Poultry Farms
GLOBAL - Investors Goldman Sachs has invested $300 million in ten poultry farms in China.

Study Describes Campylobacter Genetics
GLOBAL - M. Denis and colleagues at the French Agency for Food Safety, AFSSA, found that the campylobacter bacteria found in chickens show wide genetic diversity, and that genomic re-arrangement occurs in the chicken's digestive tract.

Dacheng Wins Initial Judgment over Lysine to US
GLOBAL - China's largest lysine producer Dacheng Group has won an initial judgment by the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) in a recent patent infringement case.

Uganda Now to Export Poultry to Kenya
GLOBAL - Following a prolonged stalemate, Ugandan companies can now export poultry products to Kenya.

Embrex Award for Dr Velleman
GLOBAL - Sandra G. Velleman of Ohio State University has received the 2008 Embrex Fundamental Science Award from the Poultry Science Association.

Study Shows Genetic Selection Improves Meat Quality
GLOBAL - A study soon to be published by Elisabeth Le Bihan-Duval and colleagues in France confirms that genetic selection should be useful to improve meat characteristics of meat-type chickens without impairing profitability.

Cham Foods Plans JV in US
GLOBAL - The Israel-based company has announced plans to invest $30 million in an Iowa poultry farm and egg products plant.

Avian Breakthough in Sight
GLOBAL - Groundbreaking research to enable rapid diagnosis of bird flu is being developed with the help of Nottingham Trent University.

Scientist Thinks Nigerian Bird Flu Virus Results from Unregulated Trade
GLOBAL - Scientists are doubtful that the latest disease-producing strain of avian flu detected in Nigeria originated with wild migratory birds that annually migrate there from Europe or Central Asia.

Ghana Calls for Regional Meeting on Avian Flu
GLOBAL - Ghana's Veterinary Services Directorate has invited its partners from neighbouring Togo and Benin to a cross-border meeting at Aflao to discuss common measures to prevent the incursions of bird flu following recent outbreaks in Nigeria.

H9N2 Avian Flu Virus Has Pandemic Potential in Humans
GLOBAL - Hongquan Wan of the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Maryland has published a paper with a number of co-authors on the pandemic potential of the the H9N2 flu virus in humans. Their work in ferrets led them to suggest that this...

International Symposium on Avian Influenza in April 2009
GLOBAL - The 7th International Symposium on Avian Influenza will be held at the University of Georgia on 5-8 April 2009.

HK Resumes Imports from UK's Flu-Hit Counties
GLOBAL - Hong Kong has resumed importing poultry meat and products from Suffolk and Norfolk.

Uganda and Kenya Still to Agree over Chicken Exports
GLOBAL - Bilateral trade negotiations on Uganda's poultry and beef exports have stalled following Kenya's failure to present a report of the full risk assessment on product hygiene.

New President of the World's Poultry Science Association
GLOBAL - Dr Bob Pym of Australia is the new president of the World's Poultry Science Association (WPSA).

Brazil and India Agree over Poultry Trade
GLOBAL - A deal has been reached for the export of unprocessed poultry meat from Brazil to India - potentially reaching 300,000 tonnes in the first year.

IPC to Meet in Beijing
GENERAL - Members of the International Poultry Council (IPC), representing the poultry industries in more than 20 countries, will gather in Beijing in September at the organisation's annual meeting for discussions on issues affecting poultry production,...

Strong Global Food Growth Predicted
GLOBE - Demand for the '4 Fs' (i.e. food, feed, fibre and fuel) is set to continue to increase worldwide, predicts Rabobank in its latest report.

Pfizer Revenues Rise
GLOBAL - Pharmaceutical and animal health company Pfizer has reported revenues of $12.1 billion, for the second quarter of the year, an increase of nine per cent compared with $11.1 billion in the quarter a year ago.

International Poultry Council Recognised by OIE
GENERAL - The International Poultry Council (IPC) has been recognised by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) as the official organization representing the world's poultry meat producers.

Vital Importance of Improving Wildlife Surveillance
FRANCE - The Director-General of the OIE confirms the need to improve wildlife surveillance for its protection while protecting us from the diseases it transmits, including zoonoses like avian flu, tuberculosis, rinderpest and trichinellosis.

Alliance: Cobb-Vantress and Hendrix Genetics
GENERAL - Cobb-Vantress and Hendrix Genetics are forming an alliance that they believe will strengthen Cobb's leading position in the broiler breeding industry and Hendrix Genetics' leading position in egglayer, turkey and swine genetics.

Aviagen Appoints Global Head of Technical Systems
GLOBAL - As part of the Global Technical Operations Structure, Aviagen has announced that Dr John Ralph has been appointed to the post of Global Head of Technical Systems.