BRUSSELS - Mar 6/06 - SNS -- Poland confirmed two swans died of the high pathogenic avian influenza virus H5 in the city of Torun, north-west of Warsaw. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 7/06 - SNS -- Food manufacturers in the United States increased the quantity of eggs used in January, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA Domestic Poultry Meat Usage Summary - Mar 2006 . . . Subscribers Only

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NIAMEY - Mar 13/06 - IRIN -- Two weeks after bird flu was confirmed in Niger, authorities have received only limited assistance to tackle the deadly H5N1 virus. . . . Continue or visitors click here

YAOUNDE - Mar 13/06 - IRIN -- Tests on a dead duck from a small village in the far north of Cameroon confirmed the country's first case of the deadly H5N1 virus, said a government statement released on Sunday. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KABUL - Mar 14/06 - IRIN -- The H5 strain of bird flu has been found at two sites in Afghanistan and there's fear that tests could prove it to be the deadly H5N1 virus, a UN agency warned on Monday. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 14/06 - SNS -- Poultry hatchery activity posted a solid increase in February, according to the latest USDA data. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 14/06 - SNS -- Turkey hatchery activity posted a solid increase in February, according to the latest USDA data. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BRUSSELS - Mar 15/06 - SNS -- Danish officials have confirmed that a common buzzard (Buteo buteo) found dead during the weekend in an area called Svinø Strand in southern Zealand died from the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 17/06 - SNS -- The USDA is revising both the voluntary grading and shell egg inspection regulations. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KINSHASA, 17 March (IRIN) - Agricultural officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have recorded at least 260 chickens and ducks suspected of having died of the avian flu, Agriculture Minister Constant Ndom Nda says. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ISLAMABAD - Mar 21/06 - IRIN -- Islamabad on Tuesday confirmed the first cases of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu at two poultry farms in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP), after receiving positive test results from the European Union'sReference Laboratory for Avian Influenza in the UK. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ANKARA - Mar 22/06 - IRIN -- The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been discovered in western Kazakhstan, officials said on Wednesday. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 22/06 - SNS -- Total frozen poultry supplies at the end of January were up 4% from the previous month, and 22% above last year, according to the USDA's latest report on agricultural products in cold storage. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Mar 22/06 - SNS -- Chicken Farmers of Canada has elected a new Executive Committee for 2006. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CHICAGO - Mar 24/06 - SNS -- The Jordanian government confirmed its first case of H5N1 avian influenza in a flock of turkeys that died on a poultry farm in the town of Ajloun. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Egg Production Summary - Feb 2006 . . . Subscribers Only

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WASHINGTON - Mar 24/06 - SNS -- Egg production in the United States rose in February, according to the latest USDA data, totalling 6.97 billion, up 1% from last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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OTTAWA - Mar 29/06 - SNS -- Placements of hatchery chicks onto farms in Canada were up over year earlier levels for the fourth consecutive month, according to the latest data available from Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW DELHI - Mar 29/06 - SNS -- India's agriculture department says control operations for the outbreaks of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza in the country are well underway. . . . Continue or visitors click here

YAOUNDE - Mar 30/06 - IRIN -- The government of Cameroon, the fourth African country affected by the deadly H5N1 virus, has confirmed the presence of a second case of bird flu. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about US Grower Prices for Poultry - Mar 2006 . . . Subscribers Only

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WASHINGTON - Mar 31/06 - SNS -- Poultry slaughter activity picked up in February, with the USDA saying poultry certified wholesome totaled 3.21 billion pounds, up 3% from the amount certified in February 2005. Updated totals for January 2005 show that 3.55 billion pounds were certified. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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