LONDON - Feb 3/06 - SNS -- The German government has ordered that all farm birds must be kept indoors after March 1 to prevent the spread of bird flu by migrating fowl, especially the H5N1 strain which has been known to infect and kill people. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 7/06 - SNS -- The quantity of eggs used by food manufacturers in the United States in December dropped 5% below year earlier and 4% below month earlier levels to total 161 million dozen, reports the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Feb 8/06 - SNS -- Recent case of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus (H5N1) in Nigeria are seen by the FAO as confirmation of concerns it previously expressed that Africa faces a high risk of becoming infected by the virus. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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

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WASHINGTON - Feb 9/06 - SNS -- Most doctors in the United States do not believe the country is prepared for the risk of avian influenza crossing over from birds to humans, especially if it results in a flu pandemic, according to a nationwide survey of primary care clinicians by Pri-Med Research. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ABUJA - Feb 9/06 - IRIN -- The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus was confirmed in two more Nigerian states on Thursday as authorities grappled to contain the disease with quarantine orders and culling. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Feb 10/06 - SNS -- The world needs to become urgently involved in efforts to prevent the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in Africa because of the terrible risk it will be spread to Europe by migratory birds, warn the FAO/World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 12/06 - SNS -- There have been no reports of avian influenza in Egypt, especially the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain, but consumer confidence in the sector has been demolished by media reports on the disease in other countries. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Feb 13/06 - SNS -- The United Nation's FAO praised Italy for control measures taken after the discovery of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, H5N1, in six wild swans in Southern Italy. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BRUSSELS - Feb 13/06 - SNS -- European officials said testing has confirmed the recent case of avian influenza in wild swans in Bulgaria and Greece was caused by the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CHICAGO - Feb 14/06 - SNS -- Government official in Iran have confirmed the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus of bird flu killed 135 swans on the Iranian part of the Caspian Sea coast. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 14/06 - SNS -- Poultry hatchery activity showed a solid increase in the United States during January, with eggs in incubators and poults placements rising substantially above year earlier levels, reports the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 14/06 - SNS -- Russian demand for poultry products has been hurt by increased news of highly pathogenic, H5N1 avian influenza in birds in Russia and surrounding countries. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Feb 15/06 - SNS -- The highly pathogenic form of avian influenza, the H5N1 strain, continues to spread across Europe -- devastating demand for poultry products and prompting European governments to order farmers to lock up their flocks to avoid infection by migratory birds. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 17/06 - SNS -- There is now concern over the impact the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza will have on Egypt's ppiultry industry, following its discovery in 18 to 20 birds in Giza which died from some form of bird flu. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW DELHI - Feb 20/06 - SNS -- The Indian government confirmed the H5N1 strain of avian influenza was found in dead birds in Maharahstra. Prior to the news, local poultry consumption suffered a steep decline as consumers feared they would catch the disease from handling live chickens in local markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW DELHI - Feb 21/06 - SNS -- Outbreaks of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza in the Indian state of Maharashtra has prompted the country's railways to immediately ban serving chicken dishes and eggs to passengers "in any form from any Railway static catering units and mobile catering units until further orders." . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW DELHI - Feb 21/06 - SNS -- The Indian government is widening the cull area for chickens in an effort to eradicate the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza detected in the state of Maharashtra. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BRUSSELS - Feb 21/06 - SNS -- Testing has confirmed two wild birds died in Slovakia from the H5 strain of avian influenza. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ABUJA - Feb 21/06 - IRIN -- Tests have confirmed the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus - also fatal in humans - has now infected poultry in five contiguous Nigerian states and the federal capital, Abuja, according to the government. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 21/06 - SNS -- Total frozen poultry supplies at the end of January were up 7% from the previous month, and 24% above last year, according to the USDA's latest report on agricultural products in cold storage. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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KIEV - Feb 24/06 - APK -- Prime minister of Georgia Zurab Nogaidely said on February 24th that according to preliminary data in Georgia was registered the first case of bird flu. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Feb 27/06 - SNS -- Placements of hatchery chicks onto farms were estimated at 55.4 million birds in January, down 0.1% from January 2005, according to Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NIAMEY - Feb 27/06 - IRIN -- Tests have confirmed that the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus is present in Niger, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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WASHINGTON - Feb 27/06 - SNS -- The poultry sector continued its upward trend through 2005, with all aspects of the sector posting annual increase, according to the USDA's year end report for poultry and eggs. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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NAIROBI - Feb 28/06 - IRIN -- Samples from a poultry farm in southern Ethiopia where thousands of chickens have died are to be sent to Europe for further analysis to determine whether the birds died of avian flu, an official said on Tuesday. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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WASHINGTON - Feb 28/06 - SNS -- Poultry certified wholesome during January 2006 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.55 billion pounds, up 5% from the amount certified in January 2005, according to the USDA. Updated totals for December 2005 show that 3.41 billion pounds were certified. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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ROME - Feb 28/06 - SNS -- The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has been beating the drum loudly over the supposed link between the spread of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza and a possible flu pandemic which could kill millionsof people around the globe. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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WASHINGTON - Feb 28/06 - SNS -- Egg production rose in January in the United States, but overall hatchery activity was down, judging from the latest crop report on the sector. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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