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Examine pros and cons before adopting automation

The poultry industry increasingly embracing automation but before making the change, companies need to look at the pros and cons, explained Jack Teague, senior technical sales manager, CAT Squared.

Jack Teague, CAT Squared senior technical sales manager, speaks during the 2023 International Production & Processing Expo. (Roy Graber)

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Tennessee HPAI case involved 268,800 broilers

An earlier reported case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Weakley County, Tennessee, involved a flock of 268,800 commercial broilers.

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Tennessee reports HPAI case in commercial broilers

Tennessee State Veterinarian Samantha Beaty on January 20 reported a new detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial broiler chicken flock at a farm in Weakley County.

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Virginia has first case of avian influenza

Virginia has had its first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial poultry flock for the current outbreak.

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Judge rules against poultry sector in Oklahoma water case

A federal judge on January 18 ruled against a group of 13 poultry companies and their subsidiaries accused of contributing to high phosphorous levels in water supplies in the eastern part of Oklahoma.

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Macklin named head of MSU poultry science program

Ken Macklin, an experienced poultry pathogen specialist is the new head of Mississippi State’s Department of Poultry Science.

Ken Macklin (Courtesy Mississippi State University)

Another Kansas gamebird flock struck by avian flu

A commercial upland gamebird operation in Kansas is the most recent case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) to be reported in the United States.

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US trends for avian influenza in mammals

WATTPoultry.com’s coverage of the North American highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak has been understandably focused on how the virus has affected commercial poultry flocks and with limited emphasis on backyard poultry, wild birds and mammals.

Two European red foxes pups in the spring corn field

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Bill Prestage helped college trucking program flourish

The contributions of the late Bill Prestage to the Sampson Community College (SCC) truck driver training program are still appreciated by officials at the North Carolina community college.

(Courtesy Sampson Community College)

Police shoot and kill worker at Seaboard Foods plant

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) is reviewing a case in which a worker at the Seaboard Foods pork plant in Guymon, Oklahoma, was fatally shot by a member of the Guymon Police Department (GPD).

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British Columbia has two more avian influenza cases

The two British Columbia municipalities that have been hardest hit by the current highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak – Abbotsford and Chilliwack – each have had one new case confirmed within the past several days.

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Tyson Foods names Deckinger general counsel and secretary

Tyson Foods named Adam Deckinger general Counsel and secretary, effective immediately.

Adam Deckinger, (Courtesy Tyson Foods)

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