News tagged with poultry
H7N9 bird flu: Lancet study confirms poultry as source (Update)
Chinese researchers reporting in The Lancet on Thursday confirmed poultry as a source of H7N9 flu among humans but said they found no evidence of person-to-person transmission.
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Apr 25, 2013 |
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WHO says China bird flu not spreading easily in humans
There's no evidence a new bird flu strain is spreading easily among people in China even though some of those sickened were close to patients with the virus, the World Health Organization said Friday.
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Apr 19, 2013 |
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Researchers find avian virus may be harmful to cancer cells
A study at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine has identified a chicken-killing virus as a promising treatment for prostate cancer in humans.
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Apr 08, 2013 |
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No proof China's H7N9 spreading between humans, WHO says
The World Health Organisation said Monday there is no evidence China's new H7N9 strain of bird flu is spreading between humans, as the death toll rose to seven and airline and tourism shares slumped.
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Apr 08, 2013 |
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More red meat consumption appears to be associated with increased risk of death
Eating more red meat appears to be associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality and death from cardiovascular disease and cancer, but substituting other foods including fish and poultry for red meat is associated ...
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Mar 12, 2012 |
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Poultry farms that go organic have significantly fewer antibiotic-resistant bacteria
(Medical Xpress) -- Antibiotic use in conventional animal food production in the United States has created public health concern because it has been shown to contribute to the development of antibiotic-resistant ...
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Aug 10, 2011 |
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No new H7N9 cases in China for a week
No new human cases of the H7N9 virus have been recorded in China for a week, national health authorities said, for the first time since the outbreak began in March.
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May 21, 2013 |
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Impossible to predict outcome in China's bird flu outbreak, WHO says
It is impossible to predict the evolution of China's human H7N9 bird flu outbreak as researchers are still trying to understand the source of human transmission, the head of the World Health Organisation said Monday.
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May 20, 2013 |
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Bird flu in live poultry markets are the source of viruses causing human infections
On 31 March 2013, the Chinese National Health and Family Planning Commission announced human cases of novel H7N9 influenza virus infections. A group of scientists, led by Professor Chen Hualan of the Harbin ...
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May 13, 2013 |
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Poultry drug increases levels of toxic arsenic in chicken meat
(Medical Xpress)—Chickens likely raised with arsenic-based drugs result in chicken meat that has higher levels of inorganic arsenic, a known carcinogen, according to a new study led by researchers at theJohns Hopkins Center ...
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May 13, 2013 |
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The risks of H7N9 infection mapped
A map of avian influenza (H7N9) risk is presented in Biomed Central's open access journal Infectious Diseases of Poverty today. The map is comprised of bird migration patterns, and adding in estimations of poultry production ...
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May 03, 2013 |
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China reports 24th death from new bird flu
The deadly H7N9 bird flu strain claimed a new victim on Monday when a hospital patient died in China, state media reported, bringing the death toll from the recently identified virus to 24.
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Apr 29, 2013 |
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No evidence H7N9 spreads between humans—but fear does
It's ten years since SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) upset our complacency about infectious diseases and now we are faced by another "new" disease. H7N9 bird flu is currently spreading through Chi ...
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Apr 29, 2013 |
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4-yr-old whose father has bird flu also infected
Chinese health officials say the 4-year-old son of a man infected with a new strain of bird flu has also caught the virus.
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Apr 29, 2013 |
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US health leader warns of human-to-human H7N9 bird flu
There is no evidence that the deadly H7N9 bird flu has yet spread between humans in China but health authorities must be ready for the virus to mutate at any time, a top US virologist has warned.
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Apr 28, 2013 |
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Poultry
Poultry is the category of domesticated birds which people keep for the purpose of collecting their eggs, or kill for their meat and/or feathers. These most typically are members of the superorder Galloanserae (fowl), especially the order Galliformes (which includes chickens, quails and turkeys) and the family Anatidae (in order Anseriformes), commonly known as "waterfowl" (e.g. domestic ducks and domestic geese). Poultry also include other birds which are killed for their meat, such as pigeons or doves or birds considered to be game, like pheasants. The term also refers to the flesh of such birds.
Examples of types of poultry are as follows.
For more information about Poultry, read the full article at
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