CIDRAP NEWS, Thursday 23 May 2013
The first study in animals to test-drive transmission of the new H7N9 virus found that it can spread by the airborne route in ferrets, but not very efficiently, an international team reported today in Science.
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WorldPoultry, Thursday 23 May 2013
Shanghai is planning to allow cold-processed poultry meat back onto the market by the end of May, giving the heavily hit poultry industry a chance at recovery following the bird flu outbreak earlier this year.
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CIDRAP DRUG RESISTANCE SCAN, Thursday 23 May 2013
Saying "antibiotic-resistant bacteria in food will make foodborne illness harder to treat," the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) and other consumer advocacy groups renewed CSPI's 2011 demand that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) ban meat containing antibiotic-resistant Salmonella.
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NEJM, Wednesday 22 May 2013
A recent outbreak of a previously unrecognized novel reassortant avian influenza A (H7N9) virus in China had resulted in 131 documented cases and 36 deaths as of May 16. Although some patients had a history of contact with live poultry or visiting live-animal markets before the onset of illness, the source of infection remains unclear.
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GlobalMeatNews, Wednesday 22 May 2013
The government of Uttar Pradesh state in India has introduced an ambitious scheme to incentivise the rearing of millions of broiler chickens.
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FoodQualityNews, Wednesday 22 May 2013
The genomes of the first 10 infectious microorganisms studied have been sequenced by a project involving government agencies, a US university and Agilent Technologies.
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ScienceDaily, Tuesday 21 May 2013
The level of immunity to the recently circulating H7N9 influenza virus in an urban and rural population in Vietnam is very low, according to the first population level study to examine human immunity to the virus, which was previously only found in birds. The findings have implications for planning the public health response to this pandemic threat.
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CIDRAP NEWS, Tuesday 21 May 2013
Science and preparedness discussions in the wake of China's H7N9 avian flu outbreak took the stage at two medical meetings today, with experts uneasy about how the virus has behaved so far and questioning its source and if the threat to humans can be contained.
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