Respiratory disease is a major health risk for UK poultry farmworkers, with incidence of occupational asthma double the national average. Staff are exposed to many different airborne particles that ...

Your quail will feel safe and secure in a shelter made just for them. In my years of keeping Japanese quail, I’ve discovered two pieces of “quail furniture” essential to quail care: a shelter to hide ...

People who live near a chicken farm are more likely to get pneumonia, according to new Dutch research. A study by Utrecht university and UMC Utrecht teaching hospital, published in the scientific ...

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 20, 2008 — Planting just three rows of trees around poultry farms can cut nuisance emissions of dust, ammonia, and odors from poultry houses and aid in reducing neighbor complaints, ...

The respiratory health effects of livestock farming have been on debate for more than three decades. Endotoxin-contaminated organic dusts are considered as the most important respiratory hazards ...

Scientists have suggested that planting just three rows of trees around poultry farms can cut nuisance emissions of dust, ammonia, and odors from poultry houses. As part of a research by scientists ...

E. coli is a gram-negative bacterium that belongs to the intestinal microflora of livestock, including poultry. These bacteria are capable of surviving long periods outside the host and are present in ...