A solarium for hens? How to increase the vitamin D content of eggs
(Martin-Luther-Universit ä t Halle-Wittenberg) Many people suffer from a vitamin D deficiency. This can result in brittle bones and an increased risk of respiratory diseases. Chicken eggs are a natural source of vitamin D and one way to, at least partially, compensate for this deficiency. A team of nutritionists and agricultural scientists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) has found a new way to further increase the vitamin D content of eggs: by exposing chickens to UV light.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 24, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Image of the Day: Phantom Limbs
Researchers study how oxygen around an embryo helps shape the way feet and digits form in amphibians and chickens.
Source: The Scientist - June 17, 2019 Category: Science Tags: Image of the Day Source Type: news

CDC: Backyard poultry-related salmonella cases cross 200
Since May, 227 additional people have reported contracting salmonella from pet chickens, pulling the up the total number of cases to 279, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - June 14, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Which supermarket chickens carry the most bacteria?
One in 17 chickens sold in Tesco contains the highest level of campylobacter, which is the most common cause of food poisoning. Lidl had the lowest amount of contaminated poultry of the top UK supermarkets.
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 14, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Health Highlights: June 14, 2019
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: More Sickened by Salmonella From Backyard Poultry Having chickens or ducks in your yard might carry salmonella dangers, the U.S. Centers for...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - June 14, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Researchers find genes that could help create more resilient chickens
(Penn State) An international team of scientists, led by Penn State researchers, have identified genes that may help farmers, especially ones in low- and middle-income countries, breed chickens that can resist one of the biggest disease threats facing poultry today.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 14, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Animal crackers: inside the world's most madcap menagerie
With its Frankenstein fauna and cosmopolitan chickens, Belgian artist Koen Vanmechelen ’s eco-park puts the perverse into biodiversityA huge steel cage pokes up through the trees on the edge of Genk in eastern Belgium. It emerges from a long, dark brick building that has the fortified look of a high-security laboratory. Through narrow windows, you can make out the inanimate bodies of pigs, chickens and strange winged creatures, lit by eerie neon lights, while a symphony of exotic squawks emanates from an aviary beyond. Hidden out here on the edge of a forest, it looks like some secret facility for developing future speci...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 10, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Oliver Wainwright Tags: Installation Architecture Biodiversity Museums Culture Belgium Animals Farm animals Genetics Art Art and design Sculpture Environment World news Zoology Zoos Science Europe Source Type: news

Can Gene Editing Stop The Bird Flu? Here Is The Latest With Chickens
This study shows how CRISPR gene editing can make chicken cells resistant to the avian influenza virus.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - June 5, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Contributor Source Type: news

Scientists edit chicken genes to make them resistant to bird flu
Scientists in Britain have used gene-editing techniques to stop bird flu spreading in chicken cells grown in a lab - a key step towards making genetically-altered chickens that could halt a human flu pandemic.
Source: Reuters: Health - June 3, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Louder for the people in the back: Stop 'kissing and snuggling' chickens, CDC warns
Since January, a salmonella outbreak has been sweeping across the US, sickening 52 people across 21 states. In interviews, 23 people said they came into contact with live poultry.
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 22, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Latest Salmonella Outbreak: Do You Have Chickens In The Backyard?
Got chickens or other poultry in the backyard? Pay attention to this CDC warning.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - May 19, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Contributor Source Type: news

Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Backyard Chickens
Backyard flocks of live poultry have been linked with salmonella outbreaks that have sickened 52 people in 21 states, the CDC says.
Source: WebMD Health - May 17, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

There ’s a Real-Life Inspiration for Game of Thrones’ Valyrian Steel. Here’s How Its Long-Lost Secrets Were Revealed
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Game of Thrones. As the Game of Thrones saga winds down, Valyrian steel has never been more important. It’s one of the few substances known to kill White Walkers, but only about a half-dozen known characters currently wield weapons made from the magical material — and it’s not possible to make more. That’s because, according to the lore of the show and A Song of Ice and Fire books, the secret for forging the metal was lost long before the Game of Thrones story starts. Valyrian steel is also one more way in which Game of Thrones, fantastical though it is, has ...
Source: TIME: Science - April 22, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Lily Rothman Tags: Uncategorized onetime Television Source Type: news

Sweden has figured out how to keep food free of salmonella. Why can't Canada?
Sweden has strict regulations to keep chickens and other animals salmonella-free. As a result, few people in that country get sick from the bacteria, while outbreaks caused by contaminated food continue to happen in Canada.
Source: CBC | Health - March 30, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Nova Scotia Source Type: news

Chickens Help Scientists Pinpoint Origin of Rare, Deadly Virus
MONDAY, March 11, 2019 -- Much like a canary in a coal mine, Florida chickens have warned researchers of a rare but deadly mosquito-borne virus in their midst. These sentinels have revealed that eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) originates...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 11, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

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