Chicken and egg prices soar, but it’s too late for many small poultry businesses in Bangladesh

Shakeela Farooq, chief scientific officer for poultry research at the Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, said her calculations showed that the cost of production for one chick could be as high as 35 taka. However, the actual price was Rs 15 on January 19 and reached Rs 60 in February. Shahidur believes that companies make extra […]

Bird flu spread in new countries, danger of ‘war’ not stopping on poultry

crossing borders Stollknecht said high levels of the virus in birds such as blue-winged teal, ducks that migrate long distances, helped spread the virus to new parts of South America. Countries including Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia have reported cases in recent months. Ecuador imposed a three-month animal-health emergency on November 29, two days after its […]