Brazil is confident that avian flu embargoes will be relaxed

Brazil’s poultry sector is reeling from the country’s first outbreak of bird flu on a commercial farm, but authorities hope China and other major consumers will soon ease bans on imports of chicken meat from all over Brazil. Brazil is the world’s largest exporter of […]

Bird flu cases investigated in Brazil

Brazil, the world’s largest exporter of chicken meat, is investigating two cases of bird flu on commercial farms, one in Tocantins and the other in Santa Catarina, as well as four suspected cases in subsistence chickens, according to a monitoring system run by the Agriculture Ministry. The focus on these investigations has increased after the first case was reported […]