Talking about poultry business heard that African farmers are turning away from poultry because of the high investments and low returns. Another piece of bad news is that H5 avian influenza virus, probably low-pathogenic, has surfaced on a turkey farm in southern British Columbia, Canada. According to the news item the authorities were preparing to cull upto 60,000 turkeys. The birds are killed by sealing the barns and flooding them with carbon dioxide. Then the carcasses are mixed with organic material in the barn to raise the temperature as high as 50°C during decomposition and this way the virus is also killed.
I don’t know if this is funny or to be taken seriously, but Germans, I read lately, have been advised to eat less meat if they want to preserve the planet. Reasons given to act to irrationally were that meat farming was the most energy intensive. Also the methane gas emitted by cattle and the nitrous oxide produced by their dung is harmful to the environment. (We don’t mind if your car guzzles gas by the gazillion and emits harmful gases in the atmosphere, but the cows should not be allowed to crap or kill them!!!). Also cattle drink a lot of water. Hmmm they studied that did they??
Also just heard of a new (at least for me) international fair for farm animals zootechnia for Greece and Balkans (zoo … shouldn’t it be farmtechnia or something like that!!)
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