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DJ Livestock Update: Japan To Cull 770,000 Fowl On Bird Flu
(Comtex Business Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)TOKYO, Jan 16, 2006 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex) --TOP STORIES
UPDATE: Japan To Cull 770,000 Fowl After Bird Flu Found
Japan will cull another 770,000 birds after authorities detected what is probably a mild form of avian flu virus at a farm in northern Japan, an official said Monday. A virus of the H5 strain was detected among chickens at Moriya farm in Ibaraki prefecture, about 65 miles north of Tokyo, the prefecture said in a statement
Turkey Culls 764,000 Fowl To Combat Bird Flu
ANKARA (AP)--Turkey has slaughtered 764,000 fowl in its fight to contain the bird flu outbreak, officials said Monday as the Cabinet met to review the crisis and a woman who appeared to have recovered from the deadly H5N1 strain was re-hospitalized.
Australian Beef Exports Fell In 2005; Japan Biggest Mkt
CANBERRA (Dow Jones)--Australian beef exports fell slightly last year from 2004, and while Japan remained the largest market last year, exports to there likely will fall a little in 2006, according to marketing concern Meat & Livestock Australia Ltd. Beef exports fell 0.5% in 2005 to 909,395 bonefree metric tons, it said.
US Cash Hog Prices Hit Two-Year Low In Mid-Winter Slide
KANSAS CITY (Dow Jones)--Cash hog prices in the U.S. this week fell sharply and reached the lowest level in two years amid large supplies of slaughter-ready animals available to packers, record-heavy weights in the Midwest, and recent declines in wholesale pork prices.
Bird Flu Could Cost Turkish Poultry Indus $30M/Mo -Paper
ANKARA (AP)--The leader of a Turkish poultry producers' union said that the industry could wind up losing $30 million a month if a deadly bird flu outbreak continues, according to a newspaper report Saturday.
Japan Not Ready To Discuss Easing Curbs On US Beef - Min
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--It is still too early for Japan to begin to consider easing the tight restrictions it has put on U.S. beef as a condition for allowing trade in the product to resume, Japanese Agriculture Minister Shoichi Nakagawa said Friday.
DuPont Sells Indonesia Chemical For H5N1 Prevention Trial
JAKARTA (Dow Jones)--The Indonesian unit of U.S. chemical giant DuPont Co. (DD) will sell its Virkon S-brand disinfectant to the Indonesian Red Cross as part of a one-month trial H5N1 avian influenza prevention program, a company executive said Monday.
US Cattle Spokesmen Happy With S Korea Progress
KANSAS CITY (Dow Jones)--An overnight agreement between the U.S. and South Korea reopening the South Korean market to U.S. boneless beef imports was welcome news to Gregg Doud,economist for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association.
WHO's Bird-Flu Tally Likely To Rise To 80 Dead, 162 Cases
GENEVA (AP)--The number of people who have died from the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu since 2003 has likely risen to 80, World Health Organization officials said Friday, but the agency's official tally remains at 78 for the moment.
EU Pledges EUR80M To Fight Bird Flu In Other Countries
BRUSSELS (Dow Jones)--The European Union will donate EUR80 million to a global fund to help countries outside the E.U. tackle the spread of the H5N1 bird flu, European External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said Friday.
STORIES OF INTEREST:
US Sending Team Of Bird Flu Experts To Turkey
WASHINGTON (AP)--The U.S. is sending a team of influenza experts to Turkey to assess the bird flu situation there, the State Department said Friday. The team will make recommendations on what the U.S. States can do to support efforts in Turkey to deal with and prepare for bird flu.
WHO Asks Permission To Conduct Turkish Blood Tests, Swabs
ANKARA (AP)--The World Health Organization, anxious to get a better understanding of the deadly bird flu strain spreading across Turkey, said Friday it asked the government for permission to send teams into infected villages to take blood samples, swab throats and interview families.
Indonesia Reports 12th Human Death From Bird Flu
JAKARTA (AP)--The number of people killed by bird flu in Indonesia climbed to 12 on Friday after a WHO-sanctioned-laboratory confirmed the death of a 29-year-old woman, officials said.
THE MARKETS:
US Cash Hogs Pre-Open: 50C To $1 Lower
KANSAS CITY (Dow Jones)--Cash hog prices Monday are called $0.50 to $1.00 per hundredweight lower on reports of slow demand from packers with most plants full for at least the first half of the week.
US Cash Cattle Pre-Open: Expected Quiet Throughout Day
KANSAS CITY (Dow Jones)--The Plains fed cattle markets are expected to be very quiet Monday since packers have adequate supplies from last week's purchases, and most of the trading activity normally occurs during the last half of the week.
-By Curt Thacker; Dow Jones Newswires; 913-322-5178;
curt.thacker@dowjones.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
01-16-06 0906ET
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