More than 1,700 cases of Salmonella linked to contact with poultry in backyard flocks in 2020
Owners of backyard chicken flocks can reduce the risk of Salmonella transmission by taking precautions when handling live birds, according to a Penn State Extension poultry educator and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Penn State Extension educator: Love your chickens, but please don t kiss them
June 02, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. At local farm supply stores, Chick Days characterized by the sounds of chicks peeping, ducklings quacking, and children and adults squealing from all the avian cuteness are winding down. This symbolizes, for many people, the end of spring.
More than 160 illnesses and dozens of hospitalizations have been reported across 43 states, officials said. “These are not house pets and a lot of people confuse that,” a poultry educator said.
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April 21, 2021 MACOMB/MOLINE, IL - Six students graduating from Western Illinois University at the end of the Spring 2021 semester have received the highest recognition from their colleges for their overall academic excellence by being named a College Scholar.
Faculty in each of the University s four academic colleges; Global Education and Outreach and the Centennial Honors College each select a graduating senior as the college s outstanding student. Students graduating as College Scholars have satisfied the criteria of excellence established by their individual academic college s faculty members. A Departmental Scholar is an outstanding degree candidate in an academic major as determined by the faculty in the major department. An Honors Scholar is a student in the Centennial Honors College who has completed a set of honors requirements and has achieved a grade point average of at least 3.4 on a 4.0 scale.
If youâve never heard of âegg candling,â youâre behind the times. Egg candling is a practice that dates back centuries and, as the name implies, it originally involved using the light from a candle to shine through an egg shell. Over the years, this process has served two key purposes â one for breeders of chickens and the other for consumers of eggs.
These days, âcandlingâ is achieved using a high-intensity light instead of a candle. This has enhanced the ability to view the development of an embryo inside an egg, as well as improved the assessment of edible eggsâ interior quality in a non-invasive way. As part of Januaryâs virtual Pennsylvania Farm Show, a webinar called âCandling Eggs at Homeâ was presented by Emily Shoop, a Penn State Extension educator in Mifflin County.