News For February 2004

• Poultry Producers Can Limit Bird Flu Spread With Good Biosecurity
  Wednesday February 18, 2004

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Now that early signs of avian influenza virus have been identified in Pennsylvania chickens, a poultry expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences reminds producers that a few simple procedures can go a long way toward limiting the spread of disease among the state's poultry flocks.

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• Horse Show Judges School At Penn State March 5-7
  Wednesday February 18, 2004

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Penn State Equine Science program will host a horse show judging school, March 5-7 at the Ag Sciences and Industries Building and the Ag Arena at University Park. The program is designed to train 4-H or open show judges, applicants for the Pennsylvania 4-H judges list, judging team coaches and members of horse judging teams.

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• Despite Hard Winter, Expert Advises Against Feeding Wildlife
  Wednesday February 18, 2004

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- When repeated snowstorms blanket the ground with a thick carpet, and then freezing rain forms a hard icy layer on top, as has happened recently across much of Pennsylvania, it's tough for wild animals to find food. But a wildlife expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences still advises against feeding them.

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• Despite Delaware Avian Flu Outbreak, Human Illness Unlikely In Pa.
  Wednesday February 11, 2004

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Despite the recent outbreak of a milder form of avian influenza in Delaware, the type of bird flu that is devastating poultry flocks and causing human illness in Asia is unlikely to occur in Pennsylvania, according to a veterinary scientist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

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• Despite BSE, Fast Food Burgers Still Selling Like Hotcakes
  Tuesday February 10, 2004

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Judging by unchanged sales of fast-food hamburgers, a Penn State meat expert says, American consumers aren't worried about beef safety in the wake of the United States' first known case of BSE. But new rules about the disposal of "downer" cows are making life complicated for dairy and beef farmers and small slaughter houses.

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• Smith To Head Penn State Ag Economics, Rural Sociology Department
  Wednesday February 04, 2004

  UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Stephen Smith, Penn State professor of agricultural and regional economics, has been appointed head of the agricultural economics and rural sociology department in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

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