Skip to main content UC ANR Logo
  • Focus Areas
  • About
  • News & Events
  • Español
  • Give
  • People
  • Jobs
  • Share
    Facebook Icon Facebook Twitter Icon Twitter LinkedIn Icon LinkedIn Tumblr Icon Tumblr
  • News & Events
    • Sign up for UC ANR news releases
    • UC ANR expert sources
    • For the media
    • Knowledge Stream
    • Trending
    • UC ANR blogs
    • UC ANR in the news

News

  • View by Focus Area
    All 4-H Agriculture Economic Development Environment Family Food Health Innovation Natural Resources Pest Management Yard & Garden
  • News
  • Events
  • Filter(s):
  • Maurice Pitesky
  • clear
  • Poultry owners can protect birds from avian influenza virus by reducing exposure to waterfowl and other wild birds. Maurice Pitesky, UCCE poultry specialist, suggests erecting fences and eliminating spilled feed and ponding water that may attract wild birds.
    Poultry owners urged to protect birds from avian influenza virus

    Apr 20, 2022

    • Agriculture
  • Chickens perch and graze inside the tractor on a UC Davis research plot.
    Scientists to see whether chickens boost soil health, increase profits on organic vegetable farms

    Apr 16, 2021

    • Agriculture
  • Poultry 101’s “Chick temperature chart” recommends temperatures for chicks from hatch to 6 weeks old.
    Poultry 101 guides new parents of chicks

    Aug 21, 2020

    • Agriculture
  • Raising baby chicks offers meaning, purpose and connectedness during COVID-19 crisis, says a commentary published in the Sacramento Bee.
    Chickens join the list of 'shelter-in-place' must-haves

    Apr 30, 2020

    • Family
  • Alejandro Del Pozo-Valdivia, UC IPM advisor, was featured in the Entomological Society of America's “Standout ECPs” series, which highlights outstanding early career professionals who are doing great work in the profession.
    ANR in the news April 1-18

    Apr 30, 2019

  • ANR in the news March 13-28

    Mar 29, 2019

  • Chickens in pasture
    Beginning poultry farmers invited to UC workshops

    Dec 27, 2018

    • Agriculture
  • August 2018 News Clips 8/16-8/31

    Aug 31, 2018

  • August 2018 News Clips 8/1-8/15

    Aug 16, 2018

  • Raising backyard poultry is increasing in popularity.
    Poultry owners asked to monitor their birds for virulent Newcastle disease

    Aug 2, 2018

    • Family
  • May 2018 News Clips

    May 31, 2018

  • April News Clips

    Apr 30, 2018

    • 4-H
    • Agriculture
    • Natural Resources
    • Pest Management
  • Elkus hens
    March news clips

    Apr 3, 2018

  • People who raise poultry outdoors are encouraged to have their eggs tested for environmental contaminants.
    Got backyard chickens? Get their eggs tested for free

    Mar 28, 2018

    • Environment
    • Food
  • Migrating waterfowl stop at Yolo Bypass. UC Davis research has shown that 5 percent to 20 percent of waterfowl carry avian influenza.
    New California Waterfowl Tracker website launched to help poultry producers assess bird flu risk

    Feb 23, 2018

    • Agriculture
  • Egg-laying chickens pose at the UC Davis Pastured Poultry Farm. Photo by Trina Wood
    Military veterans and beginning farmers invited to poultry workshops

    Nov 7, 2017

  • As of May 25, 2017, the CDC reports 21 people in California have been infected by Salmonella via backyard chickens.
    Salmonella infections resulting from backyard chickens

    Jun 5, 2017

  • By learning how backyard poultry enthusiasts share information with each other, UC researchers will be able to deliver poultry-health information more effectively to poultry owners.
    Backyard poultry enthusiasts invited to participate in UC research survey

    May 9, 2017

  • To prevent exposure to avian influenza virus, use housing, fencing or netting to prevent contact between your birds and wild birds, say UC poultry experts.
    Protect your poultry from avian flu

    Mar 7, 2017

  • This NEXRAD map shows where migrating waterfowl are gathered in rice fields, herbaceous wetlands and other agricultural land.
    Weather radar helps researchers track bird flu

    Dec 7, 2016

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn (organization)
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources
sbnum=10760 | pagenum=63750
© 2023 Regents of the University of California
  • Nondiscrimination Statement
  • Accessibility
  • Site Information
  • Privacy
  • Feedback