Origin and history of the World

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Avian Influenza
	Latest news on Avian Influenza and other disease outbreaks can be found on the following websites: World Health Organization (www.who.int) World Organization for Animal Health (www.oie.int) FAO Food Safety Facts for Consumers Question and answers on Avian Influenza ("Bird Flu") and Food Safety Downloads: CAST on Avian Influenza (PDF) - The Science source for Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Issues Manual for Avian Influenza (HPAI) (PDF) - Central Association of the German Poultry Industry, Animal Diseases Working Group in the ZDG, September 2003 OFFLU is the OIE/FAO network of expertise on Avian Influenza. OFFLU is seeking collaborators and field and laboratory experts on Avian influenza to support the management of the global AI crisis. Information can be found at www.offlu.net.
Branches
	Australia Bangladesh Belgium Colombia Czechia France Greece	Germany Iran Italy Japan Malaysia Netherlands Nigeria	Norway Pakistan Poland Spain Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom
European Federation
	EU Research Programmes (CORDIS)
Working Groups
	Working Group 2 - European Table of Energy Values of Poultry Feedstuffs Working Group 6 Working Group 7 - WVPA INFPD (International Network for Family Poultry Development)
Events, symposia, congresses
	2008 XXIII World's Poultry Congress - 29 June - 4 July 2008, Australia 9th International Symposium on Avian Endocrinology (ISAE), 11-15 July 2008, Belgium XX International Poultry Conference WPSA, "Science for Poultry Practice - Poultry Practice for Science", 15-17 September 2008, Wenecja near Bydgoszcz, Poland 10th World Conference on Animal Production (WCAP), 23-28 November, South Africa 2009 5th World's Poultry Science Conference, 10-13 March 2009, Egypt 8th European Symposium on Poultry Welfare, 18-22 May 2009, Italy XIX European Symposium on the Quality of Poultry Meat, 21-25 June 2009, Finland XIII European Symposium on the Quality of Eggs and Egg Products, 21-25 June 2009, Finland
Other links of interest
	Agromisa (knowledge center for small scale sustainable agriculture) Italian Veterinary Association of the city of Bologna Network for Smallholder Poultry Development poultryegg.org an easier way to locate poultry and egg industry suppliers Dr B.V. Rao Institute of Poultry Management and Technology - training activities Unesco World Veterinary Poultry Association (WVPA) Guinea Fowl International Association (GFIA) - Worldwide organization for guinea fowl enthusiasts