EghtesadOnline: Iran exported $843 million worth of livestock and poultry products during the nine months to December 2017 -- an increase of over 30% compared to the same period last year, said the deputy agriculture minister, Hassan Rokni.

EghtesadOnline: Head of Hungary's Animal Health Services Department Lajos Bongar expressed his country's readiness to seal new contracts with Iran in poultry industry trade, genetic material and transmission of Turkey breed.

EghtesadOnline: About two months after a bird flu outbreak hit Iran’s poultry farms, the Society of Day-Old Chicken Producers is warning that the situation might lead to a “catastrophe”, urging President Hassan Rouhani to call for emergency measures.

EghtesadOnline: Chief of Delijan Veterinary Organization Sajjad Qasemi said that 3,941 tons of raw livestock and poultry products have been exported abroad during the Iranian current calendar year (started on March 20).