Poultry and rabbit web sites
Unione nazionale dell'avicoltura (the Italian Manufacturers' Association)

UNA, a member of Confindustria (the Italian Manufacturers' Association), represents the interests of the major Italian poultry companies. The site is a very rich resource of comments, economic indicators and news and it is an authoritative official source of information for all those who want to know Italian poultry farming better.
Avitalia - Unione Nazionale Associazioni Produttori Avicunicoli (National union of the associations of poultry and rabbit farmers)

Launched a few years ago to satisfy producers' demand, Avitalia is the main representative of the Italian farmers operating in this segment. The site will allow you to get to the heart of the sector, seen and interpreted through the eyes of the farmers. Add it to your bookmarks so that you will learn the dynamics of this important zoo-technical segment from an insider's perspective.
Pianetapollo (Planet chicken)

This site is for consumers, to answer the typical questions and doubts of Italian families. The range of information ranges from economic data to nutrition. The intention of its makers is that "Pianetapollo" should become a point of reference for the media, giving them all the latest news about white meat.
Ismea

Ismea is one of the most authoritative research institutes in the agri-food market. It has produced studies of the sector which have accurately shown the dynamics of Italian production in this area. In addition to the wealth of news available on-line the site has a wide selection of press releases updated in real time and available free of charge.
Società italiana di patologia aviare (Italian association of avian pathologists)

SIPA is one of the most esteemed scientific associations in the world of poultry science. It has not had its own site for long but it is already an essential destination for people operating in this sector, especially during the emergency caused by the fowl plague. Do not miss the events section.
Osservatorio epidemiologico veterinario regionale della Lombardia (Regional veterinary epidemiologic observatory of Lombardy)

Are you interested in updated information about the centres of avian influenza which have devastated Northern Italy? Do you want to know how many broilers have been destroyed by the health authorities to stop the epidemic? This is the site for you, and its space it is not just limited to chickens.
Mercato avicunicolo di Forlì ( Forlì's market for poultry and rabbits)

The site of the Mercato avicunicolo di Forlì has been one of the first to show price lists. Its web pages provide a guide for all those who have invested economic resources and energy into this sector. Here you can also have access to the tariffs recorded in other Italian poultry markets.
Razze del mondo (World's breeds)<

If you want to find strange or unusual breeds, this site, made by the University of Oklahoma, is an ideal starting point to explore this world, by searching for information about chickens, geese, ducks and turkeys. The site is not the most spectacularly designed, but with regard to content it has to be part of our top ten.
Spazio allo struzzo (Ostrich Pages)

Apart from existing throughout Europe the ostrich is also the subject of thousands of web pages. Amongst the many we chose Ostrichesonline, which is a real on line collection of items on how to raise ostriches. The site, which is very commercially oriented, is full of technical information - important when you have to deal with an animal which is still fairly unknown to Italian farmers.
Coniglionline (Rabbits-on-line)

This home page has already become famous because it is dominated by a rabbit with cat-striped fur. This site offers all that is needed for people operating in the sector of rabbit raising - from technical methods to market rates, and includes how to become a breeder. Nor does it forget those who like rabbits as pets.