Major Metropolitan Areas in Europe. Eurostat, the statistical agency of the European Commission (European Union) now designates metropolitan areas (Note) for the European Union (EU) and the European Three Trade Association (EFTA). The EU has 28 members, having just added Croatia, while the EFTA has 4 members.
Millions Of Chickens To Be Killed As Bird Flu Outbreak Puzzles Industry. Millions Of Chickens To Be Killed As Bird Flu Outbreak Puzzles Industry. Chickens stand in their cages at a farm near Stuart, Iowa, in 2009. This week, bird flu hit a large poultry facility in Iowa. It's not clear how the virus is evading the industry's biosecurity efforts.
Many of the mites can be killed with special sulfur preparations. Several kinds of mites attack poultry. The best known is the common chicken mite which, like the bedbug, sucks the blood of its victims at night and hides in cracks during the day. Kerosene can be used to kill the chicken mite. Sometimes a mite called the red spider destroys greenhouse plants.