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Sustainability: What does it mean to poultry health?-In agriculture, sustainability translates to producing more with less — a goal that morphs into a dire need when looking at global population trends. According to a recent UN report, food production will need to increase by 70% to feed the world’s 9.6 billion people by 2050 while limiting greenhouse gases and the need for additional land and water.
Too busy for sustainability? Think again-Sure, sustainability is a sound and noble concept — something everyone needs to think about and practice — but try telling that to a veterinarian or producer in the middle of an infectious bronchitis outbreak. Timing, as they say, is everything.
Making sense of poultry labels-Demand for increased transparency has led to the proliferation of poultry labeling terms — many of which surface in discussions about sustainability and production practices. What these terms actually mean, however, is sometimes less clear. Following are four common labeling terms and their official USDA definitions...
Cracked corn has positive effect in broilers-Cracked corn fed to broilers increased weight gain and gizzard size and had a positive effect on gut microflora, say New Zealand investigators.
‘Rotate smarter,’ says coccidiosis specialist-Poultry producers need to “rotate smarter” and learn the differences between anticoccidials if they want to maintain effective and sustainable coccidiosis-management programs, says well-known coccidiosis specialist Greg Mathis, PhD, Southern Poultry Research, Athens, Ga.
Reality Check
Reality check: Technically, all poultry in the US is ‘antibiotic-free’-Confidently presenting facts can go a long way toward shaping consumer opinions about commercial poultry production and the importance of maintaining flock health, welfare and efficiency. For this special feature, Poultry Health Today checked into whether poultry raised without antibiotics was more wholesome than meat from medicated birds.
Rules & Regs
Prevention claims essential for ensuring flock health, welfare-New FDA guidelines that discourage using medically important antibiotics for promoting growth in food animals appear to have been well-received by both producers and most consumer activists.
Discoveries
Timing may affect accuracy of in ovo vaccination-The coccidiosis vaccine Inovocox® EM1 was more precisely deposited to embryos when the vaccine was administered at 18.5 versus 19 days of incubation, indicates a Zoetis-sponsored study from Mississippi State University.
The Last Word
Editorial: Never say never-Not that long ago, the thought of raising broilers on a large scale without ionophores or other intestinal health antibiotics would have seemed foolhardy. But that has changed in recent years, as we’ve learned how best to grow and manage antibiotic-free (ABF) flocks.
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