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Glutamine supplement shows promise in reducing necrotic enteritis

Supplementing poultry diets with glutamine could help reduce the severity of necrotic enteritis (NE), according to researchers.
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Studies in 32 million birds show returns on vaccinating broilers for E. coli

DISCOVERIES, Issue 8: In studies conducted in more than 32 million broiler chickens in Italy and the US, vaccination with Poulvac® E. coli yielded a positive return...
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Litter management can help control Salmonella Heidelberg

Ongoing studies to find ways of managing Salmonella Heidelberg loads in poultry litter have suggested that downtime is key to reducing the pathogen’s rates.
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Seasonal management in hatchery critical to improving chick viability

Optimizing hatchery conditions throughout the year is crucial to limiting chick mortality and maintaining long-term bird viability, according to a poultry health
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Temperature and air flow critical to broiler performance year-round

By Michael Czarick, Engineering Specialist, University of Georgia Department of Poultry Science
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Direct-fed microbials can impact Salmonella vaccine efficacy

Some direct-fed microbial additives with live cultures have been found to impact the efficacy of modified-live vaccines.
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Poultry housing tips: Without air movement evaporative cooling pads can increase bird heat stress*

Though evaporative cooling is used around the world to keep birds cool during hot weather, by itself it is not a very effective method of reducing bird heat stress. To...
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Lameness in broilers: Osteomyelitis

By Stephen Collett, BScAgric, BVSc, MMedVet, MRCVS, DACPV Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia
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Research review: What’s new in poultry housing and equipment?

With animal welfare and the environmental aspects of food animal farming gaining more attention from the public and high feed prices focusing efforts on getting the...
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Guidance for Industry No 213

Provides recommendations and voluntary timelines to voluntarily implement the judicious use of antibiotics in ways that address public health concerns while maintaining...
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New studies examine effects of lighting on chickens

Two recent studies show that broilers perform better under LED lighting than fluorescent lamps while layer behaviour is affected by light wavelength.
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Organic raw poultry not necessarily safer

Organic raw poultry is not necessarily safer for consumption than conventionally raised poultry, indicates a study from the University of Tennessee.
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Windrowing litter can reduce pressure from poultry viruses, insects and bacteria

Poultry producers looking to improve litter quality and flock health should consider windrowing — a practice that not only works to control ammonia in the...
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Surveillance, careful vaccine selection tops “shoot-in-the-dark” strategy for IB control

Microbiologist Mark Jackwood, PhD, University of Georgia, urges producers not to “shoot in the dark” with infectious bronchitis vaccines and, instead, to focus on...
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Highlights of a roundtable discussion

In this lively roundtable discussion, a distinguished panel of experts share their candid insights on poultry health and food safety.
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Salmonella Proceedings

Preharvest Salmonella Control: Raising the Standard for Safe Poultry Highlights of a roundtable discussion More stringent standards implemented by USDA FSIS have put...
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NAE production uncovers water quality challenges

Antibiotic-free

By Tom Tabler, PhD, Extension Professor, Mississippi State University Extension Service, Poultry Science Department, Mississippi State, Mississippi

Now more than ever, vaccination is critical for managing Salmonella in layer flocks

Food Safefty

TOOLBOX, Issue 22: An interview with Kalen Cookson, DVM, MAM, Director of Clinical Research, Zoetis

Special Report: Managing the health challenges of moving to free-range egg production

Flock welfare

Free-range egg production will bring major challenges to the way birds are produced, but it will also mean big shifts in the ways bird health and welfare need to be managed.

Sleuthing to pinpoint source of commercial flock pathogens

Expert Advice

By Philip A. Stayer, DVM, MS, ACPV, Corporate Veterinarian, Sanderson Farms, Inc.

Feed additive appears to benefit gut integrity in broilers with coccidiosis

Gut Health

The feed additive sodium bisulfate administered to broilers during a coccidial challenge appeared to benefit gut integrity.

Tackling stress key to protecting birds from coryza resurgence, says expert

Respiratory

Limiting stress in broiler flocks is key to preventing birds from succumbing to an infectious respiratory disease which is showing a resurgence in some areas of the US, according to a poultry expert.

Tailoring control measures key to managing Salmonella

Biosecurity

Producers need to take more care in matching Salmonella vaccines for broiler breeders to the strain of the pathogen challenging their flocks.

Failure of maternal antibodies to protect against E. coli infection highlights need ...

Diagnostics

New studies in broiler chicks show that maternal antibodies to Escherichia coli do not prevent infection.

Nearly 60% of US broilers now raised without antibiotics, but that number may have p...

Antibiotic Management

Nearly six in 10 US broilers were raised without antibiotics of any type in 2019 — but that number may have peaked.

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