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SPECIAL REPORT, Day 4: News reports and interviews from AAAP

The 2018 American Association of Avian Pathologists' conference is under way in Denver. Our editors are onsite, covering sessions and capturing interviews for future...
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SPECIAL REPORT, Day 3: News reports and interviews from AAAP

The 2018 American Association of Avian Pathologists' conference is under way in Denver. Our editors are onsite, covering sessions and capturing interviews for future...
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SPECIAL REPORT, Day 2: News reports and interviews from AAAP

The 2018 American Association of Avian Pathologists' conference is under way in Denver. Our editors are onsite, covering sessions and capturing interviews for future...
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SPECIAL REPORT, Day 1: News reports and interviews from AAAP

The 2018 American Association of Avian Pathologists' conference is under way in Denver. Our editors are onsite, covering sessions and capturing interviews for future...
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Special Report: Nixing necrotic enteritis in broilers

This week poultry specialists will gather in Denver, Colorado, for the second International Conference on Necrotic Enteritis. In this special report, Poultry Health...
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Vaccination followed with feed medication gives pullets added protection against coccidiosis

Inadequate coccidiosis protection in pullets can lead to health issues ranging from uneven weight gain to mortality.
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E. coli infection: Two types in broilers

While infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) remains a serious threat to broiler health, it often opens the door to costlier secondary E. coli infection.
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The case for ionophores: How they’re different from other antibiotics — and why it matters

Unlike other classes of antibiotics, ionophores are not considered important to human health by top public health and regulatory agencies.
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Specialists share tips for optimizing immunity in ‘no antibiotics ever’ and ‘reduced use’ broiler flocks

Finding ways to optimize immunity and give broilers more “staying power” could be the best strategy for maintaining the health and welfare of broilers, according to...
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The link between Salmonella and intestinal health

By Charles L. Hofacre, DVM, MAM, PhD President, Southern Poultry Research Group, Inc. Professor Emeritus, University of Georgia
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Is MS the next ‘big, bad Mycoplasma’ for US poultry?

The US poultry industry is reporting more problems with virulent Mycoplasma synoviae according to Naola Ferguson, DVM
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Three research-proven ways to maximize Marek’s disease control

By Tarsicio Villalobos, DVM Zoetis
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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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Two symposia on poultry enteric disease set stage for 2018 AAAP Conference

AAAP NEWS

Two symposia focused on enteric disease in poultry will be held immediately prior to the 2018 American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP) annual conference set for this July in Denver.

Early feeding, housing may affect broiler response to immune challenges

Environment

Early feeding after hatch and the housing type can affect the response of broilers to immune challenges later in life, indicates a study from the Netherlands.

USDA, industry groups take issue with WHO’s statement on poultry antibiotics

Antibiotic-free

The USDA’s chief scientist and several scientific and industry organizations took issue with the World Health Organization’s recent news release recommending that poultry and livestock producers “stop using antibiotics routinely to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals.”

Tyson vet: Act quickly on unexplained poultry mortality

Flock welfare

Quick action by breeder managers and veterinarians is credited with the rapid resolution of an avian influenza (AI) outbreak in Tennessee in March of 2017.

Lack of medications, veterinarians hamper turkey industry

Infectious Diseases

The US turkey industry continues to be hampered by a lack of approved efficacious drugs, according to a 2017 survey. Since 2005, four medications have been withdrawn, leaving the industry without any recourse to treat colibacillosis, blackhead and other diseases.

Biomarkers helping to identify broilers susceptible to wooden breast syndrome

Diagnostics

Broiler producers need answers in the battle against wooden or woody breast syndrome — and they need them quickly. While safe for human consumption, the hard, chewy breast meat from affected birds is not marketable and results in significant economic losses for poultry companies.

Proper water pressure, volume essential to good flock performance

Expert Advice

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

Gross coccidial lesion scores appear to predict microscores

Gut Health

Gross coccidial lesion scores appear to be predictors of microscores, Miguel Barrios, a graduate student at the University of Georgia, said at the 2015 International Poultry Scientific Forum.

Immune-response research could yield new IB strategies for poultry

Respiratory

Research into the immune response of chickens could help lead to strategies that enable chickens to resist infectious bronchitis (IB), Rodrigo Gallardo, DVM, PhD, professor, University of California – Davis, told Poultry Health Today.

Organic poultry consumers should understand disease-control challenges

MEDIA WATCH

Growing demand for eggs and poultry produced from outdoor flocks requires greater consumer understanding about the challenges farmers face in protecting birds from avian influenza.

Salmonella on carcass skin can contaminate ground turkey

Safe Poultry

Salmonella on the skin, rather than in infected muscle tissue, may be a significant contributor to ground-turkey contamination, indicates a study presented at the 2017 annual meeting of the American Association of Avian Pathologists.

Marketing vs. Medicine: Finding the balance

Antibiotic Management

Growing demand for poultry raised without food-animal antibiotics has put more pressure on veterinarians to find alternative yet dependable disease-control options, according to a panel of nine experts at a recent roundtable, “Poultry health: New challenges for a new era.”

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Two symposia on poultry enteric disease set stage for 2018 AAAP Conference

AAAP NEWS

Early feeding, housing may affect broiler response to immune challenges

Environment

USDA, industry groups take issue with WHO’s statement on poultry antibiotics

Antibiotic-free

Tyson vet: Act quickly on unexplained poultry mortality

Flock welfare

Lack of medications, veterinarians hamper turkey industry

Infectious Diseases

Biomarkers helping to identify broilers susceptible to wooden breast syndrome

Diagnostics

Proper water pressure, volume essential to good flock performance

Expert Advice

Gross coccidial lesion scores appear to predict microscores

Gut Health

Immune-response research could yield new IB strategies for poultry

Respiratory

Organic poultry consumers should understand disease-control challenges

MEDIA WATCH

Salmonella on carcass skin can contaminate ground turkey

Safe Poultry

Marketing vs. Medicine: Finding the balance

Antibiotic Management

Raising poultry without antibiotics:

Meeting the challenge while maintaining flock health, welfare and sustainability

Meeting the challenge while maintaining
flock health, welfare and sustainability