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Can water treatments help reduce Salmonella levels before processing?

Feed withdrawal before moving broilers to the processing plant appears to increase their susceptibility to Salmonella, indicates research from the University of
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Is genetics the key for lasting IBV immunity?

Manipulating the immune response may be one way infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) is controlled in the future, predict researchers studying genetic lines of poultry.
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IBV vaccination protects broilers despite ammonia exposure

A recent study corroborates previous findings that broilers properly vaccinated for infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) are protected from IBV challenge despite exposure...
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Mortality composting the right way: Tips for poultry producers

By Tom Tabler, Ph.D. Extension Professor Mississippi State University Extension Service, Poultry Science Department Mississippi State, MS
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Heat stress may impair immune system in broilers

Heat stress in broilers induced lesions of lymphoid tissues, indicating immune system impairment, but it’s not yet known if heat stress affects the vulnerability or...
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Biosecurity, disinfection, downtime keys to better ILT control

Strict biosecurity is the best defense against infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) in broiler flocks, advises Maricarmen García, PhD, a professor at the University of...
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Mortality composting the right way: Tips for poultry producers

By Tom Tabler, Ph.D. Extension Professor Mississippi State University Extension Service, Poultry Science Department Mississippi State, MS
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Halting in ovo vaccination not a good option for managing hatchery bacteria

Higher 7-day mortality from bacterial infections in the hatchery is no reason to stop in ovo vaccination for Marek’s and other diseases, according to a consulting...
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Biosecurity, disinfection, downtime keys to better ILT control

Strict biosecurity is the best defense against infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) in broiler flocks, advises Maricarmen García, PhD, a professor at the University of...
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Consistency, follow-up key to controlling IBV

Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) is a “moving target” and trying to keep ahead of it requires consistency and follow-up, explained Sjaak de Wit, DVM, PhD, of GD...
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Study shows how unchanged boots disrupt biosecurity

Poultry farmers looking for ways to reduce the spread of viruses and bacteria in their facilities need look no further than the boots on their feet.
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World poultry industry still struggling with necrotic enteritis

NE remains a formidable challenge in broilers raised without antibiotics, and preventing the disease means steering clear of predisposing factors and implementing a...
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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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Lack of approved medications continues to stymie welfare-minded turkey producers

Flock welfare

Another year, another survey and more long faces on US turkey producers frustrated by the lack of approved, efficacious medications — a problem they rated as the top health issue threatening production.

Hurricane Florence: Coping with the aftermath

Expert Advice

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

Study shows how unchanged boots disrupt biosecurity

Infectious Diseases

Poultry farmers looking for ways to reduce the spread of viruses and bacteria in their facilities need look no further than the boots on their feet.

Consistency, follow-up key to controlling IBV

Diagnostics

Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) is a “moving target” and trying to keep ahead of it requires consistency and follow-up, explained Sjaak de Wit, DVM, PhD, of GD Animal Health, the Netherlands.

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.

Vaccination protects broilers from IBV despite exposure to moderate ammonia levels

Respiratory

Properly vaccinated commercial broilers are protected from an infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) challenge despite exposure to moderate ammonia levels, according to a study that surprised researchers.

More amino acids, feed aid broiler chicks vaccinated for coccidiosis

Gut Health

Feeding broilers a diet high in amino acids, along with more feed, can minimize the adverse effects on performance that sometimes occur after coccidiosis vaccination.

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.”

New standards for foodborne pathogens expanding control programs to live production

Interviews

A rise in the prevalence of Salmonella on whole chicken carcasses since USDA changed the testing medium used could indicate the prevalence of the pathogen was previously underestimated.

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Lack of approved medications continues to stymie welfare-minded turkey producers

Flock welfare

Hurricane Florence: Coping with the aftermath

Expert Advice

Study shows how unchanged boots disrupt biosecurity

Infectious Diseases

Consistency, follow-up key to controlling IBV

Diagnostics

Organic poultry consumers should understand disease-control challenges

MEDIA WATCH

Vaccination protects broilers from IBV despite exposure to moderate ammonia levels

Respiratory

More amino acids, feed aid broiler chicks vaccinated for coccidiosis

Gut Health

Marketing vs. Medicine: Finding the balance

Antibiotic Management

New standards for foodborne pathogens expanding control programs to live production

Interviews

Raising poultry without antibiotics:

Meeting the challenge while maintaining flock health, welfare and sustainability

Meeting the challenge while maintaining
flock health, welfare and sustainability