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Pullet vaccination: There’s always room for improvement

TOOLBOX, Issue 17: An interview with Tim Cummings, DVM, Senior Technical Services Veterinarian, Zoetis
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Good gut health starts before hatch, expert says

To establish good gut health, measures to promote a healthy microbiome can’t begin soon enough, an expert reports.
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Failure of maternal antibodies to protect against E. coli infection highlights need for early protection

New studies in broiler chicks show that maternal antibodies to Escherichia coli do not prevent infection.
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Good management and biosecurity vital to overcoming disease challenges in NAE systems

Getting back to basics with bird and house management is key to overcoming coccidiosis and other health issues affecting producers using NAE systems.
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Diagnostics key to effective mycoplasma control

Avian mycoplasmosis is a problem for poultry producers worldwide, but according to an expert, there’s no “one-size-fits-all” approach to managing it.
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Control key to protecting flocks from more virulent, resistant E. coli

Research shows many strains of E. coli are capable of causing disease directly. And with antibiotic resistance on the rise, control and prevention are essential.
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Diagnostics key to effective mycoplasma control

Avian mycoplasmosis is a problem for poultry producers worldwide, but according to an expert, there’s no “one-size-fits-all” approach to managing it.
read more

Control key to protecting flocks from more virulent, resistant E. coli

Research shows many strains of E. coli are capable of causing disease directly. And with antibiotic resistance on the rise, control and prevention are essential.
read more

Good gut health starts before hatch, expert says

To establish good gut health, measures to promote a healthy microbiome can’t begin soon enough, an expert reports.
read more

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

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

Good management and biosecurity vital to overcoming disease challenges in NAE systems

Getting back to basics with bird and house management is key to overcoming coccidiosis and other health issues affecting producers using NAE systems.
read more

How to avoid performance drops when initiating coccidiosis vaccination

TOOLBOX, Issue 11: An interview with Jon Schaeffer, DVM, Director of Poultry Veterinary Services, 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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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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Ensuring strong immunity key to successful ‘no antibiotics ever’ broiler...

Antibiotic-free

‘Causal’ pie chart can help manage necrotic enteritis

Gut Health

Use of a simple “causal” pie chart is proving to be a helpful tool for controlling necrotic enteritis (NE).

Genomic sequencing could aid ILT control efforts in poultry

Respiratory

Molecular virology is already leading to discoveries that will improve management of ILT, according to Stephen Spatz, PhD, molecular virologist with USDA’s Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, Athens, Georgia.

Moisture monitoring critical to improving bird health and welfare

Environment

Poultry shed humidity should be monitored as regularly as shed temperature and ventilation to ensure bird health and productivity is as high as it can be.

More than half of US broilers raised without antibiotics in 2018

Antibiotic Management

Broilers raised without antibiotics accounted for 51% of total US production in 2018 — an 11-point jump from the previous year and, more significantly, up from 3% in 2014.

Coccidiosis control: Keys to success with a bioshuttle program

Flock welfare

Resistance is unlikely to be a problem in coccidiosis bioshuttle programs, Greg Mathis, PhD, Southern Poultry Research, told Poultry Health Today.

USDA poultry inspections can help improve live production, processing

Condemnations

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

Wet bulb reservoirs can be source of bacterial contamination for hatching eggs

Hatchery

Wet-bulb reservoirs in hatchery incubators should be included in the bacterial-monitoring program to ensure they aren’t the source of egg-shell contamination.

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.

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