... Antibiotic-free poultry production: Is it sustainable on a large scale?
Feb 13, 2018Jennifer Grullon
Phil Stayer, DVM, head veterinarian at Sanderson Farms, is worried about what he calls an "anti-technology movement" directed at the US poultry industry, particularly as it relates to veterinary care...
... Avian influenza in the US: High-path, low-path and its link to other poultry diseases
Mar 07, 2017Jennifer Grullon
David Swayne, DVM, PhD, a research veterinarian at USDA with more than 30 years' experience with avian influenza, talks to Poultry Health Today about the dreaded virus — how it travels, the...
... Straight talk with FDA about the VFD in poultry
Nov 07, 2016Jennifer Grullon
Dan McChesney, PhD, director of surveillance and compliance for FDA’s Center of Veterinary Medicine, recently visited with Poultry Health Today to talk about the new VFD regulations and their...
... Managing ionophores and diets for best performance
Jul 31, 2016Jennifer Grullon
Carla Price, PhD, a consulting poultry nutritionist based in Mississippi, says that for best results, producers need to consider differences in ionophores when formulating poultry feeds.
... Mathis: Long-term planning key to effective coccidiosis management
Jul 07, 2016Jennifer Grullon
Whether the production system is antibiotic-free or conventional, long-term planning and strategic rotation programs are the best ways to ensure effective, sustainable control of coccidiosis, the...
... Coccidiosis, intestinal health and their relationship to pathogen loads of harvested broilers
Jun 30, 2016Jennifer Grullon
For more than 60 years, antibiotics and synthetic anticoccidials have teamed up to keep coccidiosis under control and produce least-cost meat, said Donald Waldrip, DVM, senior technical services...
... E. coli in broilers: Its costly impact on condemnations and mortality
Jun 11, 2016Jennifer Grullon
Infectious bronchitis is a never-ending battle for poultry producers, but its the secondary infection E. coli that often proves to be the most costly to broilers in terms of condemnations and...
... Cage-free layers: Are ‘happier’ birds also healthier?
May 05, 2016Jennifer Grullon
Leading egg producers in the US are pledging to go cage-free, but are happier layers necessarily healthier? John Brown, DVM, a veterinarian who specializes in layer health, shares his thoughts on the...
... Alternative treatments for necrotic enteritis: Has CQR’s Steve Davis found the ‘silver bullet’?
Apr 29, 2016Jennifer Grullon
For years Steve Davis, DVM, of Colorado Quality Research had been looking for what he calls the "silver bullet" for managing NE in broilers without antibiotics.
... Preparing for the VFD: Challenges at the feed mill
Apr 13, 2016Jennifer Grullon
In light of the impending FDA's veterinary feed directive, Richard Sellers of the American Feed Industry Association talked to Poultry Health Today about the challenges poultry feed mills can expect...
... Meeting the new USDA/FSIS standards for Salmonella and Campylobacter in poultry
Apr 10, 2016Jennifer Grullon
USDA/FSIS issued new standards for Salmonella and Campylobacter in ground poultry meat and chicken and turkey parts.
... Managing E. coli in broilers in the face of IBV infection
Feb 12, 2016Jennifer Grullon
Don Ritter, DVM, of Mountaire Farms, Millsboro, Delaware, details the company’s recent bout with infectious bronchitis in broilers and the costly secondary infection of E. coli that followed.
... UGA’s Mark Jackwood: Stop ‘shooting in the dark’ with bronchitis vaccination
Feb 11, 2016Jennifer Grullon
Microbiologist Mark Jackwood, PhD, University of Georgia, urges producers not to “shoot in the dark” with infectious bronchitis vaccines and, instead, to focus on surveillance, monitoring and...
... Taking a holistic approach to poultry health
Feb 11, 2016Jennifer Grullon
Poultry companies need to adopt a "more holistic approach" to poultry medicine — one that considers the birds' environment and other variables that can affect vaccine and antibiotic performance,...
... Balancing consumers’ preferences with flock health, welfare and food safety
Feb 11, 2016Jennifer Grullon
Suzanne Dougherty, DVM, a consulting poultry veterinarian based in Alabama, talks with Poultry Health Today about the challenges of reducing or even eliminating antibiotics in broiler production...
... Antibiotic-free production: Tips for making it work
Feb 10, 2016Jennifer Grullon
After following trends in antibiotic-free production over the past several years, Tim Cummings, DVM, has identified a few production practices worth incorporating.
... Salmonella prevention requires teamwork between production and processing
Jan 16, 2016Jennifer Grullon
Identifying the pathways of Salmonella contamination has poultry producers and processors looking for answers in every step of the process from the farm to table.
