Steve Davis, DVM, of Colorado Quality Research says there’s no “silver bullet” for managing necrotic enteritis in broilers and shares his observations from recent studies.
By Don Waldrip, DVM, Senior Technical Service Veterinarian, Zoetis
Reused litter from a previous NE challenge led to more severe subclinical performance impacts but fewer clinical signs of disease than in birds raised on fresh litter.
Broiler chickens exposed to infectious bursal disease virus are likely to develop more severe cases of the bacterial disease, necrotic enteritis, researchers in Canada have found.
Supplementing poultry diets with glutamine could help reduce the severity of necrotic enteritis (NE), according to researchers.
