Tag Archive: Edgar Oviedo, lameness
... Lameness in poultry can start in the hatchery
Feb 27, 2019Jennifer GrullonComments Off on Lameness in poultry can start in the hatchery
Lameness in poultry is often associated with bird weight, bacterial infections or the condition of the litter, but it actually begins much earlier in the bird’s life — often in the hatchery.... Chicks may hold clues to lameness in older birds
Jan 07, 2019Jennifer GrullonComments Off on Chicks may hold clues to lameness in older birds
Lameness in some poultry flocks has researchers searching for the cause, Suzanne Dougherty, DVM, a consulting poultry veterinarian based in Alabama, told Poultry Health Today.... Kinky back takes costly toll on broilers at 4 to 6 weeks
Sep 24, 2014Jennifer GrullonComments Off on Kinky back takes costly toll on broilers at 4 to 6 weeks
Broiler producers are being urged to watch for signs of kinky back, an emerging bacterial disease of poultry that can cause significant losses in birds 4 to 6 weeks of age.... Lameness in broilers: Osteomyelitis
Jan 01, 2014Jennifer GrullonComments Off on Lameness in broilers: Osteomyelitis
By Stephen Collett, BScAgric, BVSc, MMedVet, MRCVS, DACPV Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia