... Best-management practices key to successful NAE broiler production
Sep 15, 2022Susan Spiegel
With many poultry operations switching to no-antibiotics-ever (NAE) production, management and disease control have become even more critical components.
... Litter problems persist
Jul 01, 2021Susan Spiegel
By Tom Tabler, PhD, Extension Professor, Mississippi State University Extension Service, Poultry Science Department, Mississippi State, MS
... Litter management can help control Salmonella Heidelberg
Jun 28, 2021Susan Spiegel
Ongoing studies to find ways of managing Salmonella Heidelberg loads in poultry litter have suggested that downtime is key to reducing the pathogen’s rates.
... Poultry litter management key to MS control
Aug 28, 2019Susan Spiegel
Litter topped the list of environmental factors most consistently positive for Mycoplasma synoviae (MS), Naola Ferguson, DVM, associate professor at the University of Georgia, told Poultry Health...
... The case for built-up litter in US broiler complexes
Feb 18, 2018PHT Editor
By John A. Smith, DVM, MS, MAM
Alectryon, LLC
Baldwin, GA --
Built-up litter isn't necessarily negative. In fact, it may have multiple benefits...
