Vaccines and antibiotics are important tools for managing poultry disease, but they can’t can’t do it all. 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, according to Marco Quiroz, DVM, a veterinarian at Zoetis.
Birds can move out of the reach of the workers’ hands in a multi-tier aviary system, so employees have to climb into the system to get to them. Researchers from Michigan State studied light variation to see if it could help move hens onto the floor area.
TOOLBOX, Issue 4: An interview with Marco Quiroz, DVM, Zoetis
Industry trendwatcher and analyst Greg Rennier, PhD, recently sat down with Poultry Health Today to share his thoughts on antibiotic-free production and where the poultry industry is heading in 2017 and beyond.
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 and the use of FDA-approved medications. In this interview with...
