Sustainable animal breeding is an issue that can best be considered in itself as a complex equation. Its formula can be optimized and balanced by adjusting a combination of factors. Importantly, the factors can vary according to context (geographical...
By Jean E. Sander, DVM
Senior Technical Services Veterinarian
Zoetis
With hot weather upon us, it’s time for layer operations to make sure they’re prepared to prevent heat stress. Best-case scenario: We prevent hens from overheating. Worst case: Layers are heat stressed,...
Source: PoultryHealthToday.com
y Tom Tabler, PhD
Extension Professor
Mississippi State University Extension Service, Poultry Science Department
Mississippi State, Mississippi
High temperatures and increased humidity during summer months are a dangerous combination for poultry flocks from Arkansas and Texas to Maryland and Delaware. Now is...
It’s not very often that the subject of manned space travel comes up in a discussion about the poultry industry, but Dr. John Halley, Global Poultry Agriculture and Nutrition Leader at Cargill Protein, found a way during his presentation...
Saleable yield is the ultimate goal of broiler production in fully integrated production systems. Breed decisions play a fundamental role in the financial outcome of broiler companies and could make the difference between healthy profits or a struggling operation....
Q: In late 2018, Zoetis reintroduced a feed medication for turkeys and broilers called RofenAid® 40. That product dates back to 1970. What prompted Zoetis to bring it back?
DR: Simply put, we saw a need for it — particularly...
Q: USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will be publishing new performance standards for allowable limits of Campylobacter in chicken parts and whole carcasses. What can poultry processors do to further reduce the prevalence of this bacterial foodborne...
As spring rolls on and the pressures of COVID-19 unfold, Ontario farmers are bracing for the full impact of this pandemic. Many sectors within the agri-food value chain are already dealing with significant ramifications of the virus – from...
Tackling endemic poultry diseases as a community rather than as individual producers can play an important role in controlling and limiting their spread.
Robert O’Connor, DVM, senior vice president of technical services for Foster Farms in California, said his experience...
Broiler producers need to take a fresh look at housing conditions and bird management to help counter the resurgence of Mycoplasma synoviae (MS) linked to an increase in raised without antibiotics (RWA) production.
Gregorio Rosales, DVM, PhD, an independent poultry...