Researchers of Wageningen Livestock Research have been able to define when a turkey takes a step. This is an important milestone to automating gait scoring by sensors. Locomotion obviously is an important indicator of animal welfare. With gait scores...
Ongoing surveillance measures for avian influenza in wild birds, which can spread to domestic birds and poultry.
Overview
Many strains of avian influenza viruses occur naturally in wild birds, particularly ducks, geese, and shorebirds. These viruses rarely cause mortality in the...
Institution: Auburn University
Principal Investigator: Dr. W. A. Dozier, III
Poultry Science Department
201 Poultry Science Building
260 Lem Morrison Drive
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama
Wooden breast is a breast muscle myopathy that is characterized with fillets being pale in color, exhibiting a hard-bulging appearance and...
Phibro Animal Health Corporation expands autogenous vaccine portfolio, offers solution for antigenic reovirus variations.
Reoviruses are constantly changing and evolving, with multiple serotypes that threaten poultry health and performance — until now. Phibro Animal Health Corporation’s latest Tailor-Made® autogenous vaccines...
By Susanne Rockwell on May 3, 2016
Backyard chickens. Yard birds. Or as I call these clucking neighbors: the most popular egg-laying pet in my community — we even fundraise for our schools using the annual Tour de Cluck.
My friends...
A win-win-win solution that keeps birds healthy, maintains the profitability of your business, and meets consumer demands.
Inteprity is a first-in-class, animal-use only, in-feed antibiotic for the prevention of mortality caused by necrotic enteritis associated with Clostridium perfringens in broiler...
Four talented veterinarians have been chosen as the first beneficiaries of a financial support program sponsored by Aviagen® and poultry diagnostics company BioChek.
Launched in September, the annual program is designed to award promising veterinarians who aspire to pursue a...
Institution: Purdue
Principal Investigator:
Darrin M. Karcher, PhD
Assistant Professor, Extension Poultry Scientist
Purdue University
3034 Creighton Hall of Animal Sciences
270 South Russell Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Research has shown that Salmonella persistence and transmission in poultry flocks can be influenced by various housing facility...
Abstract
The effects of protein source and amino acid (AA) and AME levels in the diets of male broilers from 8 to 21 d of age on subsequent growth and blood and carcass traits were investigated in the current study....
By: Gabriella Furo, Ph.D. student
Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota
What is footpad dermatitis (FPD) and why should I care?
Footpad dermatitis is a skin inflammation, and a frequently occurring problem in turkey production worldwide, which can affect the turkey...