Footpad dermatitis is a common issue in poultry production with average prevalence rates often hovering around 20%, but sometimes reaching as high as 100% on some poultry operations.
Footpad dermatitis is characterized as the loss of integrity in the skin...
Gary D. Butcher and Michael A. Davis 2
A parasite is defined as an animal or plant that derives sustenance and/or protection by living in or on another animal or plant called the host. Intestinal and tracheal parasites of poultry...
Source: PoultryHealthToday.com
Antibodies passed from mother to chick provide young birds with their earliest form of immune protection. However, new studies in broiler chicks show that maternal antibodies to Escherichia coli do not prevent infection, underlining the need for early...
Czech authorities will cull nearly 140,000 turkey and chickens at a poultry farm where bird flu was detected, Agriculture Minister Miroslav Toman said on Monday.
The infection, east of Prague, was the country’s second case of the H5N8 bird flu...
Everyone has heard the sentence: “Maintaining intestinal health in chickens is a top priority for producers”, you probably have too. This concept is widely recognized as one of the most fundamental in poultry production. As such, controlling coccidiosis is...
Gary D. Butcher, and Richard D. Miles2
Myeloid leukosis (ML) or myelocytomatosis/myeloblastosis is caused by a retrovirus in the Avian Leukosis/Sarcoma Group of Retroviruses (ALV). This ALV subgroup J virus (ALV-J), which is identified as the etiologic agent for ML,...
VapHi-Tech™ PVX-100 helps improve bird health, operator safety
Vaccination is a key component of health programs at every poultry operation. Yet each year, countless broilers, broiler breeders and commercial layers are not properly vaccinated. Until now. Phibro Animal Health...
Faris F. Jirjis, Sally L. Noll, David A. Halvorson, Kakambi V. Nagaraja, Evelyn L. Townsend, Anwar M. Sheikh, Daniel P. Shaw
Animal Science
Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Abstract
Avian pneumovirus (APV) is an emerging viral respiratory disease agent of turkeys in...
Functional solutions that help you achieve antibiotic-free production: that is the promise German-based attendee EW Nutrition makes at this year's IPPE. Recognizing that the challenges of antimicrobial resistance are now spilling from animal production into human welfare, the company...
Poulvac® Procerta™ HVT-ND Provides Foundation for Comprehensive Respiratory Protection
Zoetis has further expanded its poultry vaccine portfolio with the introduction of Poulvac® Procerta™ HVT-ND, a vectored recombinant vaccine that protects broiler chickens against Newcastle and Marek’s disease viruses.
“Poulvac Procerta HVT-ND...