Heat stress can contribute to many production challenges and can be costly for poultry producers. During heat stress, birds eat less than they should as a way to reduce their body temperature, leading to a reduction in metabolizable energy...
There is a need for robust, non-invasive and simple methods to objectively assess the quality of routine animal cares of commercial poultry flocks as a component of sustainable and ethical animal production practices (Castro et al., 2023; Siegel, 1995)....
USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation announce the completion of a funded research project by researchers at the University of Georgia that evaluated a new diagnostic tool for Infectious Laryngotracheitis detection. The research was made possible in part by an...
Mycotoxin-contaminated feed is a constant challenge for poultry producers, made worse if environmental conditions favor the rapid growth of mycotoxin-producing fungi in the field or during storage. And if multiple mycotoxins have contaminated the feed, it can create a...
A recent study combining genomic data and machine learning has attributed the majority of U.S. campylobacteriosis cases to poultry, and found that chicken is an increasing source of multidrug-resistant Campylobacter in human infections.
Published in Journal of Infection, the study...
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Many turkey poults may experience poor starting performance for reasons that are not well understood. Turkey flocks may even suffer mortalities up to 3%...
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Vaccinating turkeys against colibacillosis with the modified-live vaccine Poulvac® E. coli has economic and animal welfare benefits, according to a retrospective, 4-year study conducted on 37 French turkey farms.1
Colibacillosis, caused by the bacterium Escherichia coli, is considered an...
Michael A. Davis, D. R. Sloan, Gerald Kidder, and R. D. Jacobs2
Animal manures have been used as natural crop fertilizers for centuries. Because of poultry manure’s high nitrogen content, it has long been recognized as one of the most...
Analysis of Campylobacter isolates in East Africa found that multidrug resistance (MDR) was significantly higher in poultry than in people, researchers reported yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
For the study, an international team of researchers collected and explored the population structure...
Christmas Dinners are one of the UK's most cherished traditions, and Christmas menus have evolved greatly over the years. Today, turkey is the typical meat of choice; going back 500 years, it was beef, venison, and wild boar in...