Many factors can influence egg quality and appearance. These factors will vary depending upon the housing environment, genetics, drugs, feed ingredients, or chemicals used in agriculture. As egg production methods become more varied—for example, changing from cage to free...
Abstract
Resveratrol (RV) is associated with protection against oxidative stress to improve health, however the effect of RV in layers under oxidative stress (OS) is limited. The objective of this experiment was to investigate the negative effect of OS and...
Institution: University of Georgia
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Nikki W. Shariat, Ph.D.
University of Georgia
Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center
953 College Station Road
Athens, GA 30602
Accurate and rapid surveillance for Salmonella is required as a key step in assessing whether mitigation strategies are effective in...
Introduction
The main objective in brooding chicks is to efficiently and economically provide a comfortable, healthy environment for growing birds. Temperature, air quality, humidity and light are critical factors to consider. Failure to provide the adequate environment during the brooding...
Tuanjun Hu,
Lorna Taylor,
Adrian Sherman,
Christian Keambou Tiambo,
Steven J Kemp,
Bruce Whitelaw,
Rachel J Hawken,
Appolinaire Djikeng,
Michael J McGrew
Centre for Tropical Livestock...
John A. Lory
Department of Agronomy and Commercial Agriculture Program
Charles Fulhage
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Poultry litter is a mixture of poultry manure and the sawdust or rice hull bedding from confinement buildings used for raising broilers, turkeys and other...
Source: PoultryHealthToday.com
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...
ABSTRACT
Methionine (Met) is the first limiting amino acid in corn and soybean meal-based diets (containing L-Met) in broiler chickens, which are often supplemented with synthetic DL-Met or DL-Hydroxy Met (OH-Met). Our objective was to quantitatively assess the efficacy of...
Source: PoultryHealthToday.com
Research studying Salmonella across one turkey producer’s farms found Salmonella Infantis to be by far the dominant serotype — recorded in over a quarter of positive results.
The 3-year study, which involved taking swabs from protective shoe coverings on...
ABSTRACT
Reduction of Salmonella on poultry carcasses is one way to prevent salmonellosis. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the effects of subzero saline chilling (SSC) with/without hot water spray (HWS) on broiler carcasses prior to chilling for...