Calculating moisture loss from the egg during the incubation process is a vital tool in achieving good chick quality and hatchability. This allows you to know just how much water is being removed from the egg during incubation.
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Excellent systems of communication between farm staff and veterinarians are critical when it comes to managing disease outbreaks and reducing their potential spread.
Eric Heskett, DVM, PhD, at Case Farms in North Carolina, told Poultry Health Today that communication is...
Published on Aug. 19, 2019
A guide to evaporative cooling systems in your turkey barn
It doesn’t take much to see that we are in a time of extreme weather. Only a few weeks ago, temperatures reached...
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Resistance is unlikely to be a problem in coccidiosis bioshuttle programs, Greg Mathis, PhD, Southern Poultry Research, told Poultry Health Today.
Bioshuttle programs start with hatchery vaccination against coccidiosis followed by use of an in-feed anticoccidial. Alternative products are...
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Molecular virology is already leading to discoveries that will improve management of infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT), according to Stephen Spatz, PhD, molecular virologist with USDA’s Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, Athens, Georgia.
With genomic sequencing, it is now possible to differentiate...
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Avian mycoplasmosis is a problem for poultry producers worldwide, but according to an expert, there’s no “one-size-fits-all” approach to managing it.
Speaking to Poultry Health Today at the 2019 World Veterinary Poultry Association Congress in Bangkok, Naola Ferguson-Noel, DVM,...
Increasing air circulation coupled with moderate reductions in humidity can dramatically improve paw quality, Connie Mou and Michael Czarick, University of Georgia, told Poultry Health Today.
By lowering the humidity level to 60% and using circulation fans that increase air...
The reproductive system of the female chicken is in two parts: the ovary and oviduct.
The reproductive system of the female chicken is in two parts: the ovary and oviduct. Unlike most female animals, which have two functioning ovaries, the...
se of a simple “causal” pie chart is proving to be a helpful tool for controlling necrotic enteritis (NE), Joel L. Cline, DVM, a veterinarian with Wayne Farms, told Poultry Health Today.
Cline uses the causal pie as a visual...
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Q: There’s more talk in the poultry industry about water acidification during growout and its potential benefits. What’s driving this trend?
CT: The move toward reduced-use and no-antibiotics-ever production systems has prompted the industry to explore other tools...
