A broiler breeder’s “ovary function is highly sensitive to environmental factors,” which can affect egg production and lead to “significant economic losses,” explained Patricia Quino, a graduate student from Auburn University.
A broiler breeder’s “ovary function is highly sensitive to environmental factors,” which can affect egg production and lead to “significant economic losses,” explained Patricia Quino, a graduate student from Auburn University.
A broiler breeder’s “ovary function is highly sensitive to environmental factors,” which can affect egg production and lead to “significant economic losses,” explained Patricia Quino, a graduate student from Auburn University.
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HPAI continues to disrupt poultry production worldwide. But according to Taoufik Rawi, DVM, a poultry veterinarian at Boehringer Ingelheim focused on global respiratory disease challenges, the industry is no longer dealing with the same virus it faced a decade ago.
A research team led by Sanjay Shah, PhD, North Carolina State University, developed a new Excel-based mass-depopulation calculator to help poultry producers and animal health officials rapidly estimate the resources needed during HPAI outbreaks.
Most poultry companies invest significant resources in infectious bronchitis vaccination programs. But according to one of the poultry industry’s leading infectious bronchitis virus researchers, Mark Jackwood, PhD, Ceva Animal Health, one critical question often receives less attention than it should: How do you know the program worked?
Optient lighting, developed by ONCE® by Signify® and available through VAL-CO, is a lighting system built entirely around how a chicken sees the world. It uses poultry-specific LED lights to accommodate chickens’ heightened photosensitivity.
Hatchery day-of-age vaccination has been a cornerstone of broiler health for decades, but new research led by Rodrigo Gallardo, DVM, PhD, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, is shedding light on the mechanisms that help it protect chicks despite the immaturity of their immune systems.
An innovation taking the broiler/breeder industry by storm is Comfort Nest™, a mechanical egg-laying system from VAL-CO that more than doubles the nest size to accommodate high-yield broiler-strain hens.
By Tom Tabler, PhD
Professor, Extension Poultry Specialist
University of Tennessee Extension Service/Animal Science Department
Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center
Spring Hill, Tennessee
Mycotoxins are poisonous metabolites produced by naturally occurring mold organisms that contaminate corn, soybean meal and other feedstuffs. Even in very low concentrations, they can hurt animal health and productivity. Research has revealed a host of emerging mycotoxins that are not yet regularly determined or regulated. What does this mean for producers?
