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Kogut: Managing feed additives, gut health key to sustainable poultry production

The topic of sustainability has expanded over the years and is dependent on many aspects. Among those are feed, bird productivity and health.

Hatching broilers on-farm may improve efficiency, welfare

On-farm hatching of broilers may be a viable option to increase efficiency by increasing hatchability and reducing total mortality during rearing, according to scientists in Denmark.

Did you know that all published minimum poultry housing ventilation recommendations could easily be off by 100% or more?

Minimum recommended ventilation rates alone are insufficient

By Michael Czarick
Extension Specialist – Engineering
University of Georgia
Department of Poultry Science

Canada research shows transportation from farm to plant can affect poultry meat quality, quantity

Transporting poultry from grow farms to processing plants can be stressful for birds, even more so in humid weather or during a brisk cold snap when stress levels can increase enough to contribute to weight loss and reduced meat quality.

Vivek Kuttappan, DVM, PhD, Cargill poultry technology lead, said postbiotics — biologically inactive proteins, peptides or enzymes that are typically found in fermented foods — have been shown to have numerous benefits that support bird gut health, immune systems and overall productivity.

Postbiotics offer ‘next level’ solutions to poultry industry challenges

Utilizing postbiotic feed additives in poultry diets could help producers find customized solutions to challenges facing the poultry industry, according to an expert in poultry gut health.

Shane: Vaccination needed in face of airborne HPAI threat

Evidence that airborne spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is possible near flocks of wild birds underlines that even extreme biosecurity won’t completely protect egg-production flocks, according to an industry commentator.

Nutritional considerations for broilers with coccidiosis

By Brett Lumpkins, PhD, and Greg Mathis, PhD
Southern Poultry Feed & Research, Inc.
Athens, Georgia USA

Passive protection key to successful IBD (Gumboro) control in breeders, broilers

By Don Ritter, DVM
Poultry Business Solutions LLC
Norfolk, Virginia

NCC offers tips for educating consumers about poultry vaccination

The National Chicken Council recently developed a Q&A on vaccines to help veterinarians, producers and others involved in live production educate their families, friends and communities about their usage in poultry production.

Boltz: Salmonella prevention requires updated feed-processing methods

Tightened-up feed-processing practices along with new hygienic feed options can help reduce salmonellosis outbreaks linked to poultry products, according to Tim Boltz, PhD, assistant professor of poultry nutrition and feed hygienics, Mississippi State University.

Stimulating activity can reduce ‘kinky back’ in broilers

Increased activity in broilers can reduce kinky back — a spinal deformity that can affect mobility in fast-growing chicks between 3 and 6 weeks of age.

Poultry and the Rising Heat: Why Climate Change Demands Action on Heat Stress

Climate change demands more focus on managing heat stress in poultry

Heat stress isn’t just for summer anymore. A 68-minute webinar with Vasil Stanev, DVM, discusses thermoregulation, heat-stress mechanisms and how to manage heat stress effectively in poultry flocks.

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