Mapping the poultry microbiome reveals insights on gut health, performance
The importance of maintaining good gut health is well-known in the poultry industry, but the gut’s microbiome and its role in health and performance remain a mystery.
The importance of maintaining good gut health is well-known in the poultry industry, but the gut’s microbiome and its role in health and performance remain a mystery.
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.
Between most poultry companies raising a portion of their birds with no antibiotics and FDA imposing more limits on how antibiotics can be used, the poultry industry has turned to a rapidly growing menu of alternative therapies to help maintain a healthy gut.
Researchers from Egypt and Saudi Arabia conducted a study to determine if adding eucalyptus (EL) powder as a dietary supplementation would have an effect on productive performance and immune response in two varieties of Japanese quail.
Minimizing the concentration of mycotoxins in feed is key to preventing necrosis of the oral mucosa and esophagus, which decreases the ability of the digestive tract to digest and absorb nutrients.
By Tom Tabler, PhD
Professor, Extension Poultry Specialist
University of Tennessee Extension Service, Animal Science Department
Spring Hill, TN
Sustainability issues demand significant attention today. And while it can be challenging to identify and implement strategies, sustainability will continue to drive decisions within the food-animal sector.
Selecting broilers for water-conversion ratio has no effect on other economically important traits, potentially paving the way for a route to greater sustainability in production.
By Marcelo Lang, DVM
Farsight Consulting & Marketing Services, LLC
Researchers from Spain and the Netherlands performed a study to determine if adding a mineral and vitamin mix (AHS and Vitamin C) would have an effect on broiler performance in heat-stressed conditions.
Modern Poultry editor Joseph Feeks sat down with coccidiosis guru Greg Mathis, PhD, Southern Poultry Research, Inc., at the 2023 PSA conference to talk about Tyson Foods’ plans to drop the NAE label and its potential impact on the industry’s use of ionophores.
A new study published in Poultry Science shows that body weight, residual feed intake and feeding behavior traits are all highly heritable traits in Pekin ducks.
