Managing day-old chicks’ thermal environment for optimum health and performance
By Michael Czarick
Extension Specialist – Engineering
University of Georgia
Department of Poultry Science
By Michael Czarick
Extension Specialist – Engineering
University of Georgia
Department of Poultry Science
The NCC released its inaugural sustainability report, which provides a comprehensive overview of U.S. broilers and the industry’s collective progress in its environmental, flock welfare and social-impact journey.
Chicken makes quite the journey to the consumer’s table and NCC’s 360° Virtual Experience offers a behind-the-scenes look at every step of a broiler chicken’s life.
USDA has announced plans to provide an additional $502 million to combat highly pathogenic avian influenza in the US.
Innovation, welfare and sustainability were on full display at the 2023 conference of the American Association of Avian Pathologists.
The diet and gut drive a bird’s growth, but they also play a role in the immune system and physiology of the animal, which influences health and disease outcomes.
Smart ag technologies offer production and research benefits by providing real-time data on individual birds and at the flock level to optimize production, animal health and well-being, food safety and the environment.
The poultry sector has made progress reducing incidence of woody breasts, but it still impacts a significant portion of fillets.
A UC Davis team has comprehensively cataloged available genomic information on chickens, which could help bring about improvements in the poultry sector.
Today, Salmonella has evolved to become adept at fecal-respiratory transmission in turkeys, according to Billy Hargis, DVM, PhD, distinguished professor of poultry science at the University of Arkansas.
Darkling beetle species were the most abundant type of insect recorded in a study exploring potential vectors of Histomonas meleagridis, the protozoan pathogen which causes the common broiler breeder disease histomoniasis.
Nikki Shariat, PhD, assistant professor at the University of Georgia, presented her research on profiling Salmonella serotypes through broiler processing at the 2023 IPPE.
