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Clearer picture emerging on how to tackle aMPV outbreak in US poultry

Avian metapneumovirus (aMPV) has swept through production facilities across the US since its initial appearance in late 2023. aMPV infections can result in mass morbidity, significant egg drops and, in the most severe cases, mortalities.

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Past guides the present to control recent avian metapneumovirus outbreak in turkeys

Past knowledge can provide useful insight to control the latest outbreak of avian metapneumovirus in the US poultry industry, according to two leading experts on the disease.

UGA pathologist: Fast-spreading ILT virus growing more prominent, virulent in poultry

Samples tested from recent infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) outbreaks on US poultry farms raised alarms that the current circulating virus is rapidly spreading.

Need more information on a poultry disease? Search back issues of AAAP’s Avian Diseases journal

Looking to make decades of poultry research more accessible to the industry, the American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP) has a new online feature in place for members and non-members to purchase print copies of its popular journal, Avian Diseases.

UGA’s Maricarmen Garcia to address ILT breaks at AAAP webinar

To help the industry improve control programs for infectious laryngotracheitis virus (ILTV), the AAAP hosted a webinar, “Recent Outbreaks of ILT: What Have We Learned?”

Coronavirus behind COVID-19 not related to those commonly seen in poultry, other food animals

Coronavirus infections are nothing new to the poultry industry, but it’s important to understand that common IB viruses in poultry flocks are not associated with the COVID-19 virus at the root of the global pandemic.

Poultry scientists present latest research to benefit poultry health, welfare

Innovation, welfare and sustainability were on full display at the 2023 conference of the American Association of Avian Pathologists.

Emerging disease trends come under focus in latest version of industry ‘bible’

Health challenges associated with antibiotic-free production and the growing issue of wooden breast syndrome in broilers are two emerging trends to appear in the latest edition of Diseases of Poultry.

AAAP networks offer mental health support to members

Supporting the mental health and well-being of people working in poultry science and research has become a focus of the AAAP, according to one of the organization’s leaders.

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