Coccidiosis ranks in the top 10 poultry health concerns worldwide, and the cost of its control can be significant. Kayla Price, PhD, poultry technical manager, outlined points to consider and how to build an arsenal of alternative products to manage coccidiosis in poultry flocks.
The move to cage-free egg production has spawned a new generation of aviary systems available for hen housing. The question now is how well the new systems perform when balancing egg production and profitability with bird welfare.
By Bruce Stewart-Brown, DVM, DACPV
Chief Science Officer
Perdue Farms
Coccidiosis control is important to every poultry production system, but managing the available options can be a somewhat fluid process. Although there are a range of choices, each one has its own set of pros and cons.
In the last 2 decades, strides in poultry nutrition helped build profitability for poultry producers in the US and around the world. Average US feed-conversion rates (FCR) have improved by 23 points (0.23) since 2000, according to Michael Kidd, PhD, professor in the Department of Poultry Science at the University of Arkansas.
Cloacitis, or vent gleet, is chronic inflammation of a bird’s cloaca that can result in urate scalding, prolapse, weight loss, inactive ovaries and high mortality. Investigators looked at blood biomarkers to identify correlations to birds with cloacitis versus healthy birds.
For laying hens, bone health and eggshell development are critical aspects of lifetime productivity, and calcium supplementation can be beneficial. But when does it become too much of a good thing?
The US Poultry & Egg Association, National Chicken Council, National Turkey Federation and United Egg Producers have released an updated economic impact study that highlights the positive impact the poultry industry has on jobs, wages and federal and state revenue in the US.
By W. A. Dozier, III, PhD
Department of Poultry Science
Auburn University and
Alabama Cooperative Extension System
A study evaluated whether Eimeria oocysts are present in the fecal material in feed lids and if the oocysts serve as an infection source to chicks.
By Philip A. Stayer, DVM, MS, ACPV
Dr. Phil Stayer Poultry Consulting, LLC
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA
Phibro Animal Health Corporation has acquired the medicated feed additive product portfolio and certain water-soluble products from Zoetis Inc.
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