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Selecting for water efficiency offers promise in broilers

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.

Arkansas scientists seek vaccine for lameness-causing bacterial disease

Help may be on the way for broiler flocks suffering from lameness caused by bacterial disease, with a new vaccine being developed and tested at the University of Arkansas as part of a project led by Adnan Alrubaye, PhD.

Is it HPAI? Iowa layer flock highlights importance of early testing

Abrupt rises in mortality from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) can set off alarms at any poultry farm. Such was the case last year with an outbreak in a layer flock in Iowa.

Microbiome mania: Managing our expectations for this new science in the poultry industry

By Marcelo Lang, DVM
Farsight Consulting & Marketing Services, LLC

Virulent E. faecalis strains suspected in reduced hatchability rates

A drop in USDA’s broiler chicken hatchability rates from 85% to less than 80% in the past decade runs counter to the poultry industry’s improvements in production efficiency, but making just a small improvement in hatchability can create significant economic benefits.

Texas Tech scientists uncovering Salmonella’s metabolic secrets for survival

Years of painstaking research to discover how Salmonella metabolically survive is yielding unusual insights into these resourceful bacteria.

Watch for ‘profound’ mental health strain on poultry producers

By Jeff Winton
Founder and Chairman, Rural Minds
Owner, Wall Street Dairy, LLC
Chautauqua County, New York

ISU: Coinfections obscure cause of deaths in turkey finisher

The case of a turkey producer with 10-week-old turkeys experiencing respiratory distress and sudden death proved to be a difficult one to diagnose.

Interview: Embryologist discusses genetics initiative aiming to produce layer hens that yield females only

The keynote address of the 2023 Poultry Science Association conference featured Yuval Cinnamon, PhD, an Israeli embryologist leading a team of scientists that developed the first layer flock that produces females only.

A smartphone app that can identify and classify disease from pictures of chicken feces can help make accurate and swift disease diagnoses.

New app uses feces photos to help diagnose poultry diseases

A smartphone app that can identify and classify disease from pictures of chicken feces has been developed to aid poultry veterinarians and farmers in making accurate and swift disease diagnoses.

Mathis: Develop strategic plan before reintroducing ionophores

While at the PSA conference, Modern Poultry editor Joseph Feeks sat down with coccidiosis guru Greg Mathis, PhD, Southern Poultry Research, Inc., to talk about Tyson Foods’ plans to drop the NAE label and its potential impact on the industry’s use of ionophores.

Vigilance is key in guarding against highly pathogen avian influenza, writes independent consultant Phil Stayer, DVM, MS, ACPV, and producers should test for the disease every time there is unexplained mortality in commercial flocks.

Worried about HPAI? Watch the flock!

By Philip A. Stayer, DVM, MS, ACPV
Independent Consultant
Laurel, MS

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Selecting for water efficiency offers promise in broilers

Arkansas scientists seek vaccine for lameness-causing bacterial disease

Is it HPAI? Iowa layer flock highlights importance of early testing

Microbiome mania: Managing our expectations for this new science in the poultry industry

Virulent E. faecalis strains suspected in reduced hatchability rates

Texas Tech scientists uncovering Salmonella’s metabolic secrets for survival

Watch for ‘profound’ mental health strain on poultry producers

ISU: Coinfections obscure cause of deaths in turkey finisher

Interview: Embryologist discusses genetics initiative aiming to produce layer hens that yield females only

New app uses feces photos to help diagnose poultry diseases

Mathis: Develop strategic plan before reintroducing ionophores

Worried about HPAI? Watch the flock!

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Poultry scientists: Few hours of darkness a day does not harm broiler chicks

Poultry scientists: Few hours of darkness a day does not harm broiler chicks

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