The latest technology providing access to feed and water in hatcheries could change how vaccinations and other general practices are conducted. Katherine Schaefbauer, Jennie-O Turkey Store, led a research trial with a coccidiosis vaccine administered to fed and non-fed turkey poults in the hatchery, and presented the results at the 2025 AAAP Meeting.
In a Poultry Science Association webinar, Todd Applegate, PhD, assistant dean for international programs and department head of poultry science at the University of Georgia, shared his findings of a literature review on mycotoxins and discussed future research needs.
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by Allison Pullin, PhD
Prestage Department of Poultry Science
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
The gut microbiome is the new frontier in poultry research, and few people know more about it than Lisa Bielke, PhD, distinguished scholar of turkey health at North Carolina State University.
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by Michelle Kromm, DVM, MPH, MAM, DACPV
Food Forward, LLC
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A “Rising Stars” article
by Xiaowen Ma, MS
Department of Animal Science
Michigan State University
Salmonella exposure to consumers from eggs has been a decades-long concern. Richard Gast, poultry research microbiologist at USDA’s US National Poultry Research Center in Athens, Georgia, has developed two research projects to gain more perspective on Salmonella Enteritidis in cage-free layer housing.
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By Ken Opengart, DVM, PhD, DACPV
3 Birds Consulting
Signal Mountain, Tennessee
Bone and leg health issues are among the top five common concerns for broilers, noted Gigi Lin, DVM, DACPV, adding that “Lameness can indicate not only a potential disease issue but is a welfare and economic concern.” Lin, a veterinary consultant with Canadian Poultry Consultants, Ltd, was featured in the 2025 Canadian Poultry’s Broiler School Series webinar presentation, “Understanding and Managing Lameness in Broilers.”
Alternatives to antibiotic growth promoters can maintain broiler performance. But replacing antibiotics is not a simple matter of like-for-like replacements, according to Doug Korver, PhD, professor of poultry nutrition at the University of Alberta.
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Sara Throne, DVM, MAM, Dipl. ACPV
Simmons Foods, Inc.
Siloam Springs, Arkansas, USA
Good composting procedures eliminate odors and reduce the number of flies, rodents, predators and scavengers attracted to the bins. Additionally, when done properly, composting is a cost-effective method of biosecurity.
