Embryonic Development, Day by Day
By Dr Stephan WARIN, DVM, Avian Business Unit. CEVA Santé Animale, La Ballastiere, BP 126, 33501 Libourne Cedex, France

Comparative Efficacy Studies With 3 Attenuated Live Newcastle Disease Vaccines in SPF and Commercial Chickens
Guittet M.¹, H. Le Coq¹, Y. Gardin² and S. Comte³. ¹VIPAC unit, AFSSA – 22400 Ploufragan - France ²SOLEIL sarl, 56 rue de la petite Cabane, 33230 Coutras – France ³CEVA Santé Animale – 33501 Libourne – France.

Very virulent infectious bursal disease virus: reduced pathogenicity in a rare natural segment-B reassorted isolate
1 Cyril Le Nouen, 1 Gaelle Rivallan, 1 Didier Toquin, 2 Pierre Darlu, 3 Yannick Morin, 4 Ve´ ronique Beven, 4 Claire de Boisseson, 5 Christophe Cazaban, 5 Sylvain Comte,5 Yannick Gardin and 1 Nicolas Eterradossi 1,3,4 French Agency for Food Safety...

Construction and Evaluation of Turkey Herpesvirus Vectored Newcastle Disease Vaccine
M. Esaki ¹ ², K. Moore Dorsey ², T. Sato ¹, S. Saitoh ¹, S. Saeki ¹, A. Fujisawa ¹, A. Yasuda ¹ and J. D. Leonard ² ¹ Zeon Corporation, Tokyo, Japan ² Biomune Company, Lenexa, Kansas

Comparative Safety Study With 3 Attenuated Live Newcastle Disease Vaccines in SPF and Conventional Chickens.
By Guittet M.¹ , M. Lagadic ² , H. Le Coq ¹ , Y. Gardin ³ and S. Comte &sup4; ¹VIPAC unit, AFSSA – 22440 Ploufragan - France ²Veterinary Histopathology Laboratory – 94700 Maison-Alfort – France ³SOLEIL sarl, 33230 Coutras – France, 4CEVA Santé...

Controlling Campylobacter in Broiler Flocks
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the UK has been developing an action plan against Campylobacter food poisoning sine 2003, writes ThePoultrySite senior editor, Chris Harris.

Immunology and Disease Discussed at WPSA UK Meeting
Three papers on very different topics were included in an interesting session on Immunology and Disease at the annual meeting of the UK Branch of the World's Poultry Science Association (WPSA) earlier this year, writes ThePoultrySite editor, Jackie Linden....

Creating a Healthier Environment for Poultry Workers
Researchers in Canada have reviewed the effects of dust on the respiratory health of poultry workers in different types of poultry houses in the latest issue of Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology. Jackie Linden summarises their key...

UK Poultry Disease Quarterly Surveillance Report : January - March 2009
Highlights of the latest quarterly report from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) include low pathogenicity avian influenza at two turkey premises, erysipelas and atypical necrotic enteritis in layers and severe gangrenous dermatitis in broiler...

New Treatments Offer Help against Surging ILT in Poultry
Three experts in infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) explained the growing importance of the disease and new methods of control during a seminar at this year's International Poultry Expo.

Vaccination of Broilers Using a Recombinant Fowl Pox-Infectious Laryngotracheitis Vaccine Inoculated in Ovo
Brett A. Hopkins MS, DVM, Ph.D., DACPV

Vaccination in the Hatchery
by Yannick Gardin, DVM, scientific director, Ceva Santé Animale, Libourne, France

Showers, Troughs as Good as Ponds for Duck Welfare
Duck welfare is related to the nature and extent of their access to water, according to a paper published by University of Oxford researchers, Tracey Jones, Corri Waitt and Professor Marian Dawkins. Growth was not affected by treatment but the eyes, nostrils...

Strategies for Prevention, Monitoring and Control of Avian Influenza at Farm Level
Dr Barbara Grabkowsky of Vechta University presented the results of a recent study into the implementation of biosecurity measures in European poultry farms at the International Egg Commission (IEC) London 2009 Conference. It is clear that some farmers...

Animal Antibiotics, Resistance and Human Health
Antibiotics are a vital component to rearing healthy livestock, but many researchers argue that mismanaged use is having a detrimental effect on the industry, writes Adam Anson for ThePoultrySite.