Control of Infectious Bursal Disease by an Immune Complex Vaccine
By V. Palya, K. Forgách, T. Süveges, M. Kelemen, J. Mészáros and J. Benyeda CEVA-PHYLAXIA Veterinary Biologicals Co. Ltd., Budapest, Hungary Veterinary Medical Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Budapest, Hungary PROPHYL Ltd.,...

Finding Ways to Fight Campylobacter
Good farming and hygienic practices, testing and removing positive birds in production as well as vaccination have all succeeded in helping to reduce the incidence of Salmonella in chickens, writes ThePoultrySite senior editor, Chris Harris.

Comparison of Hydrogen Peroxide Products for Water Sanitation
Stabilised hydrogen peroxide products offer some additional residual hydrogen peroxide activity over unstabilised products but this activity lasts no more than two days, according to Tyler Clark, Brookee Dean and Susan Watkins of the University of Arkansas....

UK Poultry Disease Quarterly Surveillance Report - October - December 2008
Highlights of the latest quarterly report from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) include vitamin B2 deficiency in young broilers, respiratory diseases in turkeys, pneumonia of unknown aetiology in ducklings and a suspected case of goose parvovirus...

Getting to Grips with Campylobacter
New measures are to be set out by the European Commission and individual EU countries to clamp down on incidence of campylobacter food poisoning across the Continent, writes ThePoultrySite senior editor Chris Harris.

The Poultry Pantry: Plums, Probiotics, Safflower and Tea
The title refers to a report of work carried out by the USDA Agricultural Research Service showing that all these products can help control coccidiosis in broilers.

Comparative Assessment of Layer Hen Welfare in New Zealand
The highlights of a recent report into hen welfare in New Zealand are summarised by Jackie Linden, editor of ThePoultrySite. The science-based study was conducted by Hugh Black and Neil Christensen, and it has been welcomed by the Egg Producers Federation...

Viral Respiratory Diseases: Are They Ever Under Control?
In conjunction with the annual UK Branch meeting of the World's Poultry Science Association, The Gordon Memorial Lecture was presented last month by Professor Richard (Dick) Jones of the University of Liverpool. Jackie Linden, editor of ThePoultrySite,...

Tracking Salmonella's Evolution From Innocuous to Virulent
Studies by the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) into how Salmonella enteritidis evolves and infects hens will help to reduce levels of infection.

Arcobacter: Genome of Foodborne Pathogen Exposed
Mapping of the genome of Arcobacter butzleri by scientists at the USDA Agricultural Research Service is a first step in control of this food-borne pathogen. Previously thought to be a member of the Campylobacter family, it has been found in farm...

Fuel for Cars and Leftovers for Livestock
Biofuel research is not just a matter of finding the right type of biomass — maize soybean oil or other material — and converting it into fuel. Scientists must also find environmentally and economically sound uses for the co-products from biofuel production,...

Treatment of a Field Case of Spirochaetosis with Tiamulin
Burch and his co-authors report the successful treatment of a field case in the UK of avian intestinal spirochaetosis caused by Brachyspira pilosicoli with tiamulin.

Bird Flu is Top Disease Concern in Asia
Interviews with some of the leading exhibitors in the special show sector, Eggs!, at VIV Asia in Bangkok in March revealed that avian influenza remains top of the list of disease concerns in Asia, reports Jackie Linden, editor of ThePoultrySite.

Efficacy of Infectious Bursal Disease Virus Vaccine Against Various Forms of the Disease
By Yannick Gardin, Vilmos Palya, Luis Sesti and Kristi Moore Dorsey.

Organic Poultry Production in the United States
Organic Poultry Production in the United States was written by Dr Anne Fanatico and published by ATTRA in 2008. It discusses organic husbandry including living conditions, health, genetics and origin, feed and processing as specified under the...