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.

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates - June 2009
Total US meat production for 2009 and 2010 is reduced from last month as higher forecast feed prices are expected to reduce prospects in the pork and broiler sectors, according to the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates produced by...

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

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.

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.,...

Canadian Poultry and Egg Statistics - January to March 2009
By Statistics Canada - This publication provides data on the production, supply and disposition and value of Canadian poultry meat and eggs for the first quarter of 2009.

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....

Ingredient Nutrient Uplift By Enzyme Supplementation
Until more information is available, matrix values and uplift should be focused on the specific substrates for specific enzymes, recommended Dr Nelson Ward of DSM Nutritional Products to the Carolina Poultry Nutrition Conference 2008

US Feed Outlook - May 2009
Forecasted feed grain area planted in 2009, based on the 31 March Prospective Plantings, is down by two per cent from 2008, according to the USDA Economic Research Service.

Enzyme Combinations to Optimise By-Products Use in Corn-Based Poultry Feed
As more by-products are included in diets for poultry, there are greater opportunities to maximise nutrient availability by the use of feed enzymes. Dr Janet C. Remus from Danisco Animal Nutrition reviewed this topic, focussing on bakery by-products,...

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates - May 2009
Broiler production is raised as higher-than-expected first quarter production more than offsets a slightly weaker second quarter, and turkey production is decreased due to lower-than-expected first quarter production, according to the World Agricultural...

Mechanisms of Action for Supplemental NSP and Phytase Enzymes in Poultry Diets
End-users should work closely with the specific enzyme products to obtain the optimal outcome desired based on the mechanism of action, recommended Craig L. Wyatt, Terri Parr and Mike Bedford of AB Vista Feed Ingredients Ltd in their paper to the Carolina...

Carolina Poultry Nutrition Conference 2008
This article is a collection of the scientific papers presented at the Annual Carolina Poultry Nutrition Conference held at Research Triangle Park in North Carolina on 12 November 2008. The theme of the conference, the 35th in the series, was Maximizing...

Enzyme Synergy in Poultry Nutrition
The effects of different feed enzymes may not be additive, Marcelo J. Schang of the School of Agricultural Sciences at Argentina's Catholic University told the 2008 Carolina Poultry Nutrition Conference.