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Health and Welfare Featured Articles
Displaying Articles 91-105 in Health and Welfare
Chickens, Trees and Farmers - an Experiment in Mutual Benefit
By Marian Stamp Dawkins, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford - Unlike adult laying hens, broiler or meat chickens are juveniles and most of them are killed when they are less than six weeks old. People like to see them ranging outside and enjoying...
By Marian Stamp Dawkins, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford - Unlike adult laying hens, broiler or meat chickens are juveniles and most of them are killed when they are less than six weeks old. People like to see them ranging outside and enjoying...
DAHS Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza Series - No. 3
By DuPont Animal Health Solutions - With the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation warning that Avian Influenza (AI) could become endemic in Turkey, many neighbouring countries are taking preventative action.
By DuPont Animal Health Solutions - With the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation warning that Avian Influenza (AI) could become endemic in Turkey, many neighbouring countries are taking preventative action.
Newcastle Disease 2005: Lessons To Be Learned
By Defra - On 15 July 2005 the UK confirmed an outbreak of Newcastle Disease (ND) in pheasants at a game establishment in Surrey. Disease was confirmed on a single holding containing an estimated 11,700 pheasants, aged around 8-9 weeks. There was no...
By Defra - On 15 July 2005 the UK confirmed an outbreak of Newcastle Disease (ND) in pheasants at a game establishment in Surrey. Disease was confirmed on a single holding containing an estimated 11,700 pheasants, aged around 8-9 weeks. There was no...
DAHS Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza Series - No. 2
By DuPont Animal Health Solutions - The critical importance of effective biosecurity measures at Border Control Points is highlighted in a new study from the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine, USA.
By DuPont Animal Health Solutions - The critical importance of effective biosecurity measures at Border Control Points is highlighted in a new study from the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine, USA.
Marek’s disease
By Hybro B.V., Boxmeer, The Netherlands - MD was first described by Marek in Hungary (1970). Since then it has been described by numerous authors in many countries. In the nineteen fifties and sixties MD was responsible for enormous losses in the poultry...
By Hybro B.V., Boxmeer, The Netherlands - MD was first described by Marek in Hungary (1970). Since then it has been described by numerous authors in many countries. In the nineteen fifties and sixties MD was responsible for enormous losses in the poultry...
Manifestations of Clostridium perfringens and related bacterial enteritides in broiler chickens
By J. Wilson, University of Guelph; G. Tice, Elanco Animal Health; M. L. Brash, Elanco, Division Eli Lilly Canada Inc., and S. St. Hilaire, Idaho State University and published by Lohmann animal Health - Well known as the cause of necrotic enteritis,...
By J. Wilson, University of Guelph; G. Tice, Elanco Animal Health; M. L. Brash, Elanco, Division Eli Lilly Canada Inc., and S. St. Hilaire, Idaho State University and published by Lohmann animal Health - Well known as the cause of necrotic enteritis,...
The Effect of Feather Eating on Feed Passage in Laying Hens
By A. Harlander-Matauschek, H. P. Piepho, and W. Bessei - This article contains an abstract from the Poultry Science Association's January 2006 journal.
By A. Harlander-Matauschek, H. P. Piepho, and W. Bessei - This article contains an abstract from the Poultry Science Association's January 2006 journal.
Improving Animal Welfare: EU Action Plan
By the European Commission - Concrete measures to improve the protection and welfare of animals over the next five years are outlined in a new Action Plan on the protection and welfare of animals, adopted by the Commission today. The Action Plan aims...
By the European Commission - Concrete measures to improve the protection and welfare of animals over the next five years are outlined in a new Action Plan on the protection and welfare of animals, adopted by the Commission today. The Action Plan aims...
Litter Quality and Broiler Performance
By Casey W. Ritz, Brian D. Fairchild, and Michael P. Lacy Extension Poultry Scientists, University of Georgia - This article provides an in depth look into how litter conditions significantly influence broiler performance, and ultimately the profits of...
By Casey W. Ritz, Brian D. Fairchild, and Michael P. Lacy Extension Poultry Scientists, University of Georgia - This article provides an in depth look into how litter conditions significantly influence broiler performance, and ultimately the profits of...
Understanding and Controlling Ascites
By Frank T. Jones and published by the University of Arkansas's Avian Advice - The ascites has been observed worldwide in fast growing broilers reared under a wide variety of conditions. Ascites is initiated by factors that elevate the blood pressure...
By Frank T. Jones and published by the University of Arkansas's Avian Advice - The ascites has been observed worldwide in fast growing broilers reared under a wide variety of conditions. Ascites is initiated by factors that elevate the blood pressure...
UK Poultry Disease Quarterly Surveillance Report (to September 2005)
By Veterinary Laboratories Agency - This report monitors trends in the major endemic poultry diseases and utilises the farmfile and VIDA (Veterinary Investigation Disease Analysis) databases. The report is compiled using disease data gathered by the network...
By Veterinary Laboratories Agency - This report monitors trends in the major endemic poultry diseases and utilises the farmfile and VIDA (Veterinary Investigation Disease Analysis) databases. The report is compiled using disease data gathered by the network...
Governmental regulations and concept behind eradication and control of some important poultry diseases
By H.M. Hafez, Institute of poultry Diseases, Free University Berlin - Infections diseases of poultry are mostly associated with severe economic losses. Many of these diseases once re-emerging or introduced into a geographic area, can explode into an...
By H.M. Hafez, Institute of poultry Diseases, Free University Berlin - Infections diseases of poultry are mostly associated with severe economic losses. Many of these diseases once re-emerging or introduced into a geographic area, can explode into an...
The colonization of broilers with Campylobacter
By W.J Snelling and J.S.G Dooley, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster and J.E. Moore, Northern Ireland Public Health Laboratory, Department of Bacteriology, Belfast City Hospital.
By W.J Snelling and J.S.G Dooley, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster and J.E. Moore, Northern Ireland Public Health Laboratory, Department of Bacteriology, Belfast City Hospital.
Impact of feeding management on feather pecking in laying hens
By M.M Van Krimpen, B.F.J Reuvekamp, C.M.C Van Der Peet-Schwering, R.P. Kwakkel and M.W.A Verstegen, Wageningen University, and L.A. Den Hartog, Nutreco R&D.
By M.M Van Krimpen, B.F.J Reuvekamp, C.M.C Van Der Peet-Schwering, R.P. Kwakkel and M.W.A Verstegen, Wageningen University, and L.A. Den Hartog, Nutreco R&D.
The Economics of Avian Influenza Control
By David Halvorson, Ilaria Capua, Carol Cardona, David Frame, Daniel Karunakaran, Stefano Marangon, Giovanni Ortali, Don Roepke and Brian Woo-Ming and published by the University of Minnesota - When large numbers of flocks get low pathogenic avian influenza...
By David Halvorson, Ilaria Capua, Carol Cardona, David Frame, Daniel Karunakaran, Stefano Marangon, Giovanni Ortali, Don Roepke and Brian Woo-Ming and published by the University of Minnesota - When large numbers of flocks get low pathogenic avian influenza...
