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...

Japan - Poultry and Products - 2009
The latest GAIN report from USDA Foreign Agricultural Service is subtitled H7N6 Avian Influenza Outbreak in Commercial Quail Flocks.

Pigeon Paramyxovirus Type 1 and Its Importance for the Commercial Poultry Industry
By Dr Babak Sanei (Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs) and Dr Marina Brash and Dr Davor Ojkic (Animal Health Laboratory, Laboratory Services Division, University of Guelph). Published by the Poultry Industry Council of Canada as Factsheet...

Toward Full Control of Vaccine Administration
by S. Comte, S. Warin and L. Mogenet Ceva Santé Animale, Zone Industrielle de la Ballastière, BP 126, 33501, Libourne, France

Studying Performance Following In-Ovo Injection
In-ovo feeding of turkey embryos can have the effect of increasing body weight gain and improving the use and take up of nutrients, research from North Carolina State University has shown, writes ThePoultrySite senior editor, Chris Harris.