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....

Better Gut Health Enhances Animal Performance
The health of the gastrointestinal tract is especially important for the young animal, writes Nataliya Roth, Technical Manager with Biomin Holding GmbH.

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...

US Feed Outlook - June 2009
Projected US 2009/10 corn production was decreased 155 million bushels this month to 11.9 billion according to the USDA Economic Research Service.

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.