Health & disease

Read the latest updates of the global poultry industry from Jim Wyckoff.

A team of international scientists urged policy makers to consider levying taxes on livestock production and meat consumption to reduce the risk of future deadly pandemics.

Animal health authorities in the Netherlands will cull 35,700 broiler chickens after a highly contagious strain of bird flu was found on a farm.

Strong gut health is crucial for successful poultry production, according to Charlie Barnes, Senior Poultry Production Manager at EC Drummond, with 25 sites across the UK producing more than 33.75 million broilers per ye…

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has reported an outbreak of H5N8 bird flu on a farm in Western Russia.

Dutch poultry farmers kept their birds indoors on 23 October in compliance with government orders after a highly contagious form of bird flu was found in two dead swans last week.

Vaccination has been shown to protect broilers from Escherichia coli infection. But is it worth the cost?

Scientists will be able to use larger genetic datasets to speed up selective breeding. Scientists have identified genes that could be linked to resistance to major poultry diseases, which could improve the health, produ…

Two cases of bird flu have been confirmed in wild swans in the central province of Utrecht.

US Poultry and the US Poultry Foundation have funded a research project at Mississippi State University that investigates broiler response when fed phytase enzymes.

Kazakhstan’s ministry of agriculture reports that the country’s bird flu outbreak has killed 2 percent of its poultry population, the highest bird flu mortality in 15 years.

US Poultry and the US Poultry Foundation have funded a research project at the University of Georgia that explores new methods for vaccinating poultry against infectious bronchitis viruses.

Researchers hope that the findings will help to support the development of healthier, more resilient, poultry across Africa.

Poultry farmers and pet bird keepers across the UK are being urged to prepare for winter bird flu outbreaks.

Official vets in Kazakhstan report that the daily mortality rate for poultry infected with highly-pathogenic avian influenza appears to be decreasing.

Necrotic enteritis disease is estimated to cost the global poultry industry $6 billion annually (Wade and Keyburn, 2015).

New research says immunomodulatory and antioxidant feed additives can reduce the effects of coccidiosis.

VAXXITEK® HVT+IBD+ILT is the first vaccine to offer protection in one shot from Infectious Laryngotracheitis, Marek’s Disease and Infectious Bursal Disease

New report from The Human League UK shows that meal kit companies, who have seen unprecedented success during the COVID-19 crisis, are taking much-needed action on chicken welfare

Introduction As global animal production has rapidly shifted towards antibiotic free, “Gut health” has become a popular expression and all-encompassing concept in the scientific community. Pluske et al. (2018) defined gu…