Health & disease

Thorough vaccination programs and bird surveillance are critical to giving US flocks the best possible chance of protection against evolving strains of infectious bronchitis virus (IBV).

The global poultry outlook continues to improve, driven mainly by the reopening of economies

On top of the African swine fever, Chinese pig and poultry farmers must deal with devastating floods that have destroyed their livestock and grain crops.

In ovo vaccination has proven popular in commercial hatcheries as it can offer early immunity against prevalent pathogens, consistent vaccine delivery and a less labor-intensive process involving reduced handling of chicks.…

CP Foods is putting animal welfare and humane husbandry at the center of its new farming model, with plans to incorporate it across its entire supply chain.

Emerging research from AB Agri and the University of Leicester shows that salmonella in chickens could be substantially reduced by deploying novel bacteriophages.

An 11-year-old boy has died in India from a bird flu virus of the H5N1 strain, the first such fatality in the country.

Red Tractor, the UK’s largest and most comprehensive food assurance scheme, has shared how it has listened to feedback and outlined what is changing in its revised farm standards from November.

Learn why balance is so important in an Infectious Bursal Disease (IBD) immune-complex vaccine

KFC is leading UK fast food chains in broiler chicken welfare assessments while Subway, Starbucks, Domino's and McDonald’s lag in the latest report from World Animal Protection.

Research has shown that Campylobacter bacteria can survive the entirety of poultry production, and the two most common strains are exchanging genetic material, which may create a more infectious strain.

Ghana has culled thousands of chickens and banned poultry movement amid an outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza.

Researchers at the Pirbright Institute have developed a new bird flu vaccine that is less costly and gives poultry rapid protection, while reducing the spread of the virus.

China’s state media has confirmed one human infection with the H5N6 strain of bird flu in Sichuan province on 15 July.

New research reveals that combining one live Mycoplasma vaccine dose, followed by two doses of Mycoplasma inactivated vaccine, provides superior protection and performance in layers than single vaccine programs

A new research project funded by USPOULTRY exploring the impact of anthelmintic resistance in turkey parasites highlights the need for improved biosecurity protocols to remain efficient.

Nowadays, most poultry vaccines are applied in the hatchery. Many of them, such as Marek’s Vaccine or Vector HVT vaccines, are kept in Liquid Nitrogen (-196°C; -320°F) in order to maintain integrity.

Global food prices fell 2.5% (3.2 points) during June, with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ food price index sliding to 124.6 points. But that’s still 33.9% above year-ago levels.

People tend to blame birds when food makes people sick because their feces can contain pathogens such as E. coli that cause food-borne illness. But there's little evidence that this is true.

Kristen Roza-Sutherland works in the role of Professional Services Veterinarian, Poultry with Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, lending her experience to the advancement of diagnostics capture and analytics in the poul…