Poultry health

New research from SRUC compares attitudes of farmers and the wider public to farm animal health and welfare and finds more similarities than expected.

Farm Health Guardian welcomes Kyle Thomas to its North American team to support the company’s growth and expansion in the United States.

As part of World Vet Day on 24 April, Brooke Veterinary Group joined a number of international organizations calling for additional investment in animal health and welfare.

A five-year animal agriculture program launched by USAID and led by Cargill, Ausvet, Heifer International and International Poultry Council will increase capacity of farmers, governments and other stakeholders to prevent and quickly respond to growing human health security risks.…

More animal welfare and fewer resources: Are these aspects compatible in poultry farming? This question can be answered with precision livestock farming. It is a mix of big data, networked technologies, and a holistic un…

Outbreaks of Newcastle disease has left poultry farmers in Kiambu county fearing for their livelihoods as hundreds of thousands of birds die.

The Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW), a globally recognised investor framework for assessing companies' performance on farm animal welfare, has released its annual report for 2020.

Presentations at the South West Chicken Association online conference on 30 March are set to include insight into Defra's new policies for UK poultry and sustainable agriculture.

We are all feeling a bit cooped up these days. Make the most of it by getting your ticket to the premier poultry event in Canada, coming to you in a virtual format this year on 7 and 8 April.

Niel Baxter, a researcher with Elanco Animal Health, explains how changing the microbiome of animals can improve their performance.

As part of a wider strategy to standardise health treatments for farm animals and improve health outcomes, the World Veterinary Association (WVA) and animal welfare charity Brooke will collaborate to create a global list of essential veterinary medicines.…

Registration for the virtual 2021 Latin American Poultry Summit is now open.

US Poultry and Egg Association and the US Poultry Foundation have awarded scientists $350,000 in grants through the comprehensive research programme.

In this article the impact of soy oligosaccharides and the antigen beta-conglycinin on the productive performance and intestinal health of broiler chickens is reviewed.

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

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.

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…

Gumboro virus immune complex vaccines were developed in the late 1990s with the aim of having a biological product that could be administered in a hatchery and that was capable of providing protection, regardless of the …

The poultry industry’s gradual switch to cage-free egg production has underscored the need to rethink disease-control programs and address health and welfare challenges unique to layers in these production systems, accor…

More than 200 US retailers have agreed to switch to free-range egg production by 2025.