XXII Latin American Poultry Congress 2011

Broiler or heavy breeder stock presents a challenge to manage from rearing to production in many aspects. With a wide range of management practices, we attempt to convert a bird with the potential to grow 50 t...

Gut health may be of greatest concern among poultry producers because of its impact on economic sustainability, and their customers’ concern about food safety and traceability. Gut health and nutrition a...

The purpose of the research described here is to examine the relationship between coccidial cycling and dysbacteriosis involving Clostridium perfringens (Cp) in broiler chickens with the goal of identifying nu...

The term genotype by environment (G x E) interaction is most commonly used to describe situations where different genotypes (for instance breeds, lines or strains) respond differently to different environments...

Introduction According to the United States Department of Agriculture - Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) regulations, poultry slaughter facilities must be evaluated for Salmonella on an intermitt...

The avian metapneumovirus (AMPV), previously called Avian pneumovirus (APV), is the etiologic agent of turkey rhinotracheitis (TRT) and swollen head syndrome (SHS) in turkeys and chickens, respectively. It cau...

Chicken Infectious Anemia (CIA) was diagnosed for the first time in Argentina in 1991 and the virus was isolated in 1993. In 2008, Buscaglia reported at the IXth Argentinean Virology Congress the presence of a...

Parameters such as day-of-age body weight have been traditionally used to assess chick quality and to predict broiler performance. However, some researchers have suggested that body length is a better predicto...

The use of egg yolk antibodies in different commercial presentations is in constant development and comprise the design of both diagnostic systems and products for the treatment and prevention of several disea...

With the purpose of evaluating the effect of an alternative lighting program (L) on productivity, a trial was conducted. During the first 21 days of age, birds were reared in a group pen receiving the same man...