Poultry Health Technical Articles
Article published the June 7, 2013:
Introduction
The importance of Poultry industries in national economies of developing countries and its role in improving the nutritional status and income of many farmers and those with small land holdings as...
Article published the May 10, 2013:
INTRODUCTION
Salmonellae including pullorum disease, fowl typhoid and other infections may cause varieties of clinical signs from acute systemic disease and gastrointestinal symptoms in poultry flocks to ...
Article published the May 9, 2013:
INTRODUCTION
Poultry and poultry products are essential sources of protein supplement to humanity. The poultry population in Nigeria has been estimated to be 104.3 million, comprising of 72.4 million...
Article published the March 11, 2013:
So much has been written and discussed about Stress and yet this familiar and little understood hazard remains as one of the greatest challenges to modern day poultry management. Yes, stress has come ...
Article published the February 19, 2013:
The term cage layer fatigue was initially used in North America (Couch, 1955) to describe a leg weakness in high producing hens housed in cages. Caged layer fatigue (CLF) seems to be an extreme consequence of l...
Article published the February 14, 2013:
Introduction
Certain mushrooms have been reported to offer benefits that include fast growth, improved nutrition, resistance to and protection from pathogens. Proximate and phytochemical an...
Article published the February 14, 2013:
Newcastle disease (ND) is a highly contagious viral disease affecting wild and domestic avian species. It is a worldwide problem that presents primarily as a respiratory disease, but depression, nervous manifes...
Article published the February 5, 2013:
Introduction
In Asia and some tropical countries of Africa, edible and medicinal mushrooms such as Pleurotus ostreatus and Ganoderma lucidum are used as food supplements and medicines to improve...
Article published the January 15, 2013:
INTRODUCTION
In Nigeria, the rearing of poultry such as domestic chickens, guinea fowls, ducks, and turkeys and of recent quails and ostriches is well known. Most of these species of birds are managed either ...
Article published the January 7, 2013:
INTRODUCTION
Antibiotics are utilized as growth promoters at sub-therapeutic levels and for treatment of poultry diseases. The beneficial effects of antibiotic in combating bacterial problems and as growth pro...