Khirug, Sergey

Economical ImpactNowadays, coccidiosis is still considered one of the infectious diseases with the greatest economic impact in the poultry industry, both for the productive losses it causes and for the high costs associated with its prevention and treatment (which are estimated to reach more than 3 billion USD per year).For decades, the use of anticoccidials (ionophore antibiotics and/or chemical ...

Enteric diseases are one of the most important problems in the poultry industry because of high economic losses. In recent years, due to increasing resistance to antibiotics and coccidiostats, together with the ban of antibiotic growth promoters, necrotic enteritis and coccidiosis emerged as the most worrisome digestive diseases in the poultry industry.The two diseases are closely related and some ...

Thanks to our excellent speakers Prof. Dr. Richard Ducatelle from Ghent University and Dr. Juha Apajalahti from Research Centre Alimetrics the webinar organized on the 20th of April has proved a success.We’ve learnt a lot about the essential role of the small intestine in absorption of nutrients from our valued speakers. These functions crucial to the profitability of the poultry production ...

Modern animal feeding includes prophylactic approaches for supporting intestinal homeostasis and immunity, in order to avoid dysbiosis, diseases, and need for antimicrobial medication. According to the principles of the One Health concept, the well-being of humans, animals and the environment are all connected, and at these times of a pandemic, avoiding the excess usage of antibiotics in animal fa ...

INTRODUCTIONCommercial poultry production is associated with a range of stresses, including environmental, technological (Surai and Fisinin, 2016a), nutritional, and internal/biological (Surai and Fisinin, 2016b) ones. It is believed that these stresses are responsible for decreased productive and reproductive performance of poultry (Surai, 2002), and, at the molecular level, most stresses are ass ...