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Ravi Kulkarni (NC State University) explains the importance of early detection to avoid the significant economic and health repercussions of the disease, in this Engormix interview at IPPE 2026 in Atlanta.
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Louisville, KY – The Poultry Science Association (PSA), the leading international professional scientific society dedicated to poultry, was excited to host an evening of recognition and honored many outstanding achievements and contributions to the field of poultry science.
During his remarks, Dr. Brian Fairchild, President of the Poultry Science Association, emphasized the importan ...
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Michael Kogut (USDA) spoke on the immune response, the relation with inadequate feeding and the different inflammatory phenotypes, during the 1st PoultryUniverse Coccidiosis Congress in Curitiba, Brazil.
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Claudio Afonso (Base2Bio) shares his insights on next-generation sequencing (NGS) as a key tool for clinical diagnosis of disease agents —as well as veterinary surveillance—, during this Engormix interview.
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I agree, it is a very important topic. On point was not discussed enough I think: standardisation of the bioinformatics. While new developments are always happening overall, the 16s sequencing bioinformatics is now mostly established to use ASV or mOTUs based on the DADA2 pipeline. It might be useful to agree at least on a best practice and recommended tools for the bioinformatics as well. This wi ...
Participation in Forum on November 17, 2023
This is an important issue. It will be interesting to see/hear how similar the results are from different laboratories using the proposed protocol when analysing the same mock communities or sample(s) in developing/validating the standardised methodology.
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A roundtable featuring Mike Kogut (USDA), Annelies Kers (Utrecht University), Monika Proszkowiec-Weglarz (USDA) and Tim Johnson (University of Minnesota) starts an open discussion on how to agree on standard procedures for microbiome analysis, during the 11th Symposium on Gut Health in Production of Food Animals in St. Louis, USA.
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Kostas Mountzouris (Agricultural University of Athens) shares his research on modeling responses through molecular analytical data, linked to animal homeostasis, during the 11th Symposium on Gut Health in Production of Food Animals in St. Louis, USA.
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Ryan Arsenault (University of Delaware) talks about immunometabolism and takes a look at feed additives such as postbiotics and butyrate, during the 11th Symposium on Gut Health in Production of Food Animals in St. Louis, USA.
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Mike Kogut, Chair of the Organizing Committee, talks about the meeting's most interesting discussions and announces the dates for the next edition.