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Graduated as BSc. Biologist at the National University of Mar del Plata. During 2007-2014 she worked at the Bacteriology Laboratory (Group for Animal Health, Animal Production, EAA Balcarce, INTA), where she carried out her graduation thesis on chicken egg yolk immunoglobulin (IgY) technology applied to Salmonella Enteritidis. She has also worked on research of other bacterial poultry diseases and participated in national and international research projects. At present she is carrying out her doctoral thesis at the National University of Buenos Aires on Infectious Coryza in broilers.
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Participation in Forum on June 24, 2016
Dear Dr. Nati Elkin,
Thank you for your opinion.
It seems like in your country usage of antibiotics in layer hens have more restrictions than in Latin America. In Argentina veterinarians use lots of antibiotics for avian treatment, they also ask for antibiograms and in many cases, while they are waiting for the laboratory results, they chose to use some antibiotics just to see if it works approp ...
Article published the June 23, 2016
IntroductionInfectious Coryza is a highly contagious bacterial disease caused by Avibacterium paragallinarum (formerly called Haemophilus paragallinarum). It often affects the upper respiratory tract of chickens (Gallus gallus) but has been also described in quails and parrots. Birds of all ages are susceptible. The disease is well known in laying hens although often goes unnoticed in subclinicall ...
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April 25, 2016