Article published the June 3, 2024
IntroductionCoccidiosis is a parasitic infection caused by Eimeria spp and persistently affecting broiler chicken, causing high morbidity, impaired growth, and mortality [1]. Unlike many other protozoan parasites, Eimeria spp exclusively invades the intestinal epithelium showing high tissue specificity [2]. Eimeria (E.) maxima is characterized by producing the largest oocysts and male gamonts amon ...
Article published the May 2, 2024
IntroductionHeat stress (HS) is one of the most challenging environmental stressors despite the modern climate control equipment in broiler chickens’ houses. Broiler flocks may be seasonally exposed to HS that varies in intensity according to the relative humidity of the region [1]. Multiple studies have identified the various adverse effects of acute or chronic HS on chickens, such as a sev ...
News published on August 30, 2021
“Water utilization is important because water is a finite commodity,” says Richard B. Russell Professor and Chair Sammy Aggrey. “Basically, we can run out of fresh water supply.”
By Claire Sanders for CAES News
With nearly 2.5 million employed in an industry that produces 1.1 billion broilers per year, Egypt’s poultry industry is booming. Be ...
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