Dr. Venkatachalam Ramaswamy

Complicated CRD usually do not respond to drugs if not initiated early. If the infections have been curtailed , better test the layers around a week before laying for both of these pathogenic bacteria , may be by Rapid palte agglutination test or by other suitable test. If found positive for Salmonella species that are communicable to man, start treating again as eggs may have Salmonella by vert ...

Ref: Poultry manure as feed ingredient for layers Sir, I don't think it will serrve any purpose by supplying nutrients except probably insect protein as mentioned. The manure unless treated may have pathogenic microorganisms whcih may result in disease outbreaks. Thanks, Dr. V. Ramaswamy, Coimbatore, India,

The article is more informative to everybody in human or veterinary Medicine. But, I believe the use of Bacteriophages has/ have been practiced in some parts of the world, especially in eastern Europe (Former Communist Countries) and some parts of former USSR. The present article dealt with "endolysins" derived from these phages, but instead, the whole bacteriophages can be used if they are not ha ...