Mehmood Ali

The use of vitamins is necessary in immune promotion.I'm presently running a field experiment on the use of vitamins, essential oils and improved IBH, ND and Ecoli vaccination on 2 broiler farms located in south West Nigeria.No antibiotics use after day 4 (brooding stage).The record is impressiveJust about 1.3% mortality by day 28.We want to prevent antibiotics residue, AMR and improve food safety ...

Check crop and proventriculus for any fungal growth. Because it may happen in case of candidiasis. Provide the birds with Acidified Copper sulphate@1g/2 litre of water and Magnesium Sulphate @ 1g/litre of water for three days

First of all mentionIs it ELISA of ND or IB? also mention name of Kit used for ELISA?Then mention no of vaccine shots done from day one to 46 weeks of age, for which ELISA is required.After that CV%age zero for 18 samples doesn't look possible, as same value for 18 samples is not possible practically.

Very informative article. I would like to add some other causes of Gizzard erosions i.e. ND, Avian Influenza, Marek's Disease,Chicken Infectious Anemia and Megalobactor infection.

Please let me confirm the dosage of Oxytetracycline, 25mg/kg or 250mg/kg??

The information provided about the lesions are of a general nature and not specific to any mycotoxin in particular. It would be interesting to know if the lesions recorded were correlated with mycotoxin levels either in the tissues or in the feed fed to the birds that were slaughtered. Thanks, M. G. Nair