Mahmoud Abdelaty Khalaf

Fowl cholera is more prevalent in laying stock at onset of laying, because the developing follicles are predilection site for the bacterium,and their pathology is very evident here as ovarian degeneration or distorted follicles The disease can re occurs in a flock at a sequence if 12 weeks intervals I do not ascribe to vaccination as a prophylactic measure in my practice because vaccination do no ...

While I agree with what Dr. Renema is saying, my experience with broiler breeders, at least under tropical conditions was to divide the barn into 4 and separate the baby chicks as much as possible into small, medium and large chicks, with the 4th section reserved for extra males. We found prior to doing this, no matter what we did. When chicks were weighed weekly, underweight chicks were placed in ...

We have tried different kinds of phytochemical ingredients like saponins, tannins, alkaloids, essential oils etc to prevent coccidiosis but unfortunately, we couldn't get consistent results with these ayurvedic products, so majority producers in India are depending on ionophores or other chemical anticoccidials,In case of necrotic enteritis you have so many opportunities to control through pr ...

Very interesting - another issue that also needs to be done, is poultry hygiene between flocks.We need to eliminate (or, second best, reduce the pressure) of the Coccidia and the spores from Clostridia, by very good cleaning and disinfection. Especially in cracks in floors, etc.