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by Sam Shafer
As producers reduce antibiotic use, scientists examine new strategies to improve bird growth and health
Poultry scientists are investigating new ways to keep birds healthy and shift the poultry industry away from widespread use of antibiotics. Researchers are especially keen to improve antimicrobial strategies for organically raised chickens, which are not given antibiotics.
According to a new paper...
A medium sized broiler day old chick supplier into the Indonesian market, P.T. Peternakan Ayam Manggis, use Cobb 500 grandparent stock and have a production base of about 800,000 parent stock. They also have Hisex layer breeders and sell day old layers. Over the last decade, since switching to Cobb for broilers, they have been improving performance with investments in feed milling and other sectors of production but performance was still below expected and the appearance of clinical...
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1. Introduction Plant compounds that possess antioxidant and antimicrobial properties have the potential to replace antibiotic growth promoters in poultry diets, especially since in most countries, the use of in-feed antibiotics has been banned [1]. The idea behind this intervention is to avoid antimicrobial resistance and residual effects posed by the systematic use of antibiotics, but to maintain high performance, bird health and to produce safe food [2]. Globally, many...
INTRODUCTION Broilers and turkeys are traditionally kept under monotonous environmental conditions, which compromise bird welfare due to inactivity, restriction of the behavioural repertoire and various health hazards. Recent development of welfare labels request enrichment devices in order to stimulate the expression of a wide spectrum of behaviours and to improve the physical and psychic conditions of the birds. Consequently there has been a rapid development of studies...
1. Introduction In the Nigerian’ poultry value chain, live bird markets (LBMs) are essential to the farmers for the preferential sales and marketing of poultry and poultry products for human consumption [1]. The LBMs are typically in urban, peri-urban, and rural settings and typified by permanently placed pen-like structures in which the chickens can be temporarily housed until they are sold [2]. The LBMs bring together a variety of multi-farmed, multisourced, and...
Samuel Aggrey (University of Georgia) talks to Sam Shafer (PSA) about the effective use of water. Let's Squawk About It is a monthly interview segment by the Poultry Science Association....
Darrin Karcher (Purdue University) talks to Sam Shafer (PSA) about consumer demands, poultry welfare, and changes in the industry. Let's Squawk About It is a monthly interview segment by the Poultry Science Association....
The parents of broilers are defined as broiler breeders. In contemporary poultry industry practices, there are many selection criteria for broiler breeders. Beyond selecting for future broilers, maximizing broiler breeder characteristics (i.e. reproductive success) is also important. In essence, we are not only selecting for...
Oscar Garrison (United Egg Producers) talks to Sam Shafer (PSA) about consumer preferences and challenges in the industry. Let's Squawk About It is a monthly interview segment by the Poultry Science Association....
Ikele Chinyere (University of Nigeria, Nsukka) talks to Sam Shafer (PSA) about how producers can benefit from activating this gene. Let's Squawk About It is a monthly interview segment by the Poultry Science Association....
Laura Corbett (Anpario) talks to Sam Shafer (PSA) about the benefits and quality standards of these additives. Let's Squawk About It is a monthly interview segment by the Poultry Science Association....
Kevin Downs (Middle Tennessee State University) talks to Sam Shafer (PSA) about research regarding possible color effects on the birds when feeding them. Let's Squawk About It is a monthly interview segment by the Poultry Science Association....
INTRODUCTION With the introduction of selective media that could be routinely employed for isolation, Campylobacter was identified as a critical clinical pathogen associated with the gastrointestinal tract (GIT; On, 2001; Butzler, 2004). By the mid to late 1980s, Campylobacter had been recognized as one of the most common bacterial agents causing gastroenteritis worldwide (Allos, 2001; Domingues et al., 2012; Geissler et al., 2017). Currently, Campylobacter is considered one of...
In 2020, the poultry industry had a combined value of over $35.5 billion in the United States. Of that, $21.7 billion came from broiler chicken production (USDA-NASS, 2021). Over 9.22 billion broiler chickens were raised and brought to market though the year, making it the largest and most valuable sector of U.S. poultry production. With such...