Coccidiosis in Poultry Technical Articles
Article published the December 12, 2018:
INTRODUCTION
In studies with birds which objective is to evaluate the immune responses and in which nutrients are manipulated to enhance bird immunity, not only performance responses are used. As the immune sy...
Article published the October 17, 2018:
“There is a global loss of about 2.4 billion US dollars in poultry industry alone due to coccidian infections”.
Each year, over 50 billion chickens are raised as a source of meat, accountin...
Article published the October 4, 2018:
Background
Control and eradication of intestinal infections caused by protozoa are important biotechnological and medical challenges worldwide. The coccidial parasites Eimeria, Toxoplasma, Neospora and Cryptos...
Article published the June 15, 2017:
Article published the June 1, 2017:
Necrotic enteritis (NE) and avian coccidiosis are among the most important infectious diseases in commercial poultry production, both resulting in field outbreaks with substantial mortality(1–4). The aeti...
Article published the February 14, 2017:
Introduction
In industrial poultry production, designing a preventive program for controlling coccidiosis is one of the most important decisions, in order to safeguard or improve zootechnical and financial res...
Article published the August 1, 2016:
This article was originally published in Poultry Science (2008) 87 (9): 1760-1767.
INTRODUCTION
Nicarbazin (NIC) remains one of the most widely recognized anticoccidial products used by the broiler industry w...
Article published the June 29, 2016:
How strategy for Coccidiosis control in broiler breeders is different from that in broilers
It is important to point out that the objectives for managing coccidia in the breeder pullets are substantially diffe...
Article published the June 7, 2016:
Magni-Phi (Phibro Animal Health) is a triterpenoid saponin feed additive that has been shown to exert anticoccidial effects in broilers. A series of four floor pen studies was carried out to evaluate the effica...
Article published the January 22, 2016:
A key factor in the biological performance and efficiency of food producing animals is the health of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. A healthy GI tract ensures optimal digestion and absorption of nutrien...