Poultry Industry Technical Articles
Article published the September 2, 2019:
Infectious bronchitis (IB) was described in the USA for the first time as a respiratory disease of chickens. Its aetiological agent was isolated in 1936 and then identified as a Gammacoronavirus, namely infecti...
Article published the August 26, 2019:
INTRODUCTION
The intestinal microbiome shapes the gut immune system. In rodents, for example, intestinal colonization by Bifidobacterium infantis or Faecalibacterium prausnitzii stimulates the development of F...
Article published the August 26, 2019:
Introduction
Phosphorus (P) is an important mineral required in poultry diets for normal growth and development (Ankra-Badu et al., 2004). It constitutes the costliest mineral nutrient in animal nutrition and ...
Article published the August 26, 2019:
As of January 2017, the FDA began a stricter regulation of antibiotics commonly used in the animal-feeding industry. Livestock and poultry producers alike have been accused of overfeeding various antibiotics, l...
Article published the August 22, 2019:
Natural killer (NK) cells, an important component of innate immunity, are a distinct lineage of lymphocytes defined by the expression of CD56 and NKp46 and by the absence of CD3, providing a first line of defen...
Article published the August 21, 2019:
Introduction: Pathogens and Iron Requirement
E. coli accumulate large amounts of iron via multiple transport systems including enterochelin transport system (McIntosh and Earhart, 1977).
Three tetracyclines...
Article published the August 21, 2019:
During the summertime, most broiler producers would not consider a house temperature in the low 80's of particular concern, even with a house full of near-market-age birds. But in truth they should be. Becaus...
Article published the August 21, 2019:
Article published the August 12, 2019:
Summary:
Poultry production and performance is affected by various factors including exposure to biotic and abiotic stressors. Most of these stressors, affects the immune homeostasis of the poultry birds leadi...
Article published the August 9, 2019:
Today’s livestock are fed complete or complementary feed given mainly in the form of pellets. This form gives better animal performance (average daily gain and feed conversion ratio) than feed in the fo...