Poultry Diseases Technical Articles
Article published the July 14, 2021:
With this post, a general introduction to the disease, we start a series of articles about avian colibacillosis.
Colibacilosis is one of the most common infectious bacterial diseases in the poultry industry ...
Article published the July 14, 2021:
Infestation by red mites
Dermanyssus gallinae (also known as red mite or poultry mite) is an ectoparasite of poultry that feeds on the blood of the animal. It causes itching, general discomfort, stress, anem...
Article published the April 23, 2021:
The definition of disease in the broad context is any deviation from the normal state of health. Diseases can be divided into two broad categories: Infectious and noninfectious. Infectious diseases include thos...
Article published the April 19, 2021:
Fowl cholera, caused by Pasteurella multocida, remains a major problem of poultry worldwide. In the current report, we describe an outbreak in free range organic broilers. In addition to culturing samples from ...
Article published the April 16, 2021:
Introduction
Poultry, also recognized as universal food, as poultry meat and eggs enjoy zero religious’ restrictions, unlike pork and beef [1]. Being universal and accepted by all religions, the demand o...
Article published the March 30, 2021:
For the poultry industry, the old saying of horsemen, ”no foot, no horse”, could be re-phrased into “no foot, no bird”. The rapid growth rate and large size of meat poultry poses a cha...
Article published the February 4, 2021:
The laying cycle of a chicken flock usually covers a span of about 12 months. Egg production begins when the birds reach about 18-22 weeks of age, depending on the breed and season. Flock production rises sharp...
Article published the January 7, 2021:
Article published the January 7, 2021:
Coronaviruses of animals periodically transmit to humans (1), as recently occurred with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2). SARS-CoV-2 was recognized in December 2019 in cases of atypic...
Article published the October 16, 2020:
Anatomically, the main structural unit that conforms the liver are microscopic cells called hepatocytes. When hepatocytes are loaded with fat or pigments, as a consequence of some of the elements that we a...