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Bacterial diseases in poultry

Bacterial diseases comprise approximately half of the non–outbreak-related mortality in broiler breeders and commercial layers. During the first week of a broiler's life, approximately 50% of the mortality may be caused due to bacterial infections. Outbreaks due to bacterial infections may increase the mortality dramatically and in some cases almost eradicate flocks. E. coli and Gram-positive cocci infections are responsible for mortality and production losses in poultry of all age groups and all production systems and may be regarded as multifactorial. Subsequently, efforts in understanding and controlling these infections are highly important. Although necrotic enteritis is primarily a disease affecting young chickens, this infection is of major significance in any production system. Besides increased mortality, the production losses observed in subclinical infections may be dramatic.
Medicinal mushrooms have remained an important component of animal culture. The genus Cordyceps is one of the largest genera in the family Clavicipitaceae, containing over 750 species. Cordyceps militaris , an entomopathogenic fungus belonging to the class Ascomycetes, is used extensively as a crude drug and a...
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Tim Johnson
University of Minnesota
Friends and foes in poultry microbiology
Tim Johnson (University of Minnesota) talks in depth about E. coli and Lactobacillus, during the Symposium on Gut Health in St. Louis, USA....
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Losses and Severity of Clostridial Toxins Refraining the use of antibiotics in poultry feed has aggravated outbreaks of Necrotic enteritis (NE) even more often. NE is an acute Clostridium infection characterized by severe necrosis of the intestinal mucosa. The disease begins suddenly, with a sharp increase in the death...
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Introduction Conventional systems (battery cages) lead commercial egg production worldwide due to their reportedly efficient disease prevention processes (WHILEY; ROSS, 2015). However, shifts in egg consumption have drawn attention to potential animal welfare issues and generated demand for alternative laying systems with improved hen wellbeing. In this way, free-range systems could be an ideal choice for egg production and hen welfare (JONES at al., 2012); however, despite...
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Robert Swick
Robert Swick and 4 more
University of New England
Necrotic enteritis (NE) is an enteric disease of poultry caused mainly by a spore-forming grampositive bacterium, Clostridium perfringens, resulting in decreased growth, high mortality, and increased veterinary costs (Wade and Keyburn, 2015). While supplementing poultry diets with antibiotics can control NE, emerging antibiotic-resistant microbes and transfer of such resistance factors into human medicine have resulted in restriction or ban of antibiotic usage across the world. Inclusion of...
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  • Kristina Beranova
Dear colleagues, I would like to ask you if some of you have experience with Mycoplasma gallisepticum field strain and ts-11 vaccine DIVA PCR tests? I found Kylt DIVA from Anicon (Germany) but the setup of the kit does not allow the detection of double "infection". i.e. if the sample would be positive for both strains (field + ts-11) there is no chance for me to distinguish between them. Any information would be appreciated. Many thanks, Kristina. ...
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Sam Abraham
Murdoch University
I. INTRODUCTION Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most prominent health and biosecurity issues affecting animals and humans in modern society (WHO, 2017). Owing to the complex biology whereby AMR can develop and be harboured in a multitude of host animal species and the environment, it is arguably the biosecurity issue that best epitomises the need for a One Health approach to management. In recent decades, we have seen the emergence of critically important...
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Ozlem SAHAN YAPICIER
Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
INTRODUCTION Major health problems of the poultry industry have certain effects on egg production. Especially, infectious diseases which may drop in egg production and egg quality by affecting the reproductive system directly and the health status of poultry indirectly (Clauer, 2009). Gallibacterium anatis (G. anatis) has been known to be a part of the normal microflora of the lower genital and upper respiratory tract (Bojesen et al., 2004; Jones et al., 2013; Lawal et...
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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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Poor quality fats put birds risk necrotic enteritis
Oxidizes and heated fats are often added to feed. Oxidizes fats disrupt the digestive system. Plusvet Animal Health presents Natural Solutions through drinking water and feed. ...
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Melina Bonato
Melina Bonato and 1 more
Necrotic enteritis is widely common and economically significant. It is caused by the proliferation of the Clostridium perfringens bacterium, associated and triggered by protozoans of the Eimeria genus, which preliminarily causes...
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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...
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Necrotic enteritis and coccidiosis differential diagnosis
Enteric diseases are one of the most important problems in the poultry industry because of high economic losses. In recent years, due to increasing resistance to antibiotics and coccidiostats, together with the ban of antibiotic growth promoters, necrotic enteritis and coccidiosis emerged as the most worrisome digestive diseases in the poultry industry....
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Enteric diseases are one of the most important problems in the poultry industry because of high economic losses. In recent years, due to increasing resistance to antibiotics and coccidiostats, together with the ban of antibiotic growth promoters, necrotic enteritis and coccidiosis emerged as the most worrisome digestive...
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REDUCING ANTIBIOTIC USES? That’s our commitment. Since more than 25 years, at Liptosa we are specialized in nutraceuticals and phytobiotics. This allows us to offer competitive solutions to the market and the challenges it faces daily basis. This year, a common objective stands out: to minimize the use of antimicrobials. We want to help you, check out this Newsletter and contact us for any further information. ...
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