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When chickens are healthy they consume less feed and produce more quality eggs. They are less trouble to look after and less money is spent on medical costs. Poultry disease can spread rapidly among chickens because they are usually kept together in the chicken house. The chickens share the same feeders and drinkers, which can spread disease and infections rapidly from sick to healthy chickens. In intensive egg production systems, much focus is placed on the egg laying performance of the flock. Poultry diseases can negatively affect the health and performance of your flock. Important and common poultry diseases include necrotic enteritis, chronic respiratory diseases, gangrenous dermatitis, fowl cholera, and avian influenza.
The Australian Poultry Science Symposium is the premier avian science conference in Australia and attracts delegates from across Australia and from all around the World.
It will take place from Feb. 13-15 and the major themes will be Gut Health and Physiology, The Challenge of Low Protein Diets, Adult Bird Nutrition and Management, and Vitamin D in Eggs.
The 2017 event is going to be a very exciting one. We are moving away from the University Campus this year, into an inner...
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Dr. Schat talks about the main causes of immunosuppresive diseases and about the strategies to prevent and control immunosuppresive viruses. He also gives his opinon about the evolution of Marek`s disease and the results of the use of the vaccines against chicken anemia virus....
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1. Introduction The occurrence of ‘wet litter’ in meat chicken sheds is associated with concerns regarding animal welfare, flock health, food safety, environmental impacts and reductions in production efficiency. Mitigating wet litter will only be achieved when there is thorough understanding of the multidimensional causal factors. This will require a multidisciplinary approach to understand the hydrology in...
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Gumboro Disease or Infectious Bursal Disease (IBD) is one of the most common diseases of commercial poultry in Asia. In the clinical acute form (vvIBDV), the disease causes significant economic losses due to mortality, reduced performance and immunosupression that lead to increased susceptibility to other diseases. The IBD virus is extremely resistant to environmental conditions and chemicals. Therefore the control of the disease must take into consideration strict biosecurity combined with...
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On 20-21st October, Asian poultry veterinarians and poultry health scientists will be meeting in Manila, Philippines, to listen to experts from around the world speak about the latest developments in the diagnosis, treatment, management and control of poultry diseases. Diseases being covered include avian influenza,...
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The American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP) Annual meeting will be held on August 6-9, 2016 in San Antonio, Texas with the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Annual Meeting.
The AAAP Meeting will begin with the symposium: "Emerging and Reemerging Zoonotic Diseases" that will...
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Jonathan Cade comments on his new role as Chairman of the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association
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Introduction Immunosuppression in poultry causes widespread and significant economic losses, by decreasing vaccine effectiveness, causing excessive post-vaccine reactions, and allowing secondary infections like E. coli to establish, requiring antibiotic treatment. Dexter M. Abrigo and Stephane Lemiere* explain how to reduce immunosuppression to build a good and solid immune...
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The Intestinal Health Scientific Interest Group (IHSIG) group organizes its fourth symposium on poultry gut health (26-27 October ). IHSIG wants to evoke discussions with the scientific community, poultry producers, regulatory authorities and poultry veterinarians aiming to promote health and welfare in poultry production.
The Intestinal Health Scientific Interest Group (IHSIG) group was...
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Effect of <i>Cordyceps militaris </i> Hot Water Extract on Immunomodulation-associated Gene Expression in Broilers, Gallus gallus (Extract)
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Introduction Antibiotics have been used for decades to improve poultry performance with low cost of implementation and ease adding to feed and water (Fernandez-Rubio et al., 2009). However, currently concern about possible antibiotic residues and resistance has arisen restrictions of antibiotics use in poultry (Jan et al., 2007; Saberfar et al., 2008). Because of this fact, industry and researchers have had to look for...
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Each year, layer flocks in Denmark are infected with Salmonella. These infections, which are caused by several different serological types, are usually detected by means of compulsory Salmonella monitoring samples, and usually do not cause any clinical symptoms in the hens. Eggs from such Salmonella-infected flocks constitute a well-known risk to humans who eat raw or insufficiently heat-treated eggs (EFSA/EDC 2013). In 2013, however, the infection-source report...
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Dr. John Glisson, Professor at the University of Georgia, talked about the future control of avian diseases: From Pasteur to Genomics, at the Merial IBD summit, organised on January 26, 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia....
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On 27 July 2015, Germany’s veterinary authorities notified the European Commission via an ADNS and OIE announcement that a highly pathogenic avian influenza H7N7 had broken out in a poultry flock of 14,104 layer hens in Herzlake Municipality, in the rural district of Emsland, Lower Saxony (see the flags on the map below).
An egg-laying decline, reduced food intake and a higher mortality rate were observed on 24 July. For these reasons, samples were taken to be analysed for...
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spp. Cobb broiler
age- 16 days
problem - healthy bird died. joint problem showing lameness. pressing on head, fluid come out from nostrils
post mortem finding- blood tinged fluid accumulate in abdomen, liver pale because of the blood oozing out from liver.
one lobe of liver showing hemorrhagic and friable, generally right side of liver. blood clot extended to abdomen cavity. other organs remain normal.
plz, suggest me for management of farm......
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The 2016 Poultry Nutrition & Milling Seminar is scheduled for April 13-14, 2016. The Alabama Feed & Grain Association and the World’s Poultry Science Association are proudly cosponsoring the meeting, which will feature a variety of distinguished speakers that will discuss feed-related issues and challenges currently faced by the poultry industry & feed producers. The meeting will be held at beautiful Lake Guntersville State Park Lodge in Guntersville,...
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How Does Coccidiosis Affect Poultry Farming, and What Strategies Can Mitigate Its Impact?
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leg weakness in cobb broiler
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leg weakness like curled toe paralysis...
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Reasons for High Mortality in Broiler, is it because of external diseases (bio Security) load or deficiency in balanced feed formulation. Role of Feed Supplements on Broil;er performance, particularly Sodium Butyrate.....
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Gut health is a very important determinant for health and performance in production animals. The intestinal innate immune system is central in maintaining gut health. Each feed intake leads to postprandial (low-grade) inflammation response in the (small) intestines, the magnitude of which is related to the caloric value, the glycemic index and specific feed components. If not contained, postprandial inflammation could lead to undesired consequences such as muscle...
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Managers of broiler parent stock face the challenge of intense feed restriction (Renema et al., 2007) because of over 4-fold increases in body weight (BW) over the last 50 years (Zuidhof et al., 2014b). Body weight control is of primary importance for broiler hatching egg operators. Therefore, feed allocation decisions have become a major focus. How much should you feed the birds? It depends on their age, their BW, rate of gain, and level of production. How much...
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Big liver and spleen disease or hepatitis splenomegaly syndrome (HSS) is clinically characterized by increased mortality and decreased egg production in both broiler breeder hens and egg-type chickens, usually ranging from 30 to 72 wk of age. On gross examination, blood-tinged fluid can frequently be observed in the coelomic cavity, and liver and spleen are typically both enlarged (19) . ...
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