USPOULTRY develops NPIP biosecurity template
Jun 27, 2017
Template can be used to track progress during NPIP implementation and any continuous improvement activity.
APHIS issues epidemiology report for 2017 avian flu cases
Jun 23, 2017
Outbreak affected poultry in Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky and Georgia.
Poultry research at Auburn University is focusing on improving the quality of breast meat through the use of an easy-to-use and reliable hand-held device.
Meeting consumer demand for quality poultry meat
Jun 21, 2017
Commercially available, handheld bioelectric impedance analysis technology can distinguish severe woody breast from normal breast fillets.
Poultry litter is a popular alternative fertilizer source for nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium, but determining whether a source is an equal value to traditional sources like urea and ammonium nitrate takes a little math.
Finding value in poultry litter as fertilizer
May 30, 2017
Test litter and soil samples to determine nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium concentrations so accurate valuation of poultry litter can be calculated.
New antibiotic resistance gene found in salmonella from broiler chickens
May 24, 2017
Gene, dubbed fosA7, confers high level of resistance to fosfomycin, an antibiotic used to eliminate infections caused by multi-drug-resistant bacteria.
Sanderson Farms partners with AGgrow Tech on poultry bedding
May 16, 2017
AGgrow Tech has established additional 2,300 acres of giant miscanthus in eastern North Carolina specifically for poultry market.
Pilgrim’s Pride $1m gift to modernize Texas A&M poultry feed mill
May 15, 2017
New system will increase mill’s capacity to four to five tons per hour.
broiler chickens
Probiotics help broilers battle necrotic enteritis
May 12, 2017
Specific probiotics can help stimulate birds’ natural defense mechanisms.
Hans Stein at International Phytase Summit
N&H TOPLINE: Calcium research could transform feed formulation
May 05, 2017
Project aims to develop foundation of working digestible calcium system for use in commercial pig diet formulations. ALSO: Process developed to pretreat chicken litter so anaerobic microbes digest waste and weeds together.
Elanco opens autogenous poultry vaccine manufacturing facility
May 03, 2017
New state-of-the-art facility dedicated solely to manufacturing customized, high-quality, inactivated vaccines for poultry industry.
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