Pew examines antibiotic alternatives in animal ag
Jul 17, 2017
Report finds vaccines, probiotics, immune modulators and more can help maintain healthy herds and reduce need for antibiotics.
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N&H TOPLINE: Research may lead to improved poultry vaccines
Jul 07, 2017
New tools and methods developed to classify reoviruses causing tendon damage in broilers; metagenomic analysis characterizes complex viral community present in poultry gut.
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Research group to focus on phosphorus metabolism
Jul 06, 2017
German Research Foundation approves large P-FOWL project to study phosphorus use and metabolism in laying hens.
Poultry disease specialists to gather for 60th AAAP Conference
Jul 06, 2017
Avian health professionals from more than 25 countries will meet July 21-25 in Indianapolis, Ind.
Suresh Kuchipudi, associate professor of virology in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, conducted research to determine if little brown bats can be asymptomatic carriers of avian and human influenza viruses. Here, he infects cells with influenza virus as part of those studies.
Bats have potential to host avian, human flu viruses
Jul 05, 2017
Despite findings, there is not yet a need to worry about "bat flu."
Birds become immune to influenza
Jul 03, 2017
Recent study concludes that mallards infected with a low-pathogenic influenza virus build up significant immunity and resistance to other variants of the same virus.
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.
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