Research and teaching facility processes approximately 7,000 eggs per day.

Heart problems in fast-growing broiler chickens linked to misfolded protein aggregates in heart tissue.

Litter microbiome may help reduce salmonella load in chicken flocks.

Study shows distress calling could predict flock-level behavior, future growth and mortality rate.

Effects varied with coccidiosis vaccination strategy and broiler rearing environment.

Researchers plan to use accelerometers to identify meat quality problems, as defects may vibrate differently from undamaged meat.

Regional quarantine in Southern California lifted.

Waterfowl eggs require special management in hatcheries.

IBV, a coronavirus specific to birds, shown to uncouple cellular signaling pathways to its own advantage at different times during infection.

California has been dealing with virulent Newcastle disease outbreak since May 2018.