Health

[Photo: Roodbont]

10-06-2016 | Photoreport

The importance of having enough feeders

Poultry veterinarian Peter Wijnen performs a necropsy of a 112 week old layer on stage at the symposium of Dutch poultry publication, Pluimveehouderij.

07-06-2016 | Photoreport

The bigger picture: Necropsy on centre stage

Fighting AGP fears with facts in Asia

07-06-2016 | Article

Fighting AGP fears with facts in Asia

Many intestinal health problems remain undiscovered, so keeping a close eye on the birds is essential. <br /><br />

07-06-2016 | Article

Maintaining intestinal health of chickens

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

07-06-2016 | Article

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

The aim of biosecurity ( is to create barriers between the birds in the farm and many sources of contamination.

07-06-2016 | Article

Biosecurity is key in avian influenza battle

"It is difficult to determine whether developing vaccins is an economically efficient option to combat intestinal virusses. Particularly because of the many mixed infections," explains Dr De Wit. [Photo: Michel Zoeter]

07-06-2016 | Article

The impact of intestinal viruses

Young birth nutrition is fundamental to securing rapid growth and maintaining sustainable broiler production. [Photo: Darling ingredients]

07-06-2016 | Article

Keeping young chicks healthy with plasma protein

In trials, poultry diets supplemented with tributyrin gave an improved FCR, with 2% less feed required to realise the same daily growth.<br />[Photo: Bart Nijs]

07-06-2016 | Article

“Less feed and better results”

Knowing who was on the poultry farm is essential for disease control. Many vehicles are equipped with GPS beacons, so together with location details of mobile phones almost everyone and anything can be tracked.<br />[Photo: Koos Groenewold]

07-06-2016 | Article

Revolution in poultry disease outbreak control

Layers

Robotics to detect dead hens in caged houses

Solar – meeting the electricity needs for a free-range egg producer

Salmonella scare – France recalls 3 million eggs

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