Health/Nutrition

Nutrition in relation to health and performance plays an important role in overall broiler production profitability.

30-05 | Article

VIDEO: Optimising broiler profitability – Insights on live bird nutrition

Poultry World editor, Fabian Brockötter, hosts the webinar on respiratory integrity.

29-05 | News

On-demand webinar: Respiratory integrity

New protein sources including animal, plant and insect-based protein sources are promising materials for reducing the carbon footprint of production. Photo: Mark Pasveer

27-05 | Article

Alternative protein sources for poultry diets

Currently, veterinary public health interventions to limit and prevent the spread of the virus focus on addressing the disease in the markets, including banning the storage of birds overnight, enforcing market ‘rest days’ and separating bird species in the markets. Photo: Canva

24-05 | News

Astonishing speed of avian influenza transmission explored

IBH is an acute liver disease that typically occurs in broiler chickens between 2-6 weeks of age. Photo: Henk Riswick

22-05 | Article

Inclusion body hepatitis as a primary disease

Video: Risks of H5N1 bird flu in dairy, poultry, and people

16-05 | Article

Video: Risks of H5N1 bird flu in dairy, poultry, and people

Vitamin A, which is obtained through diets, is essential for chicken health. Photo: Canva

16-05 | Article

Poultry nutrition: The role of vitamin A

Across all 9 points, supplementing chicken diets with the probiotic or the antibiotic significantly changed the relative abundance of bacterial strains compared to the standard diet. Photo: Canva

15-05 | News

Benefits of probiotics in chicks explored

Self-medication in poultry farming impacts both avian and human health.

13-05 | Article

Strategies for reducing antibiotic use in chickens

Over the last 2 years in the US, over 90 million chickens and more than 9,000 wild birds have been infected with the current strain of H5N1. Photo: Canva

06-05 | News

Avian influenza: emergency order in Michigan, higher egg prices

Antibiotic Reduction - special focus

Photo: Shutterstock

10-01-2022 | Expert opinion

One step at a time

Antibiotic resistance in food animals have direct and indirect effects on human health. Photo: Max Pixel

10-01-2022 | Article

Mitigating antibiotics use in the livestock industry

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