Comparing Anticoccidial Classes Source: Canadian Poultry Mag Virtually all poultry become exposed to the coccidial parasite, which often causes the important disease coccidiosis, noted by mortality and enteritis. Often, the [...]
Airdrie Life Business Profile: Science Worth Clucking About Carving into that Christmas turkey or sitting down to enjoy some chicken you picked up at the local supermarket, it’s easy to take for granted the [...]
Tibial Dyschondroplasia (TD) Noticing an increasing trend of problems with mobility and lameness in your flock? Could this flock have rickets or tibial dyschondroplasia or is something else affecting their ability to move? [...]
Hemorrhagic Enteritis Virus (HEV) As a turkey producer you have probably heard about Hemorrhagic Enteritis Virus (HE or HEV) and you may even vaccinate your flock against this disease. It is not likely, [...]
Early Mortality (Omphalitis) Early mortality in a flock can have several causes or contributing factors but one of the most common causes is bacterial infection of the navel (omphalitis) and/or yolk sac. In [...]
Avian Influenza Outbreaks (Canada 2014-2015) Introduction Avian influenza (AI) is a contagious viral infection that can affect poultry as well as pet and wild birds. AI viruses are classified into two categories: low [...]
Coccidiosis You have probably heard of the term coccidiosis before and know that medications are often added to the feed to prevent coccidiosis. Do you know what exactly is coccidiosis and why is [...]
Reovirus (REO) Are you noticing an increasing trend of problems with mobility and lameness in your flock as the birds grow? There are a number of potential causes for lameness in a growing [...]
Vaccines & Vaccination Programs for Broiler Breeders For the modern poultry industry vaccination plays a key role in the prevention of infectious diseases. Vaccination of broiler breeders is especially important as this protects [...]
Ascites (Water belly) Have you been finding an increasing number of chickens in the flock found dead with darkened or purplish discolored heads? Have you noticed a number of smaller birds waddling around [...]