As a senior veterinarian, André Derkx travels the world dealing with disease issues and challenges in commercial poultry. In this article, he considers strategies for dealing with disease risk effectively – and what future threats may loom large i...

Because biosecurity measures at best delay rather than prevent contamination by Campylobacters, in the future innovative and sequential intervention strategies throughout the food production chain may be required.

Cleaning and disinfecting eggs and cabinets are just the first steps when aiming for optimal hatchery conditions. More effort is needed to ensure ideal hatching conditions. Operational biosecurity relies on correct management of ‘the three Ps’: ...

Treating water can be a good way to improve animal performance, quickly treat diseases, or improve litter quality. Adding organic acids to drinking water can deliver health benefits for birds, while also helping to keep water pipelines free from...

Treating water can be a good way to improve animal performance, quickly treat diseases, or improve litter quality. Adding organic acids to drinking water can deliver health benefits for birds, while also helping to keep water pipelines free from...

Game and free-range birds are often believed to be more healthy birds than those kept for intensive production. However, in reality these birds suffer from diseases even more.

Modern poultry production is possible thanks to the efforts of many pioneers. Dr Hiram N Lasher is one. More than seventy years ago he became interested in poultry production and especially poultry health. Now he can look back at the brilliant c...

Humans and transport vehicles are often blamed for the spread of infectious diseases. How can you prevent this from happening? Transport vehicles many visit many different facilitates during a day. Therefore vehicle disinfection is of extreme im...

Food safety starts with producing a clean product. During transport and processing a lot can go wrong. One has to be aware of the risks during collection, transfer and processing. Biosecurity – it's all about traffic hygiene.