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EFSA reports on veterinary drug residues in animals
06-06-2011 The European Feed Safety Authority (EFSA) Dietary and Chemical Monitoring Unit has issued a report on the occurrence of veterinary drugs residues in animals and animal products in Europe....
German vets call for focus on animal health
26-05-2011 German veterinarians have called for more focus on animal health during the breeding of livestock, claiming that full attention is given to productivity, which is worrisome.
Broiler survey shows potential for better disease control
19-05-2011 The importance of good protection against infectious bronchitis (IB) and infectious bursal disease (IBD) — often hidden diseases that impair bird performance — has shown up in a new survey...
Defra launches global network to protect against animal diseases
11-05-2011 The UK will be better protected against animal diseases like avian flu and foot and mouth thanks to a global network of scientific research to be launched by Defra this week.
Vaccination in the hatchery assures a good start
05-04-2011 Modern poultry production incorporates proper vaccination programmes. This takes place both at the hatchery or at the farm. Vaccination in the hatchery to protect against a wide range of...
Poultry CRC studies effect of incubation on leg strength
28-03-2011 Temperature and humidity during egg incubation can affect the long-term leg strength of fast growing meat chickens (broilers), according to a recent study at The University of Sydney,...
Canadian poultry farmers applaud compensation changes
25-03-2011 Chicken Farmers of Canada, Turkey Farmers of Canada, Egg Farmers of Canada and the Canadian Hatching Egg Producers together applaud new updates to the schedule of maximum amounts payable...
Ceva finishes first decade of success with strong growth
25-03-2011 Ceva Santé Animale (Ceva) recorded strong growth for the tenth consecutive year with sales of € 468m (+18.5%), including partial sales from the latest acquisitions.
130 poultry vets join American College of Poultry Vets Workshop
21-03-2011 The 2011 workshop organised by the American College of Poultry Veterinarians took place on March 20 in Sacramento, California. This year's topic was "from basics to field applications:...
Ceva launches new poultry vector vaccine at VIV Asia
15-03-2011 At VIV Asia – held last week in Bangkok, Thailand – Ceva launched its poultry vaccine Vectormune HVT- NDV. This vecor vaccine protects against both Newcastle and Mareks disease.
Australia Indonesia partnership to combat animal diseases
14-03-2011 The Australian and Indonesian Agriculture Ministers have announced a new partnership to build an even stronger animal health system in Indonesia and help control endemic and emerging animal...
Infection affects embryonic development - Mycoplasma iowae in turkeys: Part 2
03-03-2011 Mycoplasma iowae in turkeys leads to decreased hatchability, late embryo mortality and leg and skeletal abnormalities in growing birds. The history and occurrence of this disease were...
Merial welcomes Colombian poultry veterinarians to France
16-02-2011 Merial recently hosted a visit by several Colombian key customers to its poultry vaccine production facilities and European headquarters at Lyon, France. The Colombian customers had the...
Innovax vaccines available in more countries
07-02-2011 During a seminar at the International Poultry Expo, last month in Atlanta, GA, USA, Intervet Schering-Plough announced that their “Innovax” recombinant vaccine will be available for the...
Intervet/SP launches poultry vaccine website in US
24-01-2011 Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health has launched a new US website to support its growing line of Innovax recombinant vaccines, which help prevent infectious laryngotracheitis, Newcastle...
Kemin enters veterinary market
24-01-2011 Kemin Industries is entering the veterinary market with the launch of a new division, Kemin Vet Innovations. The new division will provide products, solutions and services for the...
H1N1 found in UK turkeys
13-01-2011 A routine disease investigation has ruled out avian notifiable disease but detected H1N1 influenza in turkeys on a farm in Cheshire, DEFRA is reporting.
Preventing Marek's disease starts with the chick
30-12-2010 Early immunisation of breeder chicks is a vital part of controlling an ever-virulent Marek’s Disease, according to a Spanish veterinary expert.
Pfizer puts poultry diseases under the microscope
01-12-2010 Over 270 poultry specialists from Europe, the Middle East and Africa attended Pfizer Poultry Health’s first Partnershipdays in Vienna, Austria, in late November.
Pfizer Poultry Health Partnership days in Vienna, Austria
29-11-2010 From November 24 to 26, Pfizer Poultry Health organised its partnership days in Vienna, Austria. Over 200 poultry experts were present to discuss new insights regarding in-ovo vaccination...
Short-interval challenge leads to superinfection of Marek's disease
19-11-2010 Researchers from the USDA, Agricultural Research Service in the US studied the effect of the time interval between exposures on the susceptibility of chickens to superinfection with Marek's...
Defra: New UK regulations to safeguard chickens
10-11-2010 UK Agriculture Minister Jim Paice has made it clear that British consumers deserve to see only eggs from hens kept in better welfare cages on supermarket shelves once the EU-wide 2012...
US: Bird health awareness week scheduled
19-10-2010 In an ongoing effort to promote awareness about the diseases that threaten bird health, the US Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is designating...
Ceva Poultry Vector Vaccine Symposium
15-10-2010 Ceva Animal Health held its first Vector Vaccine on October 6-8 in San Diego, California (USA). The symposium focused on the vector vaccine technology and its use within health programmes...
EFSA evaluates Campylobacter in chicken
08-09-2010 EFSA has published an evaluation of factors that may contribute to the spread of Campylobacter in live chickens and chicken carcasses in the European Union.
Ceva organises vector vaccines symposium
04-08-2010 French animal health company Ceva presents its innovative technology and encourages the sharing of worldwide experiences by organising its first vector vaccines symposium
10,000 dose IBD vaccine for poultry
25-05-2010 AviPro IBD Xtreme - Lohmann Animal Health’s vaccine against infectious bursal disease in poultry - is now available in 10,000 dose vials in the UK.
Using a multivalent DNA vaccine against IBV in broilers
28-01-2010 The Animal Disease Prevention and Food Safety Key Lab of Sichuan University, China, studied the immunogenicity of a multivalent DNA vaccine against infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) in...
UK: Reforms proposed to reduce risk of disease in animals
27-01-2010 Responsibility for animal health policy could transfer from Defra to a new body under proposals recently published in a draft Animal Health Bill.
Merial IBD summit: Future control of avian diseases
27-01-2010 At the Merial IBD summit, organised on January 26 in Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. John Glisson talked about the future control of avian diseases: From Pasteur to Genomics.
Haiti as a source of poultry and livestock diseases
26-01-2010 The American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) calls for extra caution for transmittable trans-border diseases from Haiti now the country is slowly recovering from its earthquake,...
Vaccinating large-scale turkey flocks against haemorrhagic enteritis
28-02-2006 Turkey haemorrhagic enteritis causes significant direct and indirect economic
losses due to the immunosuppressive nature of the virus. Large-scale field
trials have shown how effective...
Rotating IBD vaccines - disease specialists discuss
26-08-2004
Science has long recognised the value of rotating drugs to maintain efficacy.
While this strategy has been used with varying degrees of success with certain
antibiotics, it never...
Scientists review advances in disease control
27-06-2004 The Western Poultry Disease Conference is one of the major annual meeting
places in the USA for international poultry health specialists. This year the
attention was focussed on...
Treatment and control of mycoplasma infections in turkeys (2003 Special)
09-10-2003 Mycoplasma infections can be a major cause of losses in turkeys. Mixed infections with
other disease agents and resistance to some antibiotics complicates the control
of these infections....
Recent developments in Mycoplasma diagnosis and control (2003 Special)
09-10-2003 Efforts in the US to control Mycoplasma gallisepticum (Mg) began in the 1960's, in response to high condemnations from air sacculitis after the initiation of USDA post mortem inspections....
Mycoplasmas and multifactorial respiratory disease (2003 Special)
01-10-2003 More than a dozen species of Mycoplasma are known to affect chickens
or turkeys. Environmental factors and concurrent respiratory infections can play
a role in the severity of infection.
Various strategies to successfully control Gumboro
25-03-2003
Gumboro, also known as Infectious Bursal Disease is a global concern. Due to
differences in local conditions bird health specialists in different parts of
the world follow different...
vvIBDV also widely spread in Venezuela
25-03-2003
The very virulent Gumboro virus is invading the American continent. Country
after country is experiencing the devastating effects of this highly infectious
disease. It is now also...
Improving mycoplasmosis control using PCR technology
09-07-2002 Mycoplasmosis, caused by Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG), M. synoviae (MS), M.
meleagridis (MM) and M. iowae (MI), is a wide spread disease affecting poultry
production all over the...
Selenomethionine boosts fertility in poultry
09-07-2002 Organic selenium in poultry diets outperforms inorganic selenium in terms of
improving fertility for both sexes, according to research by Dr. Frank W. Edens
of the Department of Poultry...
Green Muscle Disease in broilers increasing
08-04-2002 Limiting a bird's activity during the growing period may be the cause of this
phenomenon in fast growing turkey and chickens. The problem is more evident in
older birds and in younger...
Catastrophic and erosive infections may threaten flock health
08-03-2002 The Annual Southern Conference of Avian Diseases, a component of the
International Poultry Scientific Forum in Atlanta, presented items of interest
to producers worldwide. Research...
Part II: Marek's disease vaccines - how the virus fights back
03-02-2001
The Bart Rispens Memorial Lecture, at the Marek's
Symposium, WPSA Congress Montreal, August 2000Marek's disease is a complicated disease.
Several vaccines have been developed and...
Part I: Marek's disease vaccines - the viral battlefield
31-01-2001
At the World Poultry Science Association Congress in Montreal last August, an
international audience of poultry specialists had the pleasure of hearing
Richard Witter speak about the...
