Rollover protective structures (ROPS) are an effective engineering control known to prevent tractor overturn deaths, the leading cause of occupational fatalities for farmers and farm workers in the U.S. However, the use of ROPS is known to vary greatly from farm to farm. A national sample of 11,458 farm operators from the 2004 Occupational Injury Surveillance of Production Agriculture (OISPA) s...

Aspergillus fumigatus remains a major respiratory pathogen in birds. In poultry, infection by A. fumigatus may induce significant economic losses particularly in turkey production. A. fumigatus develops and sporulates easily in poor quality bedding or contaminated feedstuffs in indoor farm environments. Inadequate ventilation and dusty conditions increase the risk of bird exposure to aerosolize...

Understanding interactions between animals and humans is critical in preventing outbreaks of zoonotic disease. This is particularly important for avian influenza. Food animal production has been transformed since the 1918 influenza pandemic. Poultry and swine production have changed from small-scale methods to industrial-scale operations. There is substantial evidence of pathogen movement betwe...

Eimeriosis is responsible for causing serious problems in poultry, mainly characterized by reduced weight gain and abnormalities of food conversion efficiency, thereby causing great economic losses. The aim of this study was to evaluate the epidemiology of eimeriosis in broiler chickens in the Araguaina region, State of Tocantins, Brazil. Samples from five farm properties were collected and sen...

The Indian poultry sector has become a major contributor to the national economy as a result of the revolutionary and scientific approaches in avian health care management. Indian poultry industry contributes nearly Rs. 9.9 billion annually to the national economy (Mohana Subramanian et al., 2010). In India, broiler chicks are reared in deep litter system under farm condition which leads to fre...

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There are inexpensive and rapid bacteriologic tests available that allow veterinarians as well as dairy producers to make real-time decisions to better manage udder health in their herds. The commercial on-farm culture system (OFCS) that will be discussed include Petrifilm plates (3M Microbiology) and Minnesota Easy Culture System. Petrifilm plates are ready-to-use culture media that are used p...

The Indian poultry market is estimated to have an annual growth rate of 8.1% as today. However, infectious diseases in pose important constraint the and development this sector our region. Among diseases, viral a serious threat industry from economic point view. Several disease outbreaks been reported by various researchers different parts country. common poultry, incidences Newcastle disease, ...

There is a general agreement between researchers that particle size of poultry feed should be between the size ranges of 600-900 µm. This study investigated the particle size of poultry feed produced in the Dormaa Municipality of Ghana. A survey was conducted on various feed mills which were made up of nine on-farm mills and five community-based commercial mills. Feed samples were collected fro...

Here, we report on the occurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5Nx clade 2.3.4.4b in Germany. Between November 8, 2016, and September 30, 2017, more than 1,150 cases of HPAI H5Nx clade 2.3.4.4b in wild birds and 107 outbreaks in birds kept in captivity (92 poultry holdings and 15 zoos/animal parks) were reported in Germany. This HPAI epidemic is the most severe recorded in Germa...