Both epidemiologic analyses and active disease surveillance confirm an ongoing strong association between human salmonellosis and the prevalence of Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Enteritidis in commercial egg flocks. The majority of human illnesses caused by this pathogen are attributed to the consumption of contaminated eggs. Animal welfare concerns have increasingly influence...

BACKGROUND The commercial poultry industry in United Kingdom (UK) is worth an estimated 3.4 billion pounds sterling at retail value, producing over 174 million birds for consumption per year. An epidemic of any poultry disease with high mortality or which is zoonotic, such as avian influenza virus (AIV), would result in the culling of significant numbers of birds, as seen in the Netherlands in ...

Outdoor access is an important part of organic and free-range poultry production, yet limited information exists on the effect of various housing and production systems on growth performance and colonization of food-borne pathogens. Therefore, the primary purpose of the current study was to evaluate the influence of different housing systems, particularly fixed versus small, portable houses, wi...

In Cambodia, influenza A(H5N1) virus surveillance at live poultry markets (LPMs) relies on virus isolation from poultry specimens; however, virus is rarely detected by this method. We tested 502 environmental LPM samples: 90 were positive by PCR, 10 by virus isolation. Virus circulation could be better monitored by environmental sampling of LPMs.

Ethiopia has considerable livestock resource and poultry population is second ranked preceded by Cattle. Besides their important numbers, little known about production systems, growth, egg utilization trends development strategies in Ethiopia. The Ethiopian almost entirely composed of indigenous chicken recent estimates showed that 81.7%, 10.9%, 7.4% are indigenous, hybrids exotic, respectively...

Poultry farming, using modern intensive farming methods, is one of the most efficient livestock industries that ensures food security for a large part world’s population. In context industrial poultry largest share global production (up to 98 % meat and 92 eggs) accounted by broiler chickens (to lesser extent, turkeys, ducks, geese, etc.), as well eggs obtained from egg crosses chickens. The es...

Berg, C. C. 1998. Foot-pad dermatitis in broilers and turkeys. Prevalence, risk factors and prevention. Doctor’s dissertation. ISSN1401-6257, ISBN 91-576-5442-5 Foot-pad dermatitis is a condition characterised by lesions on the ventral foot-pads of poultry. It is a type of contact dermatitis, which in an early stage results in hyperkeratosis, erosions and discoloration of the skin. The erosions...