Disease. One of the scariest words in farming and food production. In a state that’s king of the poultry industry, expert planning, precautions and emergency response are chief priorities to keep ...

The El Niño rains come with many challenges for farmers. Today, we look at two poultry diseases that follow heavy rains. The flood waters provide favourable conditions for multiplication and growth of ...

On a September afternoon, Georgie Cartanza walked inside one of her chicken houses to check on tens of thousands of chicks. The chicks, just three days old, were smaller and lighter than a tennis ball ...

POULTRY are subject to many parasitic diseases, and the object of this manual is to inform poultry-keepers of the life-histories of these pests, so that means of prevention may be successfully carried ...

For a farmer to get full benefits of his investments, labour and time on his chicken farm, he must have a healthy flock. With that in mind, knowledge of important diseases, their transmission, ...

Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University associate research scientist Melha Mellata, a member of professor Roy Curtiss' team, is leading a USDA funded project to develop a vaccine against a ...

Attenuated live vaccines that protect poultry against Newcastle Disease may be altering the genetic makeup of the wild virus strains, which could make future outbreaks unpredictable and difficult to ...

GUYANA’S poultry industry is bouncing back from the disruption of Inclusion Body Hepatitis (IBH), backed by the government’s “people first” agenda to ensure ...

A Southern California outbreak of a devastating poultry disease has reached Ventura County, prompting a warning to residents who raise chickens. A case of Newcastle disease, a potentially deadly virus ...

FAISALABAD: Diseases incurred substantial financial losses worth Rs 300 million to Pakistan’s poultry sector through reduced productivity, and mortality that can be overcome by propagating the modern ...

Raising backyard chickens has become a fun hobby for many urban dwellers in the San Joaquin Valley, but a devastating poultry disease currently raging in Southern California could put those birds and ...