Poultry, Volume 4, Issue 3

Enterococci, commonly found in the normal intestinal flora of humans and animals, have emerged as an important human pathogen. A total of 184 isolates (88 isolates in 2015 and 96 isolates in 2016) were collected from 46 flocks. Two predominant entero...

A 28-day study involving 448 male Ross 308 broilers aimed to determine the effect of dietary rice bran (RB) and xylanase (XYL) in maize- and wheat-based diets on chicken growth, N-corrected apparent metabolizable energy (AMEn), and nutrient availabil...

Newcastle Disease (ND) is an important and notable disease among the avian infectious diseases, because of its high contagiousness, and the most virulent strains of ND virus (NDV) have impacted poultry breeders all over the world. Immunization and bi...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) constitutes a serious public health issue, and the European Union (EU) requires reduction in the sales of antibiotics in farmed animals of 50% by 2030. A scoping review was conducted in PubMed for the years from 2000 to...

Understanding how environmental conditions affect broiler comfort across different seasons is crucial for enhancing welfare in commercial poultry production. This study aimed to identify the relationship between housing environment, litter conditions...

Optimal commercial conditions have been shown to improve the performance and meat yield of broilers. Also, dietary 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25OHD3; crystalline form) has not shown a negative impact on chicken health when it was fed at 10 times (10&...

To determine if exposing embryos to light during incubation affects antibody titer and corticosterone immediately following hatch, we incubated layer eggs and exposed them to light or darkness and vaccinated a subset of each treatment against Newcast...

(1) Background: The goal of the present study was to evaluate whether the supplementation with a multi-species probiotic in the diet of laying hens can change the microbiota and health status of the oviduct. (2) Methods: A total of 60 cages housing l...

Foraging behavior in hens is an important indicator of animal welfare. It involves both the search for food and exploration of the environment, which provides necessary enrichment. In addition, it has been inversely linked to damaging behaviors such...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of two limestone granulometries (0.568 and 1.943 mm) and different levels of vitamin D3 (12.5 g and 25 g) on the thermoregulatory and behavioral responses of replacement pullets. Lohman brown lin...