ISSUE 7

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At Pilgrim's, keeping coccidiosis in check is yielding healthier, more efficient broilers
Maintaining optimum gut health and feed conversion is important for any poultry operation, but it's particularly critical when growing birds to 8 pounds. Field operations manager John Haas talks about his experiences developing a more sustainable approach to coccidiosis control.

ILT protection improved with HVT vaccine.
Commercial broilers vaccinated against infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) virus with a herpesvirus of turkey (HVT) vaccine were better protected than those that received a fowlpox virus (FPV) vaccine, Maricarmen Garcia, PhD, said at the 1st International Avian Respiratory Disease Conference held earlier this year.

Choose battles wisely when using a recombinant
Recombinant technology has brought more convenience and safety to poultry health programs, but using two different vaccines made with the turkey herpesvirus could hurt performance. Which disease should you target with a recombinant?

Novel European approach to IB control explored for US broilers
University of Georgia's Mark Jackwo od, PhD, went to Europe to see what leading poultry disease specialists there are doing to achieve better control of infectious bronchitis variants. Now he's successfully applying these concepts to US operations.

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