Disease-causing organisms on a poultry farm What is Biosecurity? Biosecurity plays an integral part seen as your first line of defence to prevent or control the introduction and spread of infectious agents, such as viral, bacterial, and fungal diseases, into a...
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Personal Protective Equipment and Hygiene
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is specialised clothing worn by an employee for protection against infectious materials. PPE prevents contact made with infectious agents that contain an infectious agent by creating a barrier between the potential infectious...
Diagnostics and Blood Sampling of Poultry
Blood is collected from chickens for two purposes: To obtain serum which will be tested for Newcastle disease virus antibodies, no anticoagulant is required and the blood is allowed to clot. The levels of antibodies detected in individual birds and flocks indicate the...
Treatments
Medication Practices for Poultry Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the following: Prevention Control Diagnosis Treatment of disease Disorder Injury in animals Medication practices also deal with the following: Animal rearing Husbandry...
Environmental Issues
How Does the Environment Affect Chickens? Many factors can cause health problems for chickens. Extreme weather conditions can lead to frostbite. Steamy hot weather conditions can lead to heat stress. Crowded conditions can lead to scratchback and cannibalism....