Livestock

Poultry farming and viruses

If you ask poultry producers what damage viruses can do to their business, they will think mostly about major diseases such as Avian Influenza, Gumboro disease or respiratory infections such as Infectious Bronchitis virus

Investigating Brucellosis: Prevalence and attitudes

Researchers from the Royal Veterinary College in the UK and Kafrelsheikh University in Egypt look at brucellosis in Egypt, its prevalence, risk factors and livestock owners knowledge, attitudes and practices

p>Researchers from the Royal Veterinary College in the UK and Kafrelsheikh University in Egypt look at brucellosis in Egypt, its prevalence, risk factors and livestock owners knowledge, attitudes and practices

Incubation conditions affect broiler leg strength

Initial findings show measurable effects on broiler leg strength from alterations in temperature and humidity during incubation.

Small-scale dairy production: a way out of poverty

New study assesses global perspectives for smallholder milk production

Economics of broiler production

MOST PEOPLE LOGICALLY assume that birds show improved performance with increased space, but it is the enhanced environment that should automatically arise from greater available space which is the crucially important factor.