Advances in artificial intelligence and multimodal sensing technologies have transformed activity understanding and behavior monitoring in complex, real-world environment[...]

Advanced computer vision and deep learning methods have been developed to enhance precision poultry farming through automated health status identification and activity mo[...]

Traits of economic importance are controlled by several genes and the environment. The detection of quantitative trait loci (QTL) and the genes underlying them are theref[...]

Three different polyvynil alcohol formulas were used in this study to test the effects of egg coating during egg storage conditions. Broiler breeder eggs were coated and [...]

One of the costliest diseases to affect the poultry industry is coccidiosis. Eimeria parasites (coccidia) can cause poor growth performance and increased feed conversion [...]

Coccidiosis, caused by different species of Eimeria, is an enteric disease in poultry that causes significant financial loss to the poultry industry. The objective of thi[...]

Modern laying hens have been selected for sustained production at older ages and produce an egg every 24 hours. Egg formation utilizes calcium and phosphorus from dietary[...]

This research series assessed the optimum resistant starch (RS) nutrition in broiler chickens with emphasis on growth performance and gut health metrics as influenced by [...]

Necrotic enteritis (NE) is an enteric disease caused by a toxigenic strain of Gram-positive, spore-forming, anaerobic bacterium, Clostridium perfringens. Through the year[...]

Zinc is involved in many biochemical functions essential for the birds’ health and growth. The relative bioavailability values were 107%, 76%, and 127% for zinc hydroxych[...]

With rising consumer concerns about animal welfare, the United States (USA) egg industry is shifting towards cage-free farming practices. This shift introduces challenges[...]

Histomonas meleagridis, a protozoan parasite, is the causative agent of Blackhead disease. Heterakis gallinarum, also known as a cecal worm, commonly infects different po[...]

Infectious bronchitis (IB) is a worldwide respiratory disease of major economic importance associated with losses from production inefficiencies and mortality. Live and i[...]

Two trials were conducted where the same numbers of Cobb male chicks were assigned to floor pens of three different sizes (20, 30, and 40 ft2). Each pen contained 33 chic[...]

A comprehensive research project was carried out in an attempt to improve poultry feed formulation using different strategies. In study 1, a simulation analysis in Excel [...]

Of the myriad of diseases affecting commercial chickens, infectious bronchitis and coccidiosis cause the most significant economic losses. Vaccination for both of these p[...]

Oxysterols are intermediates of large family 27-carbon cholesterol that are present in the circulation of human and animals. 20(S)Hydroxycholesterol (20S) is the most pot[...]

Salmonellosis, a zoonotic disease caused by Salmonella, is primarily attributed to the consumption of poultry eggs and meat. Salmonella enterica serovars enteritis (SE) a[...]

Control of Salmonella especially, Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) in mature laying hens is a major concern in the layer industry. The possible routes of Salmonella transmissi[...]

Histomonas meleagridis, a flagellated protozoan that causes histomoniasis or blackhead disease, is a great threat to the turkey industry with its heavy mortality and morb[...]

Biocarbon (Bio-C) is a carbon-rich, porous solid product produced by the thermal decomposition of carbonaceous biomass, such as wood, bamboo or nut shells, in the absence[...]

The serologic and genotypic relationship of different turkey coronavirus isolates (TCoV) was studied. Recent analysis of available sequence data suggest the presence a hy[...]

The immune response to Histomonas meleagridis and dynamics of lateral transmission was investigated in turkeys. The inoculation of birds 2-16 weeks old produced no evide[...]

It has been demonstrated that female birds allocate hormones to eggs to enhance offspring quality, but the hormone content of semen contributed by males has received less[...]