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Game Birds - Developments this week

Have you seen the FSA news release this week?.... "Gamekeepers across the UK are reminded of their responsibilities for ensuring animal feed is safe for food-producing animals and for carrying out recordkeeping correctly. Food Standards Agency guidance is available, explaining the requirements of...

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Fri, Feb 4 2011
Testing for Johne’s disease.

A new test will become available shortly which will increase the detection rate earlier post infection for Johne’s disease. A research group at the Meridian Research Institute have developed a test for Johne’s disease which yields less false positives and earlier post infection detection of the disease...

Posted to Cows 365 Blog (Weblog) by cows365 on Tue, Jan 11 2011
Re: poorly chicken

Hi again! Only a minority of birds with Marek's will show the eye form. Certainly sounds like Marek's from what you say and poor reflexes. It is generally assumed that in a case like this there is nothing you can do - the disease will progress. However I did once have recovery success with a...

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Sun, Dec 12 2010
Re: Free Range Egg production - is Brachyspira a problem?

Good luck with your survey, Luke, Free Range Egg production is definitely on the up and up! However, UK Vet David Burch has this month posed the question "Brachyspira – is it Spiralling out of Control?" in a new [Nov. 2010] online review at: www.octagon-services.co.uk/poultry.htm What is the...

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Tue, Nov 23 2010
High empty cow rate due to severe outbreak of IBR

On calls today outside County Waterford with a client with a very high empty rate and identified that first and second lactation cows were the principal offenders. The client informed me that the animals suffered from severe outbreak of IBR. The youger animals in the herd would succumb faster to a disease...

Posted to Cows 365 Blog (Weblog) by cows365 on Thu, Sep 23 2010
Re: Causes of Egg-Drop

An increasingly common cause of egg-drop in free-range flocks is Brachyspira infection [ Avian Intestinal Spirochaetosis (AIS)] In a survey in the UK of 222 commercial layer, pullet and breeder farms 74% of the flocks were positive and 25% were associated with the pathogenic strains. When this was broken...

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Wed, Aug 18 2010
Mycoplasma Infections in Turkeys

Turkey-farming forum members may be interested in a new online illustrated review of"Treating and Controlling Mycoplasma Infections in Turkeys"... See www.octagon-services.co.uk/poultry.htm Extract.. The major mycoplasma infections in turkeys are Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG), M. synoviae ...

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Tue, Jan 12 2010
Re: Causes of Egg-Drop

David Burch has now published an illustrated follow-up article on the symptoms,treatment and control of mycoplasma infections in poultry... www.octagon-services.co.uk/articles/poultry/antibiotics.htm Production losses associated with M. gallisepticum Breeder/layer Production effect Egg drop (acute) 10...

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Sat, Dec 19 2009
Re: Need a recommendation for a book on Farming developments in last 100 years

A really important book to read is this one by Agricultural Policy Expert Dr. Richard North.... www.pighealth.com/agriculture.htm A very outspoken, down-to-earth and yet factual guide to UK farming and food in the 20th century.

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Sat, Oct 31 2009
Re: media hype surrounding swine flu - BUT.....

Thanks for this, Isabel! A recent report from the new York Times this week points out.. Many people suffering from swine influenza [A (H1N1)], even those who are severely ill, do not have fever, an odd feature of the new virus that could increase the difficulty of controlling the epidemic, said a leading...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Fri, May 15 2009

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