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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
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

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