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Keeping your livestock safe from microbes, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi, is the biosecurity goal that all farms should have. Wearing clean, sanitized footwear helps meet this goal as foot traffic moves microbes to and around the farm.
The FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) plan for supporting veterinary antimicrobial stewardship will be fully implemented in 2023 when all remaining over-the-counter (OTC) antibiotics are switched to prescription-only status. The medically important antibiotics (used by humans and animals) becoming prescription only include injectable tylosin, injectable and intramammary penicillin, injectable and oral tetracycline, sulfadimethoxine and sulfamethazine, and cephapirin and cephapirin benzathine intramammary tubes.
There have been several confirmed cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in eastern Canada and in a number of U.S. states. Several wild ducks and one commercial turkey flock have tested positive for the virus in the United States. Outbreaks in Canada have affected both commercial and exhibition poultry flocks. Wild birds infected with […]
Tips to help your poultry flock beat the heat in this edition of Small Flock Nuggets.
Tips to help your poultry flock beat the heat in this edition of Small Flock Nuggets.
Learn about the various stages in the life of a hen in this edition of Small Flock Nuggets.
Learn about the various stages in the life of a hen in this edition of Small Flock Nuggets.
Learn how to determine if an egg is “good” or “bad” and what attributes determine egg quality in this edition of Small Flock Nuggets.
Learn how to determine if an egg is “good” or “bad” and what attributes determine egg quality in this edition of Small Flock Nuggets.
The care of your birds throughout their growing period is essential for success at the fair. This is the 5th of a series about raising range fed broilers as a 4-H or FFA Project. Articles cover a range of topics from the history of the poultry industry to showing chickens at the county fair.
