Studies on spondylolisthesis (“kinky back”) in broiler chickens

Pathomicrobial studies on Salmonella Gallinarum infection in broiler chickens

Aim: To conduct detailed pathomicrobial studies on Salmonella Gallinarum infection in broiler chickens. Materials and Methods: Bacteriological and pathological studies were conducted on 134 dead poultry birds collected from 23 different farms suspected to be infected with S. Gallinarum. Results: Mortality pattern revealed that maximum mortality occurred in 1-2 week aged birds. Out of 23 Salmone...

Ochratoxicosis in Broiler Chickens:

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of ochratoxin A (OTA) on the function and histology of the liver, kidney and bursa of broiler chickens fed OTA contaminated rations. Two hundred forty one-day-old male Ross broiler chicks were used, they were randomly divided into 3 dietary experimental groups of 80 birds and given rations containing 0 (control), 400 or 800 μg OTA/Kg feed. T...

Effects of humic acid on broiler chickens.

In view of the alleged effect of humic acid (HA) on growth plate arthrosis in humans, we sought to find if poultry tibial dyschondroplasia (TD) is caused by HA that can occur as a ground water contaminant. In 2 separate trials, broiler chickens were fed different concentrations of HA added to their diet for 4 and 5 wk. The effects of these treatments were measured by general health indices such...

Further studies on carry-over effects of dietary crude protein and triiodothyronine (T3) in broiler chickens.

Indian River male broiler chickens growing from 7 to 28 d of age were fed on diets containing either 120 or 210 g crude protein and 0 or 1 mg triiodothyronine (T3)/kg diet to study in vitro lipogenesis (IVL). In addition, a carry-over period (180 g crude protein/kg diet from 28 to 40 d of age) was used to test the persistence of prior treatment effects. The higher protein level increased, but T...

Electrical stunning of broiler chickens