the use of chloramphenicol is prohibited in food producing animals due to its harmful and even potentially fatal side effects in human. in order to screen broiler carcasses for the drug residues, 31 broiler chickens from different farms were sampled. the samples from kidneys were homogenized, extracted using ethyl acetate and dried under n2 flow. the samples were then assayed using enzyme-linke...

marek's disease (md) is the most common lymphoproliferative diseases of chickens; during the last year the incidence of md was  investigated among slaughter houses and suspected broiler farms, located in  isfahan (iran) as the region of  highest density of poultry husbandry by histopathology,  for subclinical md investigation, in  total 1550 chickens originated  from slaughter houses  were...

Broiler farming creates wealth for farmers, but the system faces myriad constraints. The objectives of this study were to determine farmer’s willingness adopt welfare practices, farm biosecurity risks and cost production from selected farms in Kenya. Primary data collected using questionnaires 60 medium-scale large-scale farms, secondary on product condemnation downgrades a broiler meat p...

Campylobacter jejuni is now recognized as one of the main causes of bacterial foodborne disease in the Czech republic with Campylobacter coli less frequently implicated. Foods of animal origin, in particular poulty, have been identified as significant sources of this enteropathogen as a result of infection and contamination at the pre-harvest and harvest levels. In the period from March 2005 to...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major human health problem and recently, domestic animals are described as carriers and possible reservoirs. Twenty seven S. aureus isolates from five turkey farms (n = 18) and two broiler farms (n = 9) were obtained by culturing of choana and skin swabs from apparently healthy birds, identified by Taqman-based real-time duplex nuc-mecA-PC...

The aim of the study was to determine co-occurrence of Marek's disease virus (MDV) and chicken parvovirus (ChPV) co-occurrence in field chicken flocks. The materials for the study derived from 115 broiler chickens or layer hens originated from 23 farms with suspicion of Marek's disease (MD). Dual infection with MDV and ChPV was found in 23 (20%) examined chickens. The results obtained suggest a...

Water A total of 100 water samples were collected from different poultry and cattle farms in Behera province to be evaluated bacteriologically to investigate the role of drinking water as a source of pathogenic and potentially pathogenic bacteria in different animal farms including cattle and poultry. The results of bacteriological examination of 25 water samples collected from broiler farms r...

Hazardous biochemical agents in animal husbandry indoor environments are known to promote the occurrence of various illnesses among workers and animals. The relationship between endotoxin levels in dust collected from chicken farms and various immunological markers was investigated. Peripheral blood was obtained from 20 broiler chickens and 20 laying hens from four different chicken farms in Ko...