Embryo and hatchling survival diminish as turkey breeder hens age. Recent data indicated that a chelated calcium proteinate (CCP) additive given to turkey breeder hens improved embryo survival as hens aged but did not affect shell thickness. We hypothesized that the mechanism by which this occurred may be by improved functional shell quality and its consequent effect on cardiac physiology. To t...

Antigenic and genomic relationships among tissue culture-adapted turkey enteric coronavirus (TCV) isolates, three strains of avian infectious bronchitis virus (IBV), and mammalian coronaviruses were investigated. Immunoblotting and immunoprecipitation experiments using polyclonal antisera showed that the four major structural proteins of TCV cross-reacted with the four homologous proteins of bo...

Background: Inorganic iron compounds have a positive effect on the health and growth of broiler chickens. However, limited work has been done in Turkeys. Thus study was conducted to assess dietary supplementation ferrous sulphate growth, immunocompetence traits, carcass quality meat composition Turkey poults. Methods: Day old turkey poults (n=96) were distributed into four treatment groups (T1,...