Husbandry

Dietary supplements made from plums, probiotics, safflower, and tea strengthen poultry immune systems, according to researchers with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS).
Poultry infected with the parasite Eimeria maxima usually develop avian coccidiosis, a disease estimated to cost producers globally more than $1.2 billion every year. So Agricultural Research Service (ARS) immunologist Hyun Lillehoj has been [...]

Houseflies congregating around broiler poultry farms have once again been linked to drug-resistant bacteria, creating increased risk for human exposure.
The findings of researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health demonstrate another potential link between industrial food animal production and exposures to antibiotic resistant pathogens. Previous studies have linked antibiotic use in poultry [...]

Interested in raising chickens in your backyard?
First, check your local zoning laws, which determine what residents can and can’t do in their yards. Sometimes those laws, especially in cities and suburbs, don’t allow “farm” animals, chickens among them. Why? Fear of noise and too much poop.
The good news: Some cities do allow chickens, though usually [...]