PROHEALTH 2017
A successful year in science communication As PROHEALTH has been approaching its final stages, the dissemination activities have been intensifying in order to showcase the exciting outcomes and results coming through from the ongoing research carried out by the consortium. In total, the consortium members ...
Will environmental enrichment improve leg health in broilers?
A systematic review Improvements in leg health in broilers have the potential for improving overall broiler welfare markedly. One of the few realistic possibilities for the individual farmer to do this is to add enrichment to the rearing environment. Environmental enrichment is here defined as ...
Dodging the bullets – How Coccidia evade the immune response of broilers
Introduction Coccidiosis in broilers due to infection with parasitic Eimeria remains a significant cause of economic loss. Eimeria have a complex life-cycle beginning when a bird ingests an oocyst (a parasite egg) which contains 8 individual parasites. Once the oocyst is ruptured by digestive acid ...
Production diseases and their control: what do the public think?
Results of a European public survey looking at intensive animal production systems and production diseases The public are an important stakeholder at the end of the food chain. Yet they are largely unfamiliar with how the food they eat is produced, including products from modern ...