Turkeys: Original XPCTM improves livability and performance under clostridial dermatitis challenge
Stephanie Frankenbach PhD
Diamond V
Turkey producers suffer big losses when their flocks succumb to gangrenous dermatitis or cellulitis. The disease inflicts high mortality, morbidity, and condemnation, and hits birds just before they reach market weight.
Original XPCTM can help reduce mortality and improve feed conversion in challenged birds.
Turkey dermatitis: Solutions through immunity research
David Kenyon
Diamond V
Clostridial dermatitis is a challenge to researchers and can cause sleepless nights for live production managers, veterinarians, and executive management throughout the U.S. turkey industry. A "silver bullet" solution is unlikely, but producers may find an effective management tool through research with the poultry immune system.
Last week, the FDA reported a decreasing trend of antibiotic resistance in enteric isolates of Salmonella and Campylobacter based on data from its national monitoring system. The commercial poultry industry has welcomed the news. Read More
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Expertise throughout the Americas
Francisco Portela, MS Diamond V
Diamond V recently announced a new member of the company's international Poultry Team to support enhanced customer service in Latin America and Canada. Francisco Portela, MS, has more than 26 years of professional experience in the layer, turkey, and broiler chicken industries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean as well as in Spain and Canada. Read More
At Diamond V's sibling company Embria Health Sciences, more than 70 years of science and research supports the human product technology of EpiCor. This month's EMBRIA Update explores how EpiCor helps the body respond rapidly to immune system challenges through serum antioxidant levels and "natural killer" cell activity. Good health to you and your family!
