Electrolyte supplementation to alleviate severe heat stress
Meat chickens are highly susceptible to heat stress, particularly during periods of prolonged hot weather events in shed conditions and also during transport. Heatwaves in …
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Health
Maintaining a high level of chicken health and welfare is a high priority for the Australian chicken meat industry. Research into disease management and control is an example of how industry is focusing its efforts to continually improve bird health.
Current and recently completed health-related research projects funded by the AgriFutures Australia Chicken Meat Program include:
- Increasing Australia’s preparedness for vvIBDV – project summary (PRJ-010978), completion date November 2021
- Dynamics of ILT spread and role of dust in epidemiology, diagnostics and control (PRJ-010639), completion date January 2022
- Clouds and Pasteurella multocida (PRJ-010276), project completed April 2020
- Surveillance and pathotyping of Australian IBDV – final report summary | Surveillance and pathotyping of Australian IBDV – final report (PRJ-008715), published February 2020.
The health of meat chickens is also closely linked to their nutrition, welfare, environment and biosecurity. Visit our nutrition, welfare, environment and biosecurity pages for more information.
To read more detailed information about chicken health management and disease visit the PoultryHub.
