Dr. Jaime Borrell Valls - 18/11/2020

Hygienic conditions in poultry and pig farms are a key to prevent the appearance and spread of epidemics among these animals. During the 19th century, Far, Koch and Flugge established the conclusions of their studies focused on these sanitary conditions:

Veterinaria Digital - 16/11/2020

The absorption of the vitellus begins during the embryonic stage, and at birth its relative weight should be less than 8% with respect to the total body weight of the bird. The persistence of the vitellus in a higher percentage is usually related to...

Locomotive disorder in broilers - 9/11/2020

Many locomotive disorders are common in broiler farms, observed as different types of paralysis or difficulty in standing. This is a typical sign of diseases such as Marek, although it may be related to a calcium deficiency, either from the diet, or a...

Biovet S.A. - 27/10/2020

Eggs have great nutritional value, however, it is also one of the main foods causing food poisoning, especially by Salmonella spp. The pathogenic microbial load present in the digestive tract of birds is related to the presence of pathogens in the egg,...

Veterinaria Digital - 26/10/2020

Avian infectious bronchitis virus have tropism for different tissues, such as respiratory, renal or reproductive. In the respiratory form of IBV, depressed birds are observed, with respiratory sounds and nasal discharge. At the necropsy, petechiae and...

Dr. Jaime Borrell Valls - 20/10/2020

The evolution of poultry and pig farming radically changed the problems that arose from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Nowadays, billions of animals are raised in large communities in expressly built facilities. The increasing emergence of...