Backyard production systems (BPS) that involve poultry are a good way to improve food security and poverty alleviation. Few studies have been carried out to quantify the contribution of poultry production to these households ...

Backyard poultry production systems (BPS) are an important and widespread form of poultry production. There is a common perception that biosecurity standards in BPS are generally poor and BPS are usually associated with ...

Simple Summary Eggs are a readily available and important food source for low income families that raise chicken in their households. It is therefore important to monitor if these products are safe for human consumption ...

Interspecies transmission of pathogens is an unfrequent but naturally occurring event and human activities may favour opportunities not previously reported. Reassortment of zoonotic pathogens like influenza A virus can ...

With the growing consumption of processed turkey products, knowing the impact of defects caused by the raw material has become very important. Two formulations for production of turkey stuffed product were tested using ...

Fungi are naturally present in poultry feed and unsuitable storage conditions on hatcheries, such as poor ventilation, high temperature or high humidity, can lead to their rapid proliferation. Fungal contamination adversely ...

Animal by-product meals have large variability in crude protein (CP) content and digestibility. In vivo digestibility procedures are precise but laborious, and in vitro methods could be an alternative to evaluate and ...

The objective of this study was to characterize and compare the phenotypic and genotypic diversity of most frequent Pseudomonas associated with spoilage at 4 degrees C in skinless marinated poultry breast fillets. We ...

Egg production has increased worldwide and, consequently, there is a large volume of poultry manure generated. The principal egg production systems are the caged ones, namely the conventional and the automated. The aim of ...