Dealing with heat stress in the coming summer months Here are a few tips to deal with heat stress over the coming months: Avoid feeding at the hottest times of the day Thin broilers at earlier / lighter weights Check ventilation and reduce humidity (in high humidity, temperatures feel higher!). Make provision for additional storage… Read more »
Clean water means healthy game birds
Keeping your gamebirds disease-free is vital to ensure good returns when the season rolls ’round, so ensuring they have clean water is key. In the latest ‘The Expert View’ blog post on ShootHub by GunsOnPegs (sponsored by PHS), PHS’s Lead Gamebird Vet, Will Ingham, explores the various ways to make sure your birds have a good… Read more »
June 2021 Newsletter
Our new website has launched! Visit our new website at http://www.poultryhealthservices.com to find out who is who, where to find our practices, our opening times, phone numbers, laboratory submission forms and the latest news. You can also browse our online shop, which will be offering more products over the next few months, including detergents, disinfectants and… Read more »
The 2021 Joint Communication on Antibiotic Usage in Game Birds
The Joint Communication on Antibiotic Use in Game Birds has been released and you can read it here. As with all sectors, but especially food producing sectors, there continues to be a need to further reduce the levels of antibiotics (AB) prescribed. In the attached document there are some summary figures from the 2020 data… Read more »
RodentGate Project 2021 – Get involved!
This is a project that starts in autumn 2021 to investigate the role of rodents as reservoirs of pig and poultry diseases, and what might happen under the proposed new stricter European and National regulations on rodenticide use. Using a combination of field data collection and modelling, researchers will look at how ecologically-based rodent control… Read more »
What does it take to succeed in poultry production in different parts of the world?
Sara Perez, Clinical Director at Poultry Health Services, joins other poultry leaders from France, Mexico, China, Brazil and USA amongst other countries to discuss the latest developments in the regional poultry markets and to celebrate “World Poultry Day”. Join us on a trip around the globe! https://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/animal-health/poultry/spotlight-poultry-chicken-trends
May 2021 Newsletter
What can be done practically at farm level to monitor red mite? By Megan Wood BVSc MRCVS, PHS Sheriff Hutton (York) As we have now reached Spring, it is time to look ahead to warmer days and what can be done at farm level to control red mite through Spring and Summer. This month we… Read more »
Prevention is better than cure: the importance of biosecurity for rearing operators
In the latest ‘The Expert View’ blog post on ShootHub by GunsOnPegs (sponsored by PHS), Jennifer Lock, Avian Specialist at Boehringer Ingelheim, explains that when it comes to game bird health, prevention is better than cure. This means that time and money spent ensuring your rearing operation has excellent biosecurity is never a wasted investment…. Read more »
VetPartners Farm Magazine (Issue 1)
For all things Farm, why not check out VetPartners first issue of their new Farm Magazine? Click here to open the magazine in a new window. If you would like to discuss any of the topics in the magazine, please do not hesitate to contact your local PHS branch
VetPartners Pig & Poultry Magazine (Issue 1)
To read the first issue of the new VetPartners Pig & Poultry Magazine, please click here to open the magazine in a new window. Issue 1 includes information about poultry laboratory testing in “Poultry Laboratory: To test or not to test” and a brief review of biosecurity in poultry enterprises by Sheriff Hutton vet, Joaquin Percebal…. Read more »