Broilers

In This Issue: 2024 Poultry Grower Expo - April 3, 2024, 9a-2p, Princess Anne, MD Nutrient Management Updates and Reminders Annual Implementation Reports Due March 1, 2024 Maryland Climate-Smart Agriculture Project: Have Your Say! For Biosecurity, Keep Doors Closed Can Music Improve Bird Performance? 2024 Calendar of Events

In humans, research suggest that music can reduce anxiety, blood pressure, and pain, improve memory and sleep quality as well as enhance athletic performance. This raises the question if music could also be beneficial to animals.

Leaving end doors open between flocks only invites curious wildlife, and whatever pathogens that may be carrying with them into the house, poultry specialists say. “It’s become less common but we’re still seeing it a lot,” said Jon Moyle, Extension poultry specialist for the University of Maryland.

Topics In Commercial Poultry News - Oct 2023: 'To Vaccinate or Not? The Potential for Using Bird-flu Vaccines in U.S. Poultry Production' 'Ten Flock Supervisors Honored at Chicken Community Conference in Ocean City 'Court Ruling Affirms Maryland Chicken Farm Permits are Legal and Effective' 'Innovation Needs to be with Right Questions' 2023 Grower Lunch Breaks and More Events

This article offers a deeper biosecurity overview, risk factors of HPAI in Commercial Broiler Flocks, general biosecurity measures against HPAI, addresses the risk of HPAI in free-range poultry flock, and important biosecurity links.

This article offers an in-depth overview of HPAI, subtypes of HPAI, clinical signs of HPAI, how to protect your flocks from HPAI, and how to report the suspect HPAI infection in your flock.

This article offers information on response to HPAI and designation of control area, permitting for poultry movement, which products require a permit to move, how to initiate a permit request, requirements to obtain a permit movement, and how the secure poultry supply (SPS) can help in the permitting process.

April 2022 Edition of the Commercial Poultry News: 1- Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza! A Commercial and Backyard Danger; 2 - Taking Biosecurity Measures to Limit Topics: Your Legal Liability for the Spread of Avian Influenza; 4 - Avian Flu Could Threaten Eastern Shore Poultry Flocks; 5 - Understanding What An Easement by Necessity Is and When One Is Created; 7- Chicken Growers Make Good Neighbors by Raising Chickens, Planting Buffers, and Saving Bees; 8 - Coming Events!

Flies, beetles, and mites are often a major concern for commercial poultry operations in the northeastern United States.