Australian Chicken Meat Industry Sustainability Framework
Message from the Australian Chicken Meat Federation Chief Executive Officer, Mary Wu The industry is proud to deliver the inaugural Australian Chicken Meat Industry Sustainability...
CHICKEN MEAT
Inclusion Body Hepatitis Outbreaks in Australian Meat Breeder and Broiler Flocks
47 pages
Published: 18 Apr 2011
Author(s): Steer, Penelope A., Noormohammadi, Amir H.
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This report describes the development of new and improved diagnostic tools for the isolation and typing of fowl adenoviruses (FAdVs), and the investigation of outbreaks of inclusion body hepatitis (IBH) in Australian breeder and broiler flocks.
The report is targeted at broiler breeders and chicken meat producers in the Australian poultry industry. The diagnostic tools developed will assist farmers and veterinarians in the management and prevention of IBH outbreaks.
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