TED Talk targets Enterococcal infection reduction

Pathogenic species of Enterococcus bacteria are causing significant disease challenges in hatching eggs, chicks and broilers. Hatchability rates have been declining for several years, and Enterococcus faecalis is a primary contributor. As an industry, if hatchability can improve by just 3%, there will be another 7.11 million chicks produced weekly.

Enterococcus cecorum is a primary contributor to osteoarthritis, commonly known as kinky back, which causes culling and condemnation rates at processing to be as high as 9.7%.

A TED Talk at PEAK will dive into these challenges in detail, as well as review the latest research in overcoming these challenges with microbiome maintenance. Arm & Hammer scientists teamed up with the Southern Poultry Research Group to explore benefits of a Bacillus-fed diet.

Dr. Mueez Ahmad, poultry technical services manager with Arm & Hammer Animal and Food Production, will be presenting on April 18 at 4 p.m. on the Exhibitor Stage.

Source: Arm & Hammer