Preliminary study: Health and performance assessment in broiler chicks following application of six different hatching egg disinfection protocols.

As part of a Germany-wide project that evaluates strategies for the reduction of multi-resistant bacteria along the poultry production chain, the impact of different hatching egg disinfectants on hatchability and health of the broiler chicks was evaluated. Animal trials were conducted with extended-...

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Main Authors: Wiebke Tebrün, Gerzon Motola, Mohamed Hafez Hafez, Josef Bachmeier, Volker Schmidt, Kevin Renfert, Christian Reichelt, Sarah Brüggemann-Schwarze, Michael Pees
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232825