Histomoniasis in poultry: New solutions needed

Following on from the ban of antibiotic use in the animal feed industry by the European Union in the early 2000s and the recent removal of the arsenical drug Histostat Nitarsone from the US market by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA), the need for novel control strategies against disease is evident. Since the removal of Histostat in late 2015, US poultry producers are seeing an increase in flock mortality due to Histomoniasis. Histomoniasis is caused by a parasitic infection of a protozoan,