Monitoring poultry flock health; laboratory approaches – Part II

In the first part of this two-part article, published in the June 2005 issue of World Poultry, we discussed some fundamental concepts common in monitoring poultry flock health. Now we will continue with the main focus on laboratory approaches that are vital to compile a reliable database. This article can also be found at World Poultry Volume 21 number 7. To view the article online simply click on the link below.   Keywords: poultry/flock health, egg yolk, PCR technology, serology