Preventative Medicines for More Sustainable Poultry
How Animal Health Products Have Impact Economic & Food Security Sustainability
America is the world’s leading poultry producer, and poultry meat is the most consumed animal protein in the U.S. Domestic and global demand for animal protein like poultry calls for producers to take steps to ensure animal welfare while also minimizing the industry’s environmental footprint. In this sense, the animal health products that protect against common poultry diseases have a significant impact on economic and food security sustainability.
Oxford Analytica Report Illustrates Relationship Between Healthy Poultry & Sustainability
Coccidiosis is a protozoan parasite that can affect the intestines of domestic meat-producing and egg-producing poultry. Morbidity can affect entire flocks, and mortality rates can reach as high as 50%. Anti-coccidiosis treatments, including synthetic drugs, ionophores, vaccines, and holistic farm management approaches, are essential to reducing mortality, improving animal welfare, and minimizing the ecological footprint of poultry production.
CONSEQUENCES OF UNTREATED COCCIDIOSIS
VALUE OF TREATING COCCIDIOSIS
