The research areas of focus should be on identifying nonantibiotic approaches to prevent, reduce and control necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens and gangrenous dermatitis
in turkeys and broiler chickens.
In an effort to improve the system that tracks where diseased and at-risk animals are, where they have been, and when, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced a proposed rule that would establish new regulations for disease traceability of U.S. livestock moving interstate.