Poultry - Vets optimistic that yolk sac infections will continue to decrease

Quality control, temperature testing, culling of weak chicks and use of antibiotics are among the measures that can give chicks a better chance of survival

by PATRICIA GROTENHUIS

While cases of yolk sac infections went up in 2009 – an increase attributed to the wet year we had, which aids in bacteria growth – Dr. Lloyd Weber, a poultry veterinarian and poultry farmer from Guelph, says this year the infections seem to have decreased by 50 per cent.