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.
“I believe there have been advancements. There are quality control factors, like breeders can’t sell floor eggs or dirty eggs,” says Weber.