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Finding a preventative solution to a billion-dollar poultry problem

By Jenifer Fouch University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The poultry industry loses up to $6 billion annually due to necrotic enteritis, a preventable intestinal disease in poultry, including broiler chickens.

An Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station poultry science researcher is evaluating a new possible solution using a novel vaccine combined with a bile acid regimen.

Xiaolun (Jack) Sun, a researcher and associate professor for the experiment station, the research arm of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, was awarded a four-year, $650,000 grant by the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to advance the research.

Sun is developing a vaccine and. . .

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