TUCKER, Ga. — U.S. Poultry & Egg Association and the USPOULTRY Foundation have announced the completion of a funded research project at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C., in which researchers were able to determine factors that lead to kinky back disease in broilers.
Enterococcal spondylitis, usually called kinky back in the broiler industry, is an important cause of lameness and mortality in many broiler companies. NCSU researchers were able to determine factors that lead to this disease. They found that the causative organism, Enterococcus cecorum, invades through the intestinal tract of the broiler. . .
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