Feed treatment can inactivate AI virus

Avian influenza (AI) virus may survive in chicken feed. Treatment of feed is therefore of utmost importance. This was stated by independent poultry veterinarian Dr Haroldo Toro at the IPPE, currently being held in Atlanta, USA. Dr Toro, Professor with Auburn University’s Department of Pathobiology, Alabama, USA, revealed results from the first phase of a research project exploring effects of feed treatment including a pathogen control agent* on AI. This control agent is a blend of formald