Going ‘back to the future’ to manage coccidiosis
Although poultry production has steadily evolved with improved knowledge and technological advances, coccidiosis remains arguably the most important disease concern to keep in mind and address year after year.
“It’s an issue from the past that continues to be recycled in the present,” said Hector Cervantes, DVM, MS, DACPV, honorary MAM, University of Georgia, in a presentation about coccidiosis at the 2024 Poultry Science Association annual meeting.
Old challenge still highly relevant
Cervantes began his talk by referencing a quote from a scientific review paper published in 1950, attributed to pioneering coccidiosis researcher P.A. Hawkins:
“Coccidiosis is today a much studied, widely known and little understood disease of poultry.”
“Here we are 74 years later, and I can open with the same statement,” Cervantes said.