Insights from microbial surveillance in broiler flocks

Well-designed microbial surveillance programmes can identify risk factors, guide treatment strategies, and illuminate differences in pathogenic microbial populations in high- and low-performing broiler flocks. Microbial surveillance research in broiler production may take many forms. Whether microbial surveillance programmes focus on the environment, the litter, or the bacteria of the intestinal tract, they come with an ambitious promise: to identify the most relevant pathogens present in a flo