Zootecnica International - English edition - 11 November - 2021

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VETERINARY SCIENCE

The impact of anthelmintic resistance in parasites of poultry USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation announced the completion of a funded research project at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, in which researchers investigated the impact of anthelmintic resistance in parasites of poultry.

The research was made possible in part by an endowing Foundation gift from Wayne Farms LLC, and is part of the Association’s comprehensive research program encompassing all phases of poultry and egg production and processing.

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Project #F081: Investigating the impact of anthelmintic resistance in nematode parasites of poultry - Dr. Ray Kaplan, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. Dr. Ray Kaplan and colleagues at the University of Georgia recently completed a study evaluating anthelminthic resistance in parasites of poultry. The project aimed to measure the production impact of drug-resistant Ascaridia dissimilis on turkeys, develop a molecular diagnostic that would allow for screening of resistance in populations of Ascaridia dissimilis, and determine the efficacy of fenbendazole on a population of Heterakis gallinarum. Overall, results demonstrate the impact that poultry nematode parasites may have on the health and

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