Butcher, Gary D.

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Pigeon Canker

G. D. Butcher

Chicken Anemia Agent (CAA)

Gary D. Butcher

Infectious Bursal Disease (Gumboro) in Commercial Broilers

Gary D. Butcher and Richard D. Miles

Heat Stress Management in Broilers

Gary D. Butcher and Richard Miles

Investigating Vaccination Failure in Poultry Flocks

Gary D. Butcher and Mojtaba Yegani

Broiler Management—The First 24 Hours

Gary D. Butcher, Amir H. Nilipour, and Richard D. Miles

Minimizing Microbial Contamination in Feed Mills Producing Poultry Feed

Gary D. Butcher and Richard D. Miles

Broiler Production Goals—Important Numbers

Gary D. Butcher and Amir H. Nilipour

Prevention and Control of Fowl Pox in Backyard Chicken Flocks

Gary D. Butcher and Fred Rossi

Vaccine Failure in Poultry: Factors to Consider

Gary D. Butcher and Richard D. Miles

Infectious Bronchitis and Its Effect on Egg Production and Egg Quality

Gary D. Butcher and Richard Miles

Factors Causing Poor Pigmentation of Brown-Shelled Eggs

Gary D. Butcher and Richard D. Miles

Causes and Prevention of Wet Litter in Broiler Houses

Gary D. Butcher and Richard D. Miles

Newcastle and Infectious Bronchitis Vaccine Reactions in Commercial Broilers

Gary D. Butcher, Richard D. Miles, and Amir H. Nilipour

Biosecurity for the Poultry Industry

Gary Butcher and Mojtaba Yegani

Broiler Performance From Cull Eggs

Gary D. Butcher and Amir H. Nilipour

Common Consumer Misconceptions about Eggs

Gary D. Butcher

This publication provides information to consumers of eggs and explains a few of the common consumer misconceptions about eggs. Written by Gary D. Butcher and published by the UF College of Veterinary Medicine, May 2024.

Intestinal and Tracheal Parasites of Poultry

Gary D. Butcher and Michael A. Davis

Salmonella Control and Molting of Egg-Laying Flocks—Are They Compatible?

Gary D. Butcher and Richard Miles

Infectious Bronchitis Virus: Classical and Variant Strains

Gary D. Butcher, David P. Shapiro, and Richard D. Miles

Common Poultry Diseases

G. D. Butcher, J. P. Jacob, and F. B. Mather

Diagnosis, Prevention, and Control of French Molt

Gary D. Butcher and Richard M. Miles

The Avian Immune System

Gary D. Butcher and Richard D. Miles

St. Louis Encephalitis—The Role of Chickens

Gary D. Butcher and Richard Miles

Avian Necropsy Techniques

Gary D. Butcher and Richard D. Miles

Data Collection: Poultry Integrations

Gary D. Butcher and Amir H. Nilipour

Improved Aviculture Management May Prevent Candidiasis in Birds

Gary D. Butcher and Richard D. Miles

Intestinal Parasites in Backyard Chicken Flocks

Gary D. Butcher and Richard D. Miles

Avian Influenza in Poultry

J. P. Jacob, G. D. Butcher, F. B. Mather, and R. D. Miles

Myeloid Leukosis (J-virus)—An International Broiler Industry Concern

Gary D. Butcher, and Richard D. Miles

Feed Passage in Broilers—A Complex Problem

Gary D. Butcher, Amir H. Nilipour, and Richard D. Miles

Interrelationship between Nutrition and Immunity

Gary D. Butcher and Richard D. Miles

The Role of Humans in Poultry Disease Outbreaks

Gary Butcher and Mojtaba Yegani

Fowl Adenovirus Hepatitis (IBH and HHS): An Emerging Poultry Disease

Gary D. Butcher and Mohamed Hossiny

The intended audience for this publication is commercial poultry producers and poultry veterinarians. This publication aims to provide an update and summary of fowl adenovirus hepatitis. Written by Gary D. Butcher and Mohamed Hossiny, and published by the UF College of Veterinary Medicine, UF/IFAS Extension, July 2024.

Disease Prevention in Commercial Poultry

Gary D. Butcher and Richard D. Miles

Diagnostic and Monitoring Serology in Commercial Poultry Integrations: Practical Applications

Gary D. Butcher

Chicken Embryo Malpositions and Deformities

Gary D. Butcher and Amir H. Nilipour

Egg Specific Gravity—Designing a Monitoring Program

Gary D. Butcher and Richard D. Miles

Disease Prevention in Commercial Aviaries

Gary D. Butcher and Richard D. Miles

Avian Diseases Transmissible to Humans

Michael A. Davis, Gary D. Butcher, and F. Ben Mather

Concepts of Eggshell Quality

Gary D. Butcher and Richard Miles

A Systematic Approach to Solving Hatchability and Chick Quality Problems

Gary D. Butcher and Amir H. Nilipour

Management of Hatching Eggs and Broiler Performance

G. D. Butcher and Amir H. Nilipour

Knemidokiptic Mange in Pet Birds: Scaly Face and Scaly Leg Disease

Gary D. Butcher and Curtis Beck

Mycoplasma Gallisepticum - A Continuing Problem in Commercial Poultry

Gary D. Butcher

Factors Affecting Egg Production in Backyard Chicken Flocks

Jacqueline P. Jacob, Henry R. Wilson, Richard D. Miles, Gary D. Butcher, and F. Ben Mather

Factors to Consider in Serologic Testing for Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) and Mycoplasma synoviae (MS)

Gary D. Butcher

Understanding Pet Bird Nutrition

Gary D. Butcher and Richard D. Miles

Avian Goiter (Thyroid Hyperplasia or Dysplasia)

Gary D. Butcher and Curtis C. Beck

Numbers for Successful Poultry Production

Gary D. Butcher and Amir H. Nilipour

How to Evaluate Quality of Newly Hatched Chicks

Gary D. Butcher and Iyva Gage

This publication aims to assist poultry owners in recognizing what is normal and abnormal and in evaluating quality when examining chicks. Written by Gary D. Butcher and Iyva Gage, and published by the Veterinary Medicine—Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension, February 2025.