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Promising Solutions for Poultry Disease 

ARS scientists in Peoria, IL and Beltsville, MD, are helping poultry farmers tackle a devastating disease. In collaboration with the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, researchers are developing a novel approach to controlling a widespread disease in poultry -- Necrotic enteritis. This disease is often a fatal gastrointestinal condition in poultry, costing about $6 billion in industry losses worldwide.  Learn more...

The Agricultural Research Service is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief scientific in-house research agency. Daily, ARS focuses on solutions to agricultural problems affecting America. Each dollar invested in agricultural research results in $20 of economic impact.