Poultry producers are being urged to maintain robust biosecurity measures during periods of hot and dry weather. The warning from Livetec follows an early seasonal rise in salmonella cases across breeder, broiler and layer sites. While an increase in cases is normal as summer progresses, Livetec says the early harvest and prolonged hot weather may be contributing to it becoming a problem earlier than usual, given such conditions increase the risk of disease spreading on farms. While producers are rightly focused on keeping birds cool at this time, Livetec biosecurity adviser Dr Paul Talling warned that the consequences of hot…