Poultry management Technical Articles
Article published the March 11, 2013:
So much has been written and discussed about Stress and yet this familiar and little understood hazard remains as one of the greatest challenges to modern day poultry management. Yes, stress has come ...
Article published the January 7, 2013:
• As Biomass for generating Electricity
• As fertilizer for crop production
• Biogas production
• Compost improvement
• Feed in fish ponds
Article published the November 30, 2012:
Diseases are produced by micro-organisms which are universal and single organisms reproduce and multiply number of times. Disease incidences are higher in old and densely populated poultry farms.
Bio-security ...
Article published the October 31, 2012:
On March 27, 2009, the Ontario government introduced Ontario Regulation 106/09, which applies to all producers who manage deadstock on-farm. The new regulation applies to poultry producers, which its predecesso...
Article published the September 13, 2012:
The environment can be defined as the combination of external conditions which have an impact on animals and humans. Perhaps the most important physiological response of poultry to the environment is the consta...
Article published the August 30, 2012:
Figure 1. Evaporative cooling system with plastic pads.
Little has changed when it comes to poultry house evaporative cooling pads over the last 30 years. Yes, there have been some relativ
Article published the August 30, 2012:
1 Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America, 2 Texas AgriLife Research, Amarillo, Texas, Uni...
Article published the August 22, 2012:
This Factsheet was originally authored by G.A. Surgeoner, Professor, University of Guelph, and revised by Betty Summerhayes, Product Development Specialist, OMAFRA, Guelph, and Brian Lang, Dairy Cattle Producti...
Article published the July 30, 2012:
Definition:
Aluminum sulfate (alum) is added to poultry litter in the poultry house to reduce ammonia volatilization.
Purpose:
Over half of the nitrogen excreted by chickens is lost to the atmosphere ...
Article published the July 25, 2012:
I. INTRODUCTIONFarm animal welfare is an important subject in higher income countries particularly in the EU, Switzerland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the USA especially for commercial poultry production...