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Don’t let Rodents Nibble Away your Profits
Damage By RodentsDid you know that a single rat eats as much as 20 to 40 pounds of feed a year? Multiply this by 1000 and you can experience a loss that will impact feed conversion that will affect your bottom ...
Author: By Susan E. Watkins (Extension Poultry Specialist) - Center of Excellence for Poultry Science,...
Publication date: 09/24/2008    Rating:    Views: 906

Feed Withdrawal: Effects on Contamination and Carcass Yield
Removal of feed and water from market-aged broilers and turkeys before catch and live haul is a standard management practice that has been used by the poultry industry for many years. The primary reason for hol...
Author: Julie K. Northcutt, Ph.D. - The University of Georgia, Department of Poultry Science - Governm...
Publication date: 08/04/2008    Rating:    Views: 1019

Hatching-Egg Production, Storage and Sanitation
The most important step in egg sanitation is the production of nest-clean eggs. This requires a carefully planned management system. The following practices have proved useful in producing clean hatching eggs a...
Author: Ralph A. Ernst, Extension Poultry Specialist, Animal Science Department - University of Califo...
Publication date: 08/01/2008    Rating:    Views: 1297

Weighing Broiler Breeder Females Post Feeding
Obtaining accurate body weights is a critical part of the process of rearing replacement broiler breeder pullets and managing breeder hens and males. From the first few weeks of age in the pullet house, all fee...
Author: R. Keith Bramwell, Jon R. Moyle, Doug E. Yoho and Bob S. Harper - University of Arkansas Divis...
Publication date: 07/28/2008    Rating:    Views: 1223

Broiler Management: The First 24 Hours
More than 30 billion broiler chicks are produced worldwide on an annual basis. Fifteen billion of these are produced in the Americas. Due to the poultry industry's tendency towards more intensive production pra...
Author: G. D. Butcher, DVM, Ph.D.; and Amir H. Nilipour, Ph.D. - Institute of Food and Agricultural Sc...
Publication date: 07/07/2008    Rating:    Views: 1813

Sanitation, Cleaning, and Disinfecting Poultry Facilities
Diseases and infections have always been a major concern to the poultry industry. Fortunately, microbial contamination can be prevented and controlled using proper management practices and modern health product...
Author: Tom W. Smith, Ph.D., Extension Poultry Specialist - Mississippi State University Extension Ser...
Publication date: 06/25/2008    Rating:    Views: 921

Light intensity management and relation with liveability
Light intensity during the rearing periodLight intensity is important during the first days of the rearing period in order to encourage the activity of the chicks to discover their environment and to find ver...
Author: Hendrix Genetics
Publication date: 08/29/2006    Rating:    Views: 736

Research Profiles Processing Plant Wastewater Discharges
Recently completed research funded by the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association profiled processing plant wastewater discharges. The study is part of the association’s extensive industry research program encompass...
Author: sylvia Small
Publication date: 0/0/    Rating:    Views: 1001

Hatching Egg Storage - How It Affects Embryo Survival
(Summary by Nancy Fischer of the University of Saskatchewan of papers presented at the 1997 annual meeting of the Poultry Science Association) Some recent research conducted at North Carolina State Univer...
Author: Poultry Industry Council (Canada)
Publication date: 0/0/    Rating:    Views: 1728

Fecal Contamination of Broiler carcasses
While a number of factors can influence bacterial contamination of chicken carcasses, one of the leading causes is fecal contamination at the processing plant. Improper plant handling and equipment that is ...
Author: Poultry Industry Council (Canada)
Publication date: 0/0/    Rating:    Views: 613