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Poultry farmers are consistently looking at ways to reduce costs, increase farm efficiencies and maximise their return on investment. For many, the management of poultry litter is one aspect of their operations that presents its own challenges. For fertiliser use, spent litter is commonly perceived ...
Source :
Poultry CRC
Date of publication :
12/14/2012
Views:
888
In August 2013, the world’s poultry veterinarians and poultry health scientists will be holding their global conference in Nantes, France. The conference, known as WVPAC2013 is being hosted by the French Branch of the World Veterinary Poultry Association which globally has well over 2000 membe...
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WVPAC
Date of publication :
12/13/2012
Views:
133
According to researchers at The University of Sydney, free-range broilers and layers are less efficient converters of feed into saleable meat and eggs, and generally have higher mortality than conventionally-reared poultry. In broilers, the performance gap has been quantified as a 10-12 point increa...
Source :
Poultry CRC, PoultryHub
Date of publication :
10/10/2012
Views:
597
ECAT, specialist in hatchery automation for poultry production, and CEVA Santé Animale announce the creation, as a partnership (50% ECAT – 50% CEVA), of a company dedicated to supply In Ovo Injection equipment, called “ECAT In Ovo”.“ECAT In Ovo” will produce, com...
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ECAT
Date of publication :
08/20/2010
Views:
983
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria can persist in chicken manure that is intended for use as a fertilizer on farm fields.
Large piles of aging chicken manure to be used as fertilizer on farm crops can house bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics, finds a study from Johns Hopkins University.
The r...
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Environmentalhealthnews.org
Date of publication :
08/10/2009
Views:
547
In Arkansas, production agriculture is a $4 billion annual industry, three-fourths of which comes from livestock, mainly poultry (EPA, 1998). Modern production agriculture is increasingly regarded as a major source of air pollutants. The trend toward larger and more concentrated animal production co...
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Univ. of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service
Date of publication :
05/18/2009
Views:
578
Poultry producers in the United States have to deal with numerous issues in the day to day operation of their facilities. One important issue is the disposal of their daily mortality. Several options are available to poultry producers, including: burial, incineration, rendering, and composting. Avai...
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Univ. of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service
Date of publication :
04/30/2009
Views:
803
Modern broilers grow at an extremely rapid rate and convert feed to meat with exceptional efficiency. However, this rapid growth rate and conversion efficiency have been associated with an increased susceptibility to heat stress. While a variety of genetic, nutritional, feeding and environmental str...
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Univ. of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service
Date of publication :
04/13/2009
Views:
1479
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found evidence that houseflies collected near broiler poultry operations may contribute to the dispersion of drug-resistant bacteria and thus increase the potential for human exposure to drug-resistant bacteria. The findings demonstr...
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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Date of publication :
03/17/2009
Views:
419
The Delmarva Peninsula, flanking the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay, is home to some 600 million chickens. The resulting poultry manure and some of the chicken house bedding material is usually composted and then spread onto croplands as a fertilizer.
Phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance (...
Source :
Soil Science Society of America press release
Date of publication :
02/09/2009
Views:
117