Poultry Industry Technical Articles
Article published the August 23, 2011:
Introduction
Intestinal colonization and shedding of pathogenic bacteria in animal feces is an important issue in both human food safety and animal health. Animal feed due to its composition provides a favorab...
Article published the November 10, 2010:
Introduction The impact of gastrointestinal disease ranges from erosive to catastrophic, and considerable time, effort and financial resources are devoted to limiting the risk and consequence of disease challen...
Article published the October 19, 2010:
ABSTRACT: The principal objective of this experiment was to determine the effects of dietary betaine on IGF-I, IGFBP-3 and IGFBP-1 secretion and IGF-I mRNA gene expression in the serum and liver of laying hens....
Article published the October 13, 2010:
The aim of the study was to determine the effect of dietary supplementation of organic acids on the performance, intestinal histomorphology, and blood biochemistry of broiler chicken. The birds in the con...
Article published the October 12, 2010:
Intestinal integrity for commercial poultry can be defined as the maintenance of intestinal health to enable the expression of the full genetic potential for growth and yield and to fully utilize the dietary nu...
Article published the September 27, 2010:
Most of published trials are conducted in experimental farms, under good conditions, and generally give better performance than average field ones. We can then question about the practical use of these results ...
Article published the September 20, 2010:
AbstractPhytogenic alternative (Natchol#) for synthetic choline was evaluated by monitoring the performance of commercial broilers on economic traits, accumulation of liver fat, gross & histopathology of li...
Article published the September 15, 2010:
1. Introduction Diet formulation and the reduction in dietary protein levels, considered essential for the achievement of economic goals and to protect the environment, necessitate a better understanding of ami...
Article published the September 13, 2010:
Many studies are carried out under perfect husbandry conditions within experimental research farms, i.e. individual housing or small pens with good access to feeding and drinking equipment (less competition for...
Article published the May 20, 2010:
The increase in demand for cheap food and advent of modern production methods in agriculture have given rise to the use of synthetic compounds in feed, for example, sub-therapeutic antibiotic supplementation. F...