Frederic Paris

Good evening Dr Leeson.I have a question regarding broilers.I see in your article that for fully feathered layers the ideal temperature is 26 degrees C.What would the ideal temperature be for fully feathered broiler grown to 32 days taking humidity into consideration?Most broiler handbooks and articles says between 21 and 23 degrees.

Mario, always good to talk to you. Mash vs. pellets adds another dimension to feed intake. For broilers, it’s obvious that the physical density of a pelleted feed allows for faster intake of a given quantity of feed. Pellet size likewise influences time spent feeding. Both these factors greatly impact intake and growth after about 25d at higher stocking densities, when we invariably see slow ...

@Pol Tarce Actually there is also Copper Sulphate in Selko pH, so it algae shouldn't form when the product is used in the right way. The quality of the water and the water system could play a role, also the use of medications and vitamins could have caused the clogging of your filters, but as said by mr. Paris when you use a proper peroxide product between the flocks, you should get rid of the clo ...

Dear Dr Fawad Khalil Organic acids that are used in animal nutrition are most effective at low pH. For this reason, its action is more efficient in the region close to the proventricle and decreases considerably in the duodenum where the pH is above 5. This is because the organic acids used in nutrition have pKa below 5, consequently the mixtures of these acids will be buffered in the intestinal ...

Dear.. Thanks for the interesting topic and information. It's not always easy to manage the drinking water quality parameters. Could you explain how you are able to reduce the pH of the drinking water, while using BUFFERED organic acids ? And furthermore how do you avoid (negative) interactions between the three groups of ingredients : buffered organic acids, monoesters of MCFA's and Essential ...

dan hofer gut acidification really only happens in the crop/proventriculous. Beyond that point he bird will buffer the digests with pancreatic secretions, regardless of which acid is used. The exception being the use of protected/encapsulated acids, which don’t acidify the foregut, and only the hind gut to the extent they are released from their protection/encapsulation technology. In essenc ...