Dr Kotaiah Talapaneni

QX is a very bad problem. The affected birds look good because ovulation is not affected. The eggs don't form because of damaged oviduct. We see birds with eggs and albumin in the abdomen ( penguin poster. Now a days ib multi strain killed vaccines are available which include qx with respiratory and nephritis strains.

Don't use formulae and computers. See that there is water all ways. Leave the poor birds to decide how much to drink and when.

The condition of the droppings depend on the water they excrete. When they drink more water more water is purged. The birds on feed restriction play with water nipples. Some believe that we should give nipples with higher flow. With our experience we found that nipples with extra flow ( say broiler breeder nipples used in layers) will only harm the management. The birds will never feel shortage of ...

The best alternative is to keep he birds on wirefloor where they do not get litter infection. clean eggs are produced and mechanization possible. increasing the space is a good suggestion. giving up cages totally is suicidal considering the cannabolic endency of birds in large groups

For a small farmer also transport and mixing of liquid product is not more convenient. We india are encouraging small farmers to for 5% 10% 30% feed concentrate mix where all vitamins minerals aminoacids toxin binders are mixed in one pack. 30% concentrate has the protein portion also. The small farmer grinds and mixes the locally available grain portion and the feed cost gets economical.

Layer flocks in cages middle aged at highest peak have less possibility of coccidiosis and necrotic enterprise. Still many flocks show watery droppings. Now a days most of the layer farmers go for least cost formulations, use many sources of protein and stretch Fibre levels to the maximum extent acceptable. There must be some non infection based reasons for this. We tried products like halquinol w ...

At present the standards are 2.0kg in 32days. The genetic progress aimed at and practical is reduction of age by 0.75days per generation ie per year. At this rate achieving 2kg in 25days should be possible by 2032. Definitely not by end of 2023. Welfare people are in favor of slow growing broilers.

Air cool pads cannot stop entry of viruses. There are few specific pathogen free houses which are fitted with microbial filters and the houses are maintained under positive pressure. When the door is opened filtered air comes out but out side air cannot enter the house. S.p.f birds are not vaccinated but live in ultimate disease free environment. The eggs produced from these birds are used for vac ...

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When there is a problem in the flock don't waste time on unproven technology like oils etc. You will waste money and the flock will.be gone. Check for vaccine/ or vaccination failure. Correct it with an expert advice. Resort to proven antibiotic therapy in prescribed dose.