Participation in Forum on December 9, 2024
from my personal experience from the field, the following practices can be helpful to reduce mortalities or other economic losses due the IBH, E Coli, Salmonella and Mycotoxins -1. Drinking water hygiene and sanitation - Daily sanitation of the drinking water is a must and periodic cleaning of the pipelines (after every flock in broilers or at 20th days in the high E. coli load areas). This practi ...
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In feed formulation, Six Sigma methodology helps achieve high-quality standards by minimizing variability. Applying it to ingredients like maize and soybean meal allows us to control nutrient content precisely, ensuring consistency in feed quality. A bell curve (normal distribution) visually represents the variability in a nutrient (like crude protein, CP) and helps identify a target range that ca ...
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An estimated 7.3 million tonnes of food waste are dumped annually in Australia, leading to substantial environmental and economic losses (Arcadis, 2019). Additionally, poultry feed represents the majority of production cost. Therefore, an experiment was designed to evaluate food waste as a feed for laying hens. A total of 150 Isa Brown laying hens at 24 weeks of age were allocated to 3 treatments ...
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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.
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Jose Roberto Gonçalves (Regulatory and Institutional Affairs Director at BRF) comments on the goals of the Brazilian poultry industry and offers insights on consumer expectations, in this Engormix interview.
Participation in Forum on November 4, 2024
Dear Sir & OPTIMA team,Thanks for sharing such an informative article about the Protein Quality in SOYA BEAN MEALS through Ureage activity parameters. It is a special need for the feed manufacturer in Nort Eastern India, especially in Assam & Tripura where most of the time adulterated & improperly processed SOYA (Hypro too) are being supplied. Just to share and inform that there is a v ...
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Protein quality of the soybean meal is the result of amino acid present in the meal and the portion in the bioavailable form to the animals. While intending to utilize the same for monogastric animals, it has to be properly heat processed so as to minimize the anti nutritional effect and thereby increasing the digestibility of amino acids present in the meal. At the same time as known to everyone, ...
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High stocking density and environmental factors such as acute heat stress, health challenges, bacterial or viral exposure, and mycotoxin-contaminated diets may cause serious stress of laying in modern intensive egg production systems. Laying hens under immunological stress are susceptible to pathogen infection due to an imbalance in immune response and cecal microbiota. Laying hens that are raised ...
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Suresh Chitturi (Managing Director, Srinivasa Farms) comments on India’s main strengths, consumer trends, and the evolution of poultry operations in the country, during this Engormix interview.
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The avian respiratory system has a unique structure that provides the birds the most efficient respiration among all terrestrial vertebrates. It is essential to allow flight, a highly energetic activity that requires a fast metabolism together with a remarkably effective oxygen supply. The respiratory system in birds consists of a paired static lungs, where the gas exchange happens, and conne ...