manoj Singh

Acidification can also help in early protein digestion. Acidity also plays a major factor in the transformation of pepsinogen to pepsin, which is essential for protein digestion. Lysine digestibility in day-old broilers is 78%, but rises to above 89% by 14 days of age. Therefore, acidification of the water may benefit early protein digestion by slightly reducing the buffering of the feed passing f ...

The deep pectoral myopathy can be induced by vigorous wing flapping in both broilers and turkey which results in breast muscles contracting and the deep pectoral muscles filled with blood and due to the inelastic sheath around the muscle the pressure within the muscles increases which reduces blood flow in and out of the muscle. This can then result in muscle cell death in deep pectoral muscles. V ...

In my view, if we ignore the poultry welfare issues, cage rearing is more advantageous in the following prospects: no expenditure on litter, less incidences of coccidiosis, reduced cannibalism, better growth and feed efficiency, less feed wastage, cleaning and disinfection become easier.

Uniformity in day-old chicks is increasingly important as a contributor to economic efficiency. Producing chicks of a uniform size requires two basic conditions: an optimised incubation process, which depends on the quality of the incubators and the incubation programmes – and uniformly sized hatching eggs, which relies upon many factors linked to the breeder farm. Breed, the age of the hen, the h ...

Higher temperatures – possibly due to global warming – decreased precipitation, and the reduced flow of surface and ground water could concentrate contaminants (nutrients) in drinking water. This will lead to faster, more widespread, and higher intensity eutrophication. Higher environmental temperatures will also accelerate bacteria and algae growth in water lines. Therefore, the best defense is ...