Dr. Sudheer

@Nelson Ruíz Hi, what I meant by “good results” is reduction in mortality of heavy birds. If I don’t restrict the feed, I lose more numbers of birds having very good body weight of 2 kg plus. Naturally, my FCR and overall cost of production will reduce when I save these high body weight birds from dying.

@Nelson Ruíz I always got very good results of feed restriction in broilers. The time and length of feed restriction depend on geoclimatic conditions.

@dan hofer How do you achieve climatization of birds?

Hi! Certain contaminants like heavy metals in phytogenic compounds definitely pose a risk to be used in chickens. I've used turmeric (in different forms) through feed & drinking water in chickens to effectively control certain bacterial infections.

Use of paracetamol @10 mg/kg body weight through drinking water two hours prior to expected peak temperature is useful in maintaining body temperature of broilers. In layers, paracetamol can be used through feed.