Poultry Industry Technical Articles
Article published the May 15, 2019:
Vitamins and minerals are the key ingredients of the poultry ration and their role in normal body functions, growth, and reproduction is well known. Their supplementation in ration has given utmost importance b...
Article published the May 10, 2019:
The Problem
Endotoxins are potentially toxic compounds from bacterial origin. The most well-known endotoxins are lipopolysaccharides (LPS), which are part of the cell wall of Gram-negative bacteria. In poultry...
Article published the May 6, 2019:
Role of Vitamin C is very well known to all. With other essential functions as vitamins, it also has a very role as antioxidant and stress buster. Although most of the farm animals can synthesize vitamin C in...
Article published the May 6, 2019:
Introduction
The growth performance of broiler poultry chickens that reared at cold arid high altitude Himalayas is very poor in spite of stunning progress that has been achieved in broiler poultry industry in...
Article published the May 2, 2019:
INTRODUCTION
Sub-therapeutic levels of antibiotics have been used in feed as growth promoters (AGP) in poultry and other species in an attempt to control enteric diseases and improve feed conversion since the ...
Article published the April 30, 2019:
Introduction
Necrotic enteritis (NE) is a multi-factorial disease, resulting in an important negative impact on the poultry industry due to decreased weight gain, increased mortality, worse feed conversion rat...
Article published the April 15, 2019:
Abstract
Since the ban of using antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) in livestock in several countries, probiotics have been considered as possible alternative. Spore forming bacteria that belong to Bacillus spe...
Article published the April 12, 2019:
The use of antibiotic growth promoters (AGP) has been the cornerstone of broiler industry in the effort to enhance growth performance and stabilize animal’s health status. Since the 2006 ban of AGP in the...
Article published the April 9, 2019:
Abstract
An experimental direct-fed microbial (DFM) was evaluated in a dose- response trial to determine broiler live performance to 42 d with Coccivac® B at placement (d 0), used litter on d 4, and toxin-...
Article published the April 9, 2019:
Abstract
Necrotic enteritis (NE) caused by Clostridium perfringens (CP) is a devasting bacterial disease responsible for economic losses, by increasing mortality because of damage to the broiler small intestin...