Poultry Industry Technical Articles
Article published the July 30, 2021:
One of the purposes of preheating a broiler house is to insure the litter is properly dried prior to chick placement. Research has shown that the higher the litter moisture level, the higher the level of ammo...
Article published the July 30, 2021:
It may be difficult to comprehend, but water actually doesn’t “flow” in drinker lines...it slowly drifts. In a way it is more appropriate to consider the flow of water in drinker lines as a po...
Article published the July 30, 2021:
There is a concern amongst many poultry producers that bringing in fresh air on a foggy morning will lead to an increased incidence of litter caking. This is due to belief that the foggy air entering house th...
Article published the July 30, 2021:
Footpad dermatitis is a common type of contact dermatitis in poultry, which means feet are inflamed and show associated corrosive lesions or ulcers on pads and/or toes. Footpad dermatitis lesions often have a...
Article published the July 14, 2021:
Due to the projections of accelerated growth of world population, it is essential to increase the production of proteins from animal and plant origin. Insects have been used as an alternative protein source for...
Article published the July 13, 2021:
1. Introduction
Contact dermatitis is an inflammation and irritation of the skin due to contact with an irritant or allergen. A common type of contact dermatitis in broiler chickens is footpad dermatitis (FPD)...
Article published the July 12, 2021:
1. Introduction
Poultry producers started to raise their commercial chickens indoors as of the 1950s for better disease control, protection from predators, and to integrate their management measures for the pr...
Article published the July 12, 2021:
Introduction
Salmonella is a major foodborne pathogen commonly associated with raw poultry and poultry products causing 1.2 million illnesses, 23,000 hospitalizations and 450 deaths, annually in the United Sta...
Article published the June 25, 2021:
On-Farm Welfare Assessment: Laying Hens
In this newsletter we will provide an overview of animal-based indicators that can be used to assess laying hen welfare on the farm, using measures from the Welfare Qu...
Article published the June 23, 2021:
I. INTRODUCTION
In Bangladesh, duck flock management is practiced using two systems: viz. stationary and nomadic. ‘Nomadic ducks’ are those which scavenge in post-harvest paddy fields during the da...