Poultry Industry Technical Articles
Article published the March 18, 2021:
Stress is a nonspecific response of the body to any demand. This biological response to stimuli that disturb its normal biological equilibrium. In this discussion, big Stressor is stress of heat external & ...
Article published the March 18, 2021:
Lipids represent a group of organic compounds including fatty acids or their derivatives and are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents. They are mainly made of carbon and hydrogen and, in a lesse...
Article published the March 17, 2021:
Background Avian influenza (AI) is an infectious viral disease that mainly affects the respiratory or digestive system. The avian influenza viruses (AIV) affect different species of wild and domestic birds [1]....
Article published the March 17, 2021:
INTRODUCTION
Mycotoxins are structurally diverse compounds produced by filamentous fungi. Contamination of foods and feeds with mycotoxins is a significant problem worldwide (Hussein and Brasel, 2001). The maj...
Article published the March 15, 2021:
1. Introduction
In free-range and aviary housing systems, individual hen behavior can vary significantly, such that, some hens rarely access the outdoors while others utilize the range regularly [1–4]. F...
Article published the March 15, 2021:
INTRODUCTION
Producing food from farmed animals is a large and very complex process that occurs in integrated networks made up of many individual animal producers, supporting businesses (veterinarians, f...
Article published the March 15, 2021:
VACCINE FAILURES: WHY AND WHEN DO THEY OCCUR?
Vaccination seeks to generate a protective immune response against a disease. Therefore, a vaccine failure occurs when a disease appears despite bird...
Article published the March 12, 2021:
DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM
Broiler diets are mainly composed of vegetable feedstuffs. These ingredients usually consist of high amount of P in the phytate form (60 to 80%). The phytate form that is found in plants...
Article published the March 9, 2021:
Introduction
Salmonellosis is one of the major foodborne diseases in developed countries [1]. It is known to be closely related to the consumption of contaminated food of animal origin, including eggs and poul...
Article published the March 9, 2021:
Challenges in poultry nutrition
Today, commercial poultry nutrition no longer encompasses just the ‘pure’ delivery of the nutrients needed by the animals for their preservation, growth and health. ...