Poultry Industry Technical Articles
Article published the May 24, 2017:
Introduction
It is well known that antibiotic growth promoters (AGP) can improve production performance in birds (1) although the exact mode of action is still not completely understood. According to (2), a ...
Article published the May 18, 2017:
1. Introduction
Meat-and-bone meal (MBM) is a potential source of protein, calcium and phosphorus in poultry diets for some parts of the world, including Australia, China and Southeast Asia. However, there are...
Article published the May 18, 2017:
1. INTRODUCTION
Food contaminated with bacterial pathogens is still a problem worldwide. One method to reduce / eliminate foodborne pathogens is to add antimicrobials to food marinades [1]. To reduce bacterial...
Article published the May 18, 2017:
1. Introduction
Pelleting is the most used thermal processing method in poultry industry. The aim of pelleting processing is to agglomerate ingredients particles by mechanical action, in combination with moist...
Article published the May 17, 2017:
Throughout the human history, utilization of antimicrobials in food production and human health have been greatly favored. Tremendous improvement in farm animal production and historically unprecedented enhance...
Article published the May 12, 2017:
Introduction
Plants derivatives are a source of natural additives such as herbs and their extracts can be valuable alternatives as they play a significant role in health and nutrition. They have many f...
Article published the May 12, 2017:
INTRODUCTION
The poultry industry is one of the most viable and popular agricultural business industries in Nigeria. The industry has been pitched on a solid ground such that it has become a means of livelihoo...
Article published the April 27, 2017:
Background
The cleidoic avian egg is a highly ordered structure and the recognized hallmark of reproduction in birds. During egg formation, the accumulation of liver-secreted egg yolk proteins takes place in t...
Article published the April 27, 2017:
1. Introduction
The pelleting operation is one of the most expensive processes with regards to the fixed and variable costs. For this reason, efficient pellet production is aimed and pellet press sh...
Article published the April 27, 2017:
Introduction
Aspergillosis is frequent, economically important, fungal disease of different avian and mammal species caused by fungi of the genus Aspergillus. The disease is characterized by inflammatory chang...