Phytogenics for Poultry Technical Articles
Article published the August 24, 2021:
Introduction
Achieving the best fertility is the only goal for successful running of any breeder operation. Advanced genetic selection in broiler breeding has led to tremendous improvements in progeny performa...
Article published the August 23, 2021:
1. Introduction
Phytogenic feed additives (PFA) are the plant derived products used to improve performance of livestock and poultry (Windisch et al., 2008; Jacela et al., 2010). The PFA comprise of a wide vari...
Article published the July 26, 2021:
Thermal stress happens when the animal leaves its thermal comfort zone, it means neither too cold nor too hot, let's say it feels good. In both of the cases, the stress due to heat and cold, the problem i...
Article published the July 13, 2021:
The liver is a key organ for the health and productivity of poultry and plays a significant part in the digestion, metabolism and utilization of nutrients.
The liver is involved in the metabolism of fats, ca...
Article published the June 4, 2021:
1. Introduction
Contamination with Salmonella affects an estimate of 20% of poultry meat [1]. This pathogen has the ability to remain viable for considerable periods of time in various biological and nonbiolog...
Article published the May 7, 2021:
1. Introduction
Monogastric animal production, in particular the poultry production sector, is growing continuously, driven mostly by the demand for meat and eggs. However, this rapidly growing industry and th...
Article published the April 28, 2021:
Article published the April 26, 2021:
I. INTRODUCTION
Management of coccidiosis has traditionally been via medication or vaccination. Anticoccidial programmes typically comprise a chemical and an ionophore component. Ionophores are under increasin...
Article published the April 20, 2021:
A 42-day study was carried out to evaluate the growth performance, immune organ weight, digestive organ weight, ceca short chain fatty acids (SCFA) profile, and ileum histomorphology responses of broiler chicke...
Article published the March 22, 2021:
I. INTRODUCTION
Over the last few decades, laying hen performance potential has largely been improved by genetic selection: egg production increased from 11.8 to 21.0 kg eggs per hen housed, FCR reduced from 3...