Poultry litter Technical Articles
Article published the May 11, 2022:
INTRODUCTIONBroilers and turkeys are traditionally kept under monotonous environmental conditions, which compromise bird welfare due to inactivity, restriction of the behavioural repertoire and various health h...
Article published the May 10, 2022:
In 2020, the poultry industry had a combined value of over $35.5 billion in the United States. Of that, $21.7 billion came from broiler chicken production (USDA-NASS, 2021). Over 9.22 billion broiler chickens w...
Article published the April 1, 2022:
INTRODUCTIONAlthough rearing the meat poultry in cage systems has recently attracted a lot of attention, however, some of the meat poultry stocks particularly broiler chicken still grow up on the floor of the p...
Article published the April 1, 2022:
Something to consider. If we preheated and ventilated a house long enough prior to chick arrival, the need for a litter treatment would be drastically reduced, if not possibly eliminated. Litter treatments are ...
Article published the March 30, 2022:
The level of ammonia young chicks will be exposed to during the first week of their lives is determined to a large extent by what was done to the litter between the flocks. Towards the end of a flock, the birds...
Article published the March 30, 2022:
Windrowing has become a very popular method of managing litter between flocks. In order to get the most benefit out of windrowing, the litter needs to be relatively damp. How damp? Ideally, the litter moisture ...
Article published the October 12, 2021:
Method detailsSalmonella spp. cause fowl typhoid and pullorum diseases in poultry and are responsible for nontyphoidal Salmonella infection in humans. Prevention of Salmonella infection in chicken flocks is an ...
Article published the September 28, 2021:
1. IntroductionAntimicrobials are routinely used to treat clinical livestock diseases, as well as to control common disease events, or even as animal growth promoters [1]. Though the latter use is not allowed i...
Article published the September 24, 2021:
IntroductionAccording to the FAO, livestock is one of the fastest growing sectors of global agricultural production. It is evolving in response to the rapid increase in demand for products of animal origin...
Article published the September 6, 2021:
INTRODUCTIONSalmonella is a foodborne pathogen of great concern, and often, Salmonella outbreaks are found to originate from poultry (CDC, 2018; CDC, 2019). Every year in the United States, Salmonella is respon...