Poultry Welfare Technical Articles
Article published the January 16, 2019:
Introduction
Appropriate housing conditions have a significant role in successful poultry farming. Poultry birds are mostly reared on floor and cage systems and need accurate management for better health and p...
Article published the January 14, 2019:
It is fairly common practice to operate evaporative cooling pads off both house temperature and an interval timer. For instance, the evaporative cooling pad pump would be set to turn on once house tempe...
Article published the November 6, 2018:
Introduction
Chronic heat stress (HS) is a great concern in all types of poultry especially broiler chickens. Reductions of feed intake (Teeter ., 1985) and lower growth rate as well as reduction in feed effic...
Article published the October 30, 2018:
Introduction
Keeping birds comfortable during hot, humid weather is critical for optimizing weight gains, feed conversion and livability. Improved growth rates and the trend to heavier average market weights c...
Article published the October 23, 2018:
Introduction
Many parameters such as temperature and humidity affect environmental conditions within a poultry house. Heat and cold stresses, wet litter and ammonia emissions are among the extreme conditions a...
Article published the October 5, 2018:
Raising chickens in the United States dates back to the 17th century when the English first brought them here. The chicken was originally domesticated by the English for cock fighting which was considered a spe...
Article published the October 4, 2018:
INTRODUCTION
Lairage times in poultry slaughterhouses usually range from 2 to 4 hours but may vary considerably depending on the logistics and planning of the processing plant. Vieira et al. (2011), who report...
Article published the September 24, 2018:
Silvafeed® plant extracts: a performing natural alternative to antibiotics in maximising gut health
Implementing new practices that aim at improving animal welfare is no easy task. There are diverse signal...
Article published the August 14, 2018:
Recently, news about food companies that are opting to consume cage-free eggs is becoming more frequent. The cage-free system honors the concept of animal welfare advocated by the OIE (World Organization for An...
Article published the July 17, 2018:
Introduction
Recent legislation in Australia, that came into effect from March 2017, states that eggs labelled ‘free-range’ need to be laid by hens with meaningful and regular access to the outdoor...