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Broiler Management: The First 24 Hours

Published: July 7, 2008
Summary
More than 30 billion broiler chicks are produced worldwide on an annual basis. Fifteen billion of these are produced in the Americas. Due to the poultry industry's tendency towards more intensive production practices and increased automation, the tender loving care  once afforded to chickens in grow-out has been replaced with a mass production mentality . As a result, newly hatched chicks are of...
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Gary Butcher
University of Florida
University of Florida
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gaber akgarhy
9 de julio de 2015
good article we need more information about ventillation on closed systems
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