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Water is a critical nutrient that receives little attention until a problem arises. Not only should producers make an effort to provide water in adequate quantity, they should also know what is in the water that will be flowing through the water lines to be used in evaporative cooling systems and consumed by the birds. Water is needed for bird consumption, reducing air temperature (including evaporative cooling pad and fogging systems) and facility sanitation. Broilers consume approximately 1.6 to 2.0 times as much water as feed on a weight basis. Water is a critical nutrient in bird metabolism and nutrition. From a physiology perspective, water consumed by the bird is used for nutrient transportation, enzymatic and chemical reactions in the body, body temperature regulation and lubrication of joints and organs. There is a strong relationship between feed and water consumption; therefore, water can be used to monitor flock performance.
Antibiotics are commonly used in food animals to promote growth and prevent disease, as well as to treat sick animals. This has led to the development of antibiotic resistant pathogens and subsequently different countries have banned the use of antibiotics as growth promotion (AGPs). To eliminate the use of AGPs and to maintain animal productivity, some farmers have been using live microorganisms in the feed as feed supplements which beneficially affects the host animal by improving its...
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How to determine the nutritional quality of feeds and raw materials?
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Water is one of the most important feed ingredients in the diet. Clean water improves the animal’s performance and acidifying drinking water may even suppress bacteria that have a negative influence on performance. But there’s more to acidifying the water than just adding a simple acid. By Ing. Pascal Philipsen, technical-marketing manager Impextraco, Belgium We sometimes tend to forget that drinking water has a large impact on the health...
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The brooding period is important to getting chicks off to a good start and influences flock performance. Depending on the market weight, the brooding period represents as much as 1/3 of the grow-out period. The chick is still developing and will grow rapidly during this period. The objective is to minimize stress on the chick so that the majority of the energy is directed towards growth and development. Below are five common issues seen during the brooding period that can have a negative...
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Water is a necessary component of producing a safe and wholesome source of protein. While the poultry and the egg industry has a long history of efficiently utilizing water in poultry and egg processing plants, the industry consistently faces new challenges ranging from bacteria thresholds in stormwater to the carryover of antimicrobial compounds into wastewater treatment plants. The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY) is hosting an education program that examines some of the...
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Joseph Hess, Professor and Extension Specialist at Auburn University, talked about moisture in poultry litter, water quality, and environmental concerns, during IPPE 2017 in Atlanta, USA....
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Effects of Deoxynivalenol-Contaminated Diets on Metabolic and Immunological Parameters in Broiler Chickens
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Hi, My name is Boni Ikhlas..an analyst at university Sains Malaysia. i want to ask about water holding capacity value of poultry meat (like chicken, ostrich, quail etc). Thanks for attention. ...
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Water is considered an essential nutrient. While an animal can survive for a week or so without food, water deprivation can only be tolerated for a few days. Water is important for a variety of bodily functions that include but are not limited to nutrient transportation, body temperature regulation, lubrication of joints and organs, enzymatic/chemical processes including those related to feed digestion. A large number of factors can influencewater...
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Pre-slaughter fasting, is a routine practice in the poultry industry, the purpose of reducing contamination at the slaughter house, as well as expenses associated to contamination, due to the fact that the feed intake of this animals before processing, is not transformed into meat. Fasting starts at the farm, with the feed withdrawal, but water is still administered until birds are...
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Poultry production has increased considerably in the last decade. This increase has also raised concerns about food safety and, consequently, there have been increasingly rigid laws on the production of these foods from the farm to the industry, in order to control pathogens with zoonotic features such as Salmonella. This bacterium is responsible for food-borne infections in...
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This is an interesting forum from our Spanish community, generated by the Veterinarian Fabián Ruiz Herrera from Peru:
I wonder if there is any scientific experience in the addition of B Complex in drinking water in poultry production?? ...
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Reducing water hardness may increase its ability to remove bacteria from broiler chicken skin, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Athens, Ga. Water hardness varies in different geographical locations, but most water tested in the United States has some degree of hardness.
"Hard" water has higher concentrations of dissolved minerals, such as calcium and magnesium. Water is softened by removing these minerals, either mechanically or...
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Fecal contamination of broiler carcasses is strictly regulated by the USDA-Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS). Under current inspection rules, FSIS requires the removal of all visible fecal contamination by trimming or washing the carcass, either on or off the processing line. These carcasses are then subject to reinspection and must meet finished product standards applied by plant employees and verified by FSIS inspectors before the carcasses enter the chiller. In some facilities, when...
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Since contaminated water can transmit serious diseases to birds, poultry owners should always provide good quality water for their flocks. “We know that avian influenza can be spread through water that wild ducks have been on,” says Gerald Hauer, assistant chief provincial veterinarian. “Most people know to keep their poultry away from dugouts and ponds, but we want to remind them to treat that water before they let their birds drink it.” To determine...
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APIs and Vitamin MARKET - The weak demand for the APIs
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Chilling is an important step in processing poultry carcasses before marketing of the birds, and there are different ways to do it. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists at the Richard B. Russell Research Center in Athens, Ga., recently compared two chilling methods to determine which better suits processors' needs. Food technologist Julie Northcutt, formerly with the ARS Poultry Processing and Swine Physiology Research Unit at Athens, and food technologist Doug Smith, in the...
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Air-chilled is red hot. In the world of poultry, natural, free-range and organic have become all-too familiar labels. Now, look for another one at high-end grocery stores near you: air-chilled. The air-chilling process, common in Western Europe for more than 45 years, is still fairly new in the United States. It refers to a specific method used to cool chickens after slaughtering. Most chickens in this country are processed by being immersed in ice water. By contrast, air-chilling...
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Proposals setting out how farmers might help to improve water quality by making changes to their farming practices were published yesterday in three consultation documents from Defra. • The revised Code of Good Agricultural Practice, which offers practical guidance to farmers, brings together into a single document the previously separate codes for Air, Soil and Water. It provides the base line of protection for waters from nitrate and phosphate pollution. • The Nitrates...
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Providing a clean, safe and sanitized water supply is crucial in assuring flocks perform their best. However, before implementing a daily water sanitation program, it is important to thoroughly clean as much of the water distribution system as possible. Line cleaning is necessary before providing birds with sanitized drinking water because even low levels of sanitizer placed in dirty water lines can result in the biofilm sloughing off, which clogs drinkers so that water is...
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