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Poultry management usually refers to the husbandry practices or production techniques that help to maximize the efficiency of production. Sound management practices are very essential to optimize production. Scientific poultry management aims at maximizing returns with minimum investment. A carefully controlled environment that avoids crowding, chilling, overheating, or frightening is almost universal in poultry farming. Cannibalism, which expresses itself as toe picking, feather picking, and tail picking, is controlled by debeaking at one day of age and by other management practices. The feeding, watering, egg gathering, and cleaning operations are highly mechanized. Birds are usually housed in wire cages with two or three animals per cage, depending on the species and breed, and three or four tiers of cages superposed to save space. Cages for egg-laying birds have been found to increase production, lower mortality, reduce cannibalism, lower feeding requirements, reduce diseases and parasites, improve culling, and reduce both space and labour requirements.
Hi all, anyone with ideas on the possible causes of broilers scratching pelleted feeds from feeders & spilling on the floor? ...
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Introduction On June 21, 2012, Mexico officially reported the presence of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus subtype H7N3 in three commercial egg laying farms in the state of Jalisco. The affected birds showed clinical signs of ruffled feathers, lethargy, anorexia, prostration, depression, and acute death.1 The ages of the infected birds were 32, 72, 75, 84, and 94 weeks. To prevent the dissemination of the disease, health authorities implemented a quarantine,...
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The blockchain community has come a long way over the past couple of years. We have moved from a focus on cryptocurrencies to a wider understanding of different ways we can leverage blockchain technology across industries. I’ve counted more than fifty different initiatives focused on food and agriculture around the world that are doing more than just raising funds through an ICO (Initial Coin Offering) to build a platform. Here are the six main ways I am seeing blockchain applied to...
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Mike Donohue (Agri Stats) discussed long term trends in broiler efficiency and nutrition, as well as the transition to antibiotic-free production, during the Multi-State Poultry Feeding and Nutrition Conference in Indianapolis, USA. ...
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Sustainability: Advanced Lysine source beneficial for farm animals and the environment
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David Wicker (Fieldale Farms) discussed vaccination, selected breeder flocks, nutrition, supervision and other aspects of antibiotic-free production, during the Multi-State Poultry Feeding and Nutrition Conference in Indianapolis, USA....
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Darrin Karcher (Purdue University) discussed the minimum stocking density in this system to achieve sufficient production and welfare conditions -including feather coverage-, during an interview at the Multi-State Poultry Feeding and Nutrition Conference and Silvateam's Technical Symposium in Indianapolis, USA....
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INTRODUCTION The White Leghorn chickens are the most productive white egg layer and are used in commercial egg production all over the world. Leghorn breed is single comb and completely covered in dense white feathers and will lay about 250-300 white eggs annually. Leghornhavebeen a preferred for commercial egg production due to smaller size and over the top egg production. The White Leghorn hen is not considered as broody hen, so most of these eggs would have to be...
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Half of the birds reared worldwide are estimated to suffer from the consequences of heat stress during the summer period. The first visible sign is an increase in the water: feed ratio, however recent research has also shown that excessively hot conditions have an impact on the gut structure and its permeability. Reduced feed consumption and decreased intestinal integrity and function result in the decreased energy intake, animal discomfort and the reduced...
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Brian Jordan (University of Georgia) talks about the advances made in the research of this method, during IPPE 2019 in Atlanta, USA....
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By Adam Speir for CAES News
College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences
University of Georgia
Barn fires have long been known as a potential hazard of storing hay, but a recent barn fire in Madison County, Georgia, revealed another hazard — poultry litter.
It’s never good to get a call from the fire department, but at the end of January, the local fire station called the University of Georgia...
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KEY POINTS Birds ‘reproductive cycle is controlled by changes in day length called as Photoperiod. Birds perceive this photoperiod in two ways: a) Through retinal of the eye to visual cortex and pituitary gland b) Through harderian gland (UVA specific light) which triggers reproductive system Birds are not “stimulated” by the entire period of light, but rather by two important parts of this period. Birds are...
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By Rhea Hebert
NC State Prestage Department of Poultry Science
If you aren’t an active farmer, you might think spring has just finally sprung – but for North Carolina farmers, spring chores start before the scarves come off. For poultry farmers, one chore is spreading poultry litter as fertilizer. To help the farmers get it just right, NC State Extension lends a hand with calibration demos.
While many PDPS faculty have Extension...
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Mixing: guidelines for quality feed production ensuring better animal performance
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1. Introduction All aspects in life need knowledge. Knowledge can be gotten from many sources. Before getting the knowledge, information must be read in proper way. Data owner can present their data in many forms. Sometimes, it can be difficult to extract information if data were presented in wrong ways. This thing can result in wrong knowledge and lead the business to the wrong path. Absolutely, business owners don’t want this thing happens. One critical sector that needs...
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The poultry industry continues to rapidly expand throughout many regions of the world. World production of chicken and eggs is twice the level of only two decades ago. The genetic potential of the broiler, breeder, and egg-type layer has changed dramatically, resulting in a higher producing but more fragile chicken. Thus, the commercial chicken of today requires improved management practices. In today’s highly sophisticated industry, data collection practices implemented by a company...
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Dr. Girish Channarayapatna, Director, Nutrition and Technical Sales at Evonik Animal Nutrition, explains this New digital approach presented at VIV Asia 2019, which allow producers to use sensors and software going beyond just gathering data in order to get a better understanding of the condition of their flocks, helping increase the performance or improve uniformity....
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Human resources and people programs is one of the most important, yet complex, functions in today's poultry and egg industry. Regardless of how sophisticated equipment and machines may be, the success of a company ultimately depends upon its people. People are essential to manage and maintain the complex systems of today, and people must make vital day-to-day decisions.
The Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa will be the venue for this seminar on April 15-17 in Destin,...
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Casey Ritz (University of Georgia) discussed the importance of effective litter management, during IPPE 2019 in Atlanta, USA....
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Yi Liang (University of Arkansas) talked about temperature, humidity and wind variations during transportation, as well as the effect of density, during IPPE 2019 in Atlanta, USA....
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Brian Kiepper (University of Georgia) explained the misconceptions regarding this issue and how it should be analyzed in order to take the right measures, during IPPE 2019 in Atlanta, USA....
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Kenneth Anderson (NC State University) explained his findings regarding time requirements in terms of labor and other factors involved, during IPPE 2019 in Atlanta, USA....
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