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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.
Knowing how much water an evaporative cooling system will use during hot weather can prove to be a very useful piece of information. For instance, to properly size well pumps, pressure tanks and water distribution pipes, designers must know the peak...
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Background An H5 HPAIV outbreak that began in December 2014 and lasted 6 months through June 2015 was the 5th highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) outbreak in the US since the 1920’s and was the most geographically widespread. Direct and indirect costs to the US economy were estimated to be near $3.3 billion USD [1]. The hemagglutinin (HA) gene was determined to belong to clade 2.3.4.4 of the goose/Guangdong/1996 (GS/GD/96) H5 lineage of HPAIV and was...
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Brian Fairchild, Professor at the University of Georgia, discussed recent research on temperature, air speed and humidity on poultry housing conditions and ventilation, during IPPE 2017 in Atlanta, USA....
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Introduction During summer, high ambient temperature is one of the most important environmental stressors adversely affecting poultry health [1–2]. Hens to loss heat are limited due to feathering and the absence of sweat glands [1]. A hen can tolerate and adapt to ambient temperatures up to 25°C (77°F); temperatures above this level can lead to heat stress (HS) as a combination of hen’s physical heat production plus the environmental heat load is greater...
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Yeast cell wall improves broiler performance during necrotic enteritis challenge
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Introduction Composting is a natural process where beneficial microorganisms decompose and transform organic materials into a useful and biologically stable end-product that is safe for the environment. This process has worked well for many poultry producers nationwide as a means of processing their daily poultry mortality. Large volumes of poultry mortality have commonly been disposed...
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Stewart Ritchie, President at Canadian Poultry Consultants Ltd., points out the main aspects of Platinum Brooding® program, which offers continuing education teachings about poultry health management, during the Intestinal Health Workshop, at the North Carolina State University, supported by DSM Nutritional Products...
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Water is the most important nutrient for poultry. Unfortunately it is very much neglected by most poultry farmers in Asian countries and other countries in the world. Water has numerous functions in the body of chicken. It is involved in all digestion processes, it transport all nutrients in the body of chicken, regulates the body temperature and is responsible for elimination of wastes from chicken’s body. Most importantly it is involved in numerous metabolic and enzymatic actions in...
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Bacillus amyloliquefaciens CECT 5940 (Ecobiol®) expresses quorum quenching activity
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Incidence in broiler chicks.
Chicks have not started uniformly, drinking and feeding, on arrival.
The signs have started appearing from day 2 and persisted till 7-8 days. First 3 days with high incidence, but later continued in grown up birds as well.
Signs of inco-ordination, head tremor, walking back then progressed to lateral recumbancy and succumbed. Very few had swelling around eyes.
Poor feed consumption and weight gain and variation in size.
On PM, signs of dehydration early on, un...
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On April 24-26, 2017, The UGA Hot Weather Management Workshop will be conducted at the Oconee County Civic Center in Watkinsville, Georgia, a few miles from the University of Georgia.
This intensive training program has been specifically designed for those who want to learn more about the design and management of modern poultry houses. The workshop consists of lectures as well as hands on group exercises designed to help attendees gain a firm understanding of...
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Casey Ritz, Professor and Extension Specialist at the University of Georgia, talked about techniques and management practices to comply with regulations in processing poultry litter, during IPPE 2017 in Atlanta, USA....
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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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Broiler Farming Broilers are chicken raised specially for meat production. Broilers are typically the cross bred of Plymouth Rock and Cornish. Poultry meat is an important source of high quality proteins, minerals, and vitamin to balance the human diet. Advantage of Broiler Farming Initial investment is a little lower than layer farming. Rearing Period is 6-7 weeks...
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A free workshop will be offered to International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) attendees on the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) program. The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY) is sponsoring this free session to provide a basic overview of TRI reporting as well as offer greater details on intricate aspects of the reporting requirements that are routinely confusing and ambiguous due to the lack of endorsed guidance.
This program will be held from 8 – 10:00...
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In recent times i discovered my broiler breeder stock close vent as early as 40 weeks. This has been my major concern as it affects their production. what can likely be the cause of this and how can I prevent re-occurrence.My management practices have been the same for the pass 5 years. Thanks...
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The UGA International Poultry Short Course provides poultry professionals with an intensive educational experience containing relevant, up to date information related to modern broiler production. Topics in the 2017 course will focus on management, health and processing issues related to maximizing performance of the modern broiler.
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Phileo Lesaffre Animal Care Symposium in Brazil focuses on health issues in relation to management practices and proper feed formulation regimes.
With the growing popularity of poultry meat around the world, poultry production is steadily on the increase. As a result, the food safety issue is receiving increased interest, as poultry health is closely related to human...
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On March 27, 2009, the Ontario government introduced Ontario Regulation 106/09, which applies to all producers who manage deadstock on-farm. The new regulation applies to poultry producers, which its predecessor did not, and outlines specific requirements for disposing of deadstock. The new Regulation stipulates specific setback distances for deadstock composting that apply to neighbouring landuses and sensitive features, such as wells and surface...
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On November 14-16, 2016, the UGA Cold Weather Management Workshop will be conducted at the Oconee County Civic Center in Watkinsville, Georgia, a few miles from the University of Georgia. This intensive training program has been specifically designed for those who want to learn more about the design and management of modern poultry houses. The workshop consists of lectures as well as hands on group exercises designed to help attendees gain a firm understanding of the principles...
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Introduction Food safety refers to “a scientific discipline describing handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent foodborne illness. This includes a number of routines that should be followed to avoid potentially severe health hazards.” Food safety has always been of prime concern among the food manufacturing world. Foodborne diseases might just be yet another aspect of food safety, but...
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