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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.
INTRODUCTION In recent years, chicken has been extensively being used for human nutrition and protein supply. Due to fast growth, ease of feeding, using enclosed space, and supplying requisite materials of human body, broiler farming has special advantages. Thank to increasing demand for this product and fast growth of population, use of modern knowledge and suitable scientific and technical methods is crucial for...
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Video about Alternative layer houses. The optimal control of freedom of the layers in modern housing systems....
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The objective of this video is explore ways to make the quality control program more effective in reducing feed cost and improving poultry productivity. The program enables us to interpret variations in nutrient levels, detect feed problems before birds are negatively affected, evaluate and compare ingredient suppliers, detect adulteration, and provide valuable information for interpreting possible feed effects on field problems. ...
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Marco Baumann, Director Market Segment Feed at Buhler, speaks about feed milling efficiency, grinding systems and the effect of particle size and particle distribution in feed. ...
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In the late 1950´s it took approximately 50 days for a male broiler to reach a weight of 1.7 lbs. By the early 2000´s the same weight could be reached at 21 days of age (Havenstein, et. al, 2003). Today it can be reached in as little as 18 days. One of the many challenges of managing today´s fast growing broilers is maintaining proper litter quality. In general, a fast growing bird consumes feed at a higher rate than a slower...
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INTRODUCTION The high incidence of injuries and thermoregulatory problems during transport is associated with poor welfare and represents a considerable loss to the broiler industry, especially in the tropics. Broilers have limited ability to cope with heat stress, resulting in mortality rates that exceed 1% during the hottest days (Ritz et al., 2005). ...
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Since consumers are becoming more and more interested in animal welfare, there is an increasing concern about how some practices can affect the welfare of chickens and the quality of the finished product due to cramped conditions. I would like to know your opinion about the alternative farming methods like enriched cages, cage-free farming, free range and organic. Look forward to hearing your experiences!!! ...
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Introduction High intensity production agriculture in developed countries such as those in Western Europe and North America, are embroiled in environmental controversy. Air, surface water and ground water pollution threats are frequent newspaper headlines and subjects for litigation. Growing public concern for our environment, as well as increased local, state and federal regulations, present a tremendous challenge for the livestock and food...
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Good morning, we have approximately 2000 eggs and I have a question regarding the disinfectant or detergent used for cleaning eggs for sale, as well as the different systems that I can implement to do so...In fact, I´m more worried about disinfection than cleaning. Any advice? ...
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Despite our strenuous prevention effort, notorious diseases create havoc in poultry industry. Time & again the dreaded virus have struck in poultry farms and threatened to collapse of poultry industry in affected areas.
There may be endless discussion on causative agent and mode of transmission of this lethal disease but one thing is for sure, there has definitely been a lacuna in Bio-security adherence.
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Alternative poultry production, particularly pasture-based production, offers opportunities for producers interested in boosting incomes, diversifying operations, and providing a specialty product for consumers. A day-range system was implemented in this study using portable net fencing around a house to make multiple camps allowing chickens access to fresh sites weekly similar to the "Yarding" system used by a majority of rural South Africans. The study was conducted to evaluate the...
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The Maslow pyramid as prediction tool for market conditions As proposed by Abraham Maslow in his 1943 paper 'A theory of human motivation', the stage of moral development changes the needs of humans. The first level covers basic physiological needs for survival, like air, water and food. In the second level of safety needs, one starts to care about his personal and financial security, as well as his health and...
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The welfare of poultry is a key concern to veterinarians and poultry producers in developed countries of the world. In developing countries where poultry welfare may not currently be a primary concern at present, it likely to become more important in the future as the global trend of increasing awareness of animal welfare develops further. There are many factors which impact on, and influence poultry welfare...
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Dr. John Khul, Nutritionist, was invited to give a lecture at the customer meeting organized by cabaña Avícola Feller together with Hy Line International in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ...
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