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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.
1. Introduction Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen of notable concern, especially due to its growth under household refrigeration temperatures (40 ◦F, 4 ◦C) and at a pH range of 4.5 to 9.6 [1–3]. Listeria monocytogenes has been subdivided into four phylogenetic evolutionary lineages due to variations in ecology recombination rates and genomic content [4,5]. Lineage I consist of most human clinical isolates and includes serotypes 1/2b, 3b, 3c, and 4b...
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Watery and sticky droppings in layers have been a problem in the egg industry for years. Wet droppings or diarrhea in chickens are early indicators of intestinal distress and can give a producer crucial information about the general gut health of their flock. Poultry litter becomes wet when the rate of water addition exceeds the rate of removal. Poor quality ingredients, toxins, pathogens and nutrient imbalances can cause wet litter directly by altering normal digestive physiology or...
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Dr. Mário Penz (Cargill) talks about how to keep improving nutrition analysis, taking into account digestibility coefficients and ingredient quality, among other factors, during this Engormix interview....
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The environment can be defined as the combination of external conditions which have an impact on animals and humans. Perhaps the most important physiological response of poultry to the environment is the constant maintenance of a homoeothermic state during exposure to extreme ambient temperatures. Environmental stress causes adverse effects on performance of poultry. There are different types of stressors,...
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Global poultry industry scenario The value of the worldwide poultry market increased significantly between 2022 and 2023, from $352.02 billion to $378.84 billion, representing a 7.6% CAGR. Experts predict that the poultry market will continue to expand and reach $487.39 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 6.5% (research and markets,). Producing chicken on a big scale comes with several issues, including rising production costs, concerns about animal welfare, a manpower...
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The first International Avian Influenza Summit will be a hybrid event hosted in Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA on October 16-17, 2023.
Meet some of the speakers that will appear in this event:
Alberto Torres,...
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AMINONIR® Portable enables the reliable determination of energy, nutrients in feed raw materials and feed, as well as amino acids in feed raw materials, on-site and independent of a laboratory. The hand-held device connects with the user’s tablet or cell phone. It only requires mobile signal reception and a handful of feed or raw material without further sample preparation to determine their quality at almost any location within minutes....
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I Introduction As the single greatest nutrient input into the production of eggs and meat, water quality and quantity deserve careful attention to assure optimal flock performance. Twenty-five years of assisting the poultry industry worldwide with identifying and correcting drinking water challenges provides the foundation of experience and expertise which will be shared in this paper. Birds are fairly tolerant of most contaminants in drinking water. While standards exist for...
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I. Introduction Eggs are an affordable raw agricultural commodity with a high nutrient density. Eggs serve a key role in diets around the world. Maintaining the quality of eggs is a worldwide concern. Generally, there are three types of egg quality: 1) physical, 2) functional, and 3) microbial. During this presentation, all three types of egg quality will be discussed and factors which influence egg quality characteristics will be explained. Understanding the types of egg quality, as...
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Visual assessments for health and welfare of broiler flocks are regularly performed by farm staff walking through the shed. However, common welfare indicators like footpad dermatitis and hockburn require manual handling of the flock and an automated measurement is desirable. There is potential for automated camera monitoring to complement human inspections for detection of health and welfare conditions and perform additional flock monitoring tasks. A proof-of-concept machine vision system...
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How can the Poultry industry in India support sustainable and inclusive economic development? Hear what Mr. O.P. Singh - Managing Director of ABTL Enzymes, has to say about it
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What role do public-private partnerships play in driving innovation and investment in the Indian poultry sector? Mr. O.P. Singh, Managing Director of ABTL Enzymes, shares his point of view on this subject
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by Sam Shafer
Poultry scientists investigate microbial presence in low and high stocking densities
As consumer demand for eggs from “free range” chickens grows, a big question lingers: what is the best stocking density for chickens in free range conditions?
Now a new study in The Journal of Applied Poultry Research provides important data on how free range stocking density affects the risk of spreading...
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Darrin Karcher (Purdue University) talks to Sam Shafer (PSA) about the reasons behind the increase in egg prices. In this episode of Let's Squawk About It, they discuss supply chain, new restrictions, labor shortage, and inflation as some of the factors involved....
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Elizabeth Doughman (WATT Global Media) talks to Sam Shafer (PSA) about poultry welfare during transportation. In this episode of Let's Squawk About It, they discuss how truck sensors are giving insights into the temperature, humidity, and other environmental conditions of the vehicle where poultry are kept during transportation. The system notifies key stakeholders, including the driver, in the event there are complications....
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I. Introduction The Paris climate agreement (COP21) is a legally binding international treaty, adopted by 196 parties and entered into force in November 2016 (United Nations, 2015). Article 2A of the agreement set the goal of limiting global warming to well below 2 °C, with an aspirational goal of pursuing efforts to limit temperature increases to 1.5 °C, below preindustrial levels. More importantly, the Paris Climate Agreement also set the goal of peaking greenhouse gas...
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This award recognizes the achievements of PSA members in the early stages of their career in poultry extension. It is given every other year.
Shawna Weimer
University of Arkansas
Originally from Iowa, Shawna Weimer received her BS and MS degrees in Animal...
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What are some management solutions to address heat stress? Hear what Andras Palla, Regional Technical Manager-Poultry at Trouw Nutrition Asia Pacific, has to say about it...
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Aaron Cowieson (DSM) speaks on the industry outlook when it comes to taking advantage of what technology currently offers (artificial intelligence, use of data, automation), during this Engormix interview....
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Mohammad Afrouziyeh (University of Alberta / Poultry Innovation Partnership) shares his recommendations and insights on water quality, as well as a new tool to control it, during this Engormix interview....
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