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An analysis of the economic contribution of a single 25,000-square-foot (50-by-500-foot) broiler house. Download the PDF above to learn more.
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Poultry litter is a mixture of manure, bedding material and feathers. It is a valuable source of nutrients that contains high levels of minerals including nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and calcium and is also a good source of crude protein....
Table of Contents
Introduction
Ventilation
Recommendations for Minimizing Heat Stress in Caged Layers
Introduction
A caged layer, eating a normal ration and laying at a rate of 80%, will produce about 180 kilocalories of heat every day. Thus 10,000 layers will...
U.S. poultry production during February 2021 was 3.741 billion pounds, down 5% from February 2020. Chicken made up most of the total at 3.311 billion pounds, 4% under last year, with turkey at 420.640 million pounds, a decrease of...
After the Covid-19 recession of 2020, which lowered world economic growth to -4.3%, this year is projected to show a recovery according to the World Bank. As people become inoculated, the recessionary effects of the pandemic on the world...
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The UAE’s poultry sector is embracing new challenges and turning them into opportunities
The Covid-19 pandemic impacted the poultry industry in the UAE in 2020, but now, we’re seeing signs of stability and recovery. Industry experts believe that by...
A written plan to respond to disease outbreaks for your livestock operation is like insurance. You hope you never need it. You may never need it. But if there is an outbreak, the economic survival of your livestock operation...
HATCHERY/BREEDER TIP ...
The main components of air are oxygen (O2), nitrogen (N2), carbon dioxide (CO2), and water vapor (H2O). The free movement of these molecules through the pores of the shell and the shell membranes is important because the...
The contemporary hatchery is a complex installation. The core part is the incubators, supported by the devices that facilitate their function and auxiliary machines that reduce the demand for manual labour. Whatever the level of sophistication of the hatchery,...
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Tip 28
Aviagen’s early SPIDES trials were aimed at defining the safe limits for heat treating eggs during storage – how long, how often and how hot the treatments should be.