Normal everyday mortality from any commercial poultry operation can be managed efficiently and safely by composting if the proper procedures are followed. Composting is the biological decomposition and stabilization of organic matter under controlled conditions. It is an aerobic...
Moving hens into cage-free environments involves additional costs and new challenges, but egg producers can address these in part by focusing in on 5 factors. Surprisingly there is a large cost differential between types of cage-fee laying systems.
Aviary systems...
Institution: University of Delaware
Principal Investigator:
E.R. Benson, Ph.D.
University of Delaware
Department of Animal and Food Sciences
042 Townsend Hall
531 South College Avenue
Newark, DE 19716
Management and control of fast-moving poultry diseases such as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) requires a combination of steps...
Michael A. Davis, D. R. Sloan, Gerald Kidder, and R. D. Jacobs2
Animal manures have been used as natural crop fertilizers for centuries. Because of poultry manure’s high nitrogen content, it has long been recognized as one of the most...
Abstract
Within the last several years, the poultry industry has seen a dramatic increase in the occurrence of pale, soft, and exudative (PSE) meat. This problem is known to be associated with a rapid decline in postmortem (PM) muscle pH,...