Minimum ventilation brings fresh air into the house and exhausts stale in-house air, while maintaining in-house air temperature. This poster gives best practice management recommendations for effective minimum ventilation of broilers in environmentally controlled housing. Leia mais
Rodents carry diseases which can contaminate a poultry flock; however, preventing rodents on a farm can be difficult due to plentiful food sources and nesting sites. Farm design, ensuring the house exterior is free from vegetation and debris, properly storing feed and litter… Leia mais
Ensuring broilers optimize their water intake not only promotes the sustainability of broiler production through its influence on energy (ventilation) and water use, but also maximizes broiler health, welfare, and production. The routine on-farm recording of water intake is … Leia mais
This Aviagen Brief outlines essential management strategies for maintaining consistent egg production and hatchability from 40 to 60 weeks of age, focusing on optimizing rearing conditions, managing environmental factors, synchronizing sexual maturity, controlling body and e… Leia mais
Uma infecção por Staphylococcus, ou estafilococose, refere-se a doenças causadas pela bactéria Staphylococcus, criando lesões diferentes dependendo da área afetada. Leia mais
SPIDES é um acrônimo para Short Periods of Incubation During Egg Storage (Períodos curtos de incubação durante o armazenamento de ovos) Os ovos tratados com SPIDES são aquecidos entre 35˚C e a temperatura de incubação, 37,8˚C (95 e 100˚F, respectivamente), procedimento repet… Leia mais
When considering nutrition’s role in the management of the ever-changing and improving broiler, balanced protein (BP) and feed texture are vital features. Along with affecting productivity, inadequate BP may also strongly affect economic profitability due to potential negati… Leia mais