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How Much Moisture Do Brooders Add to Poultry Houses?
Y. Liang and G.T. Tabler from the University of Arkansas report their study into the the contribution to moisture in the broiler houses from different sources, and from heaters of both the standard type (unvented; propane or natural gas) versus vented...
Y. Liang and G.T. Tabler from the University of Arkansas report their study into the the contribution to moisture in the broiler houses from different sources, and from heaters of both the standard type (unvented; propane or natural gas) versus vented...
New Technologies for New Poultry Meat Products
As the poultry industry looks for ways to drive chicken consumption and improve profitability, scientists at the University of Alberta, Canada, are experimenting with new technologies that may help on both fronts.
As the poultry industry looks for ways to drive chicken consumption and improve profitability, scientists at the University of Alberta, Canada, are experimenting with new technologies that may help on both fronts.
Canadian Poultry and Egg Statistics - January to March 2009
By Statistics Canada - This publication provides data on the production, supply and disposition and value of Canadian poultry meat and eggs for the first quarter of 2009.
By Statistics Canada - This publication provides data on the production, supply and disposition and value of Canadian poultry meat and eggs for the first quarter of 2009.
Finding Ways to Fight Campylobacter
Good farming and hygienic practices, testing and removing positive birds in production as well as vaccination have all succeeded in helping to reduce the incidence of Salmonella in chickens, writes ThePoultrySite senior editor, Chris Harris.
Good farming and hygienic practices, testing and removing positive birds in production as well as vaccination have all succeeded in helping to reduce the incidence of Salmonella in chickens, writes ThePoultrySite senior editor, Chris Harris.
US Poultry Outlook Report - May 2009
By USDA, Economic Research Service - This article is an extract from the May 2009 issue of Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook Report.
By USDA, Economic Research Service - This article is an extract from the May 2009 issue of Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook Report.
Comparison of Hydrogen Peroxide Products for Water Sanitation
Stabilised hydrogen peroxide products offer some additional residual hydrogen peroxide activity over unstabilised products but this activity lasts no more than two days, according to Tyler Clark, Brookee Dean and Susan Watkins of the University of Arkansas....
Stabilised hydrogen peroxide products offer some additional residual hydrogen peroxide activity over unstabilised products but this activity lasts no more than two days, according to Tyler Clark, Brookee Dean and Susan Watkins of the University of Arkansas....
UK Poultry Disease Quarterly Surveillance Report - October - December 2008
Highlights of the latest quarterly report from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) include vitamin B2 deficiency in young broilers, respiratory diseases in turkeys, pneumonia of unknown aetiology in ducklings and a suspected case of goose parvovirus...
Highlights of the latest quarterly report from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) include vitamin B2 deficiency in young broilers, respiratory diseases in turkeys, pneumonia of unknown aetiology in ducklings and a suspected case of goose parvovirus...
Getting to Grips with Campylobacter
New measures are to be set out by the European Commission and individual EU countries to clamp down on incidence of campylobacter food poisoning across the Continent, writes ThePoultrySite senior editor Chris Harris.
New measures are to be set out by the European Commission and individual EU countries to clamp down on incidence of campylobacter food poisoning across the Continent, writes ThePoultrySite senior editor Chris Harris.
The Poultry Pantry: Plums, Probiotics, Safflower and Tea
The title refers to a report of work carried out by the USDA Agricultural Research Service showing that all these products can help control coccidiosis in broilers.
The title refers to a report of work carried out by the USDA Agricultural Research Service showing that all these products can help control coccidiosis in broilers.
Soil Association Publishes Organic Market Report
The Soil Association has just published its Organic Market Report 2009. The highlights for the poultry industry have been selected by Jackie Linden, editor of ThePoultrySite. Last year, sales of organic food in the UK increased by 1.7 per cent...
The Soil Association has just published its Organic Market Report 2009. The highlights for the poultry industry have been selected by Jackie Linden, editor of ThePoultrySite. Last year, sales of organic food in the UK increased by 1.7 per cent...
Carcass and Meat Quality of Organic Broilers
Organic production system seems to be a good alternative method, due to good quality carcass and meat. However, a higher level of TBA-RS in the muscle was found than for indoor-reared broilers, according to this summary from the Leopold Center for Sustainable...
Organic production system seems to be a good alternative method, due to good quality carcass and meat. However, a higher level of TBA-RS in the muscle was found than for indoor-reared broilers, according to this summary from the Leopold Center for Sustainable...
Production Systems and Fatty Acid Composition of Chicken Breast
In this study summarised by the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University, organic products were significantly different and less nutritionally desirable in lipid composition than the two standard chickens. Dietary supplementation...
In this study summarised by the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University, organic products were significantly different and less nutritionally desirable in lipid composition than the two standard chickens. Dietary supplementation...
Storage of Wheat Does Not Impact Feeding Value
The performance of broilers fed freshly harvested wheat was better than those fed diets containing wheat stored for six months at either cold or ambient temperature, according to research from Northern Ireland. The reason for the difference remains unclear,...
The performance of broilers fed freshly harvested wheat was better than those fed diets containing wheat stored for six months at either cold or ambient temperature, according to research from Northern Ireland. The reason for the difference remains unclear,...
US Chicken Industry Committed to Environmental Protection
The National Chicken Council of the US has published a statement highlighting how the chicken industry in the Chesapeake Bay region – indeed, across the country – has shown commitment to environmental protection. The industry on the Delmarva Peninsula...
The National Chicken Council of the US has published a statement highlighting how the chicken industry in the Chesapeake Bay region – indeed, across the country – has shown commitment to environmental protection. The industry on the Delmarva Peninsula...
New Study Overturns Orthodoxy on How Macrophages Kill Bacteria
Immune cells in animals kill bacteria and other pathogens by secreting poisons known as reactive oxygen species, according to new research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Professor Slauch and his colleagues made this discovery while studying...
Immune cells in animals kill bacteria and other pathogens by secreting poisons known as reactive oxygen species, according to new research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Professor Slauch and his colleagues made this discovery while studying...
