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Production Management Featured Articles
Displaying Articles 61-75 in Production Management
Small Flock Biosecurity
By Carlyle Bennett, Terry Whiting and Glen Duizer, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives - With the current concerns about diseases such as avian influenza, owners of small flocks can take simple precautions to help prevent an outbreak of disease...
By Carlyle Bennett, Terry Whiting and Glen Duizer, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives - With the current concerns about diseases such as avian influenza, owners of small flocks can take simple precautions to help prevent an outbreak of disease...
The Home Flock
By Tom W. Smith and Robert L. Haynes, Extension Poultry Science specialists, Mississippi State University - The "home flock" usually consists of 20 to 40 chickens kept to supply eggs and an occasional fat hen. An average family of five persons will require...
By Tom W. Smith and Robert L. Haynes, Extension Poultry Science specialists, Mississippi State University - The "home flock" usually consists of 20 to 40 chickens kept to supply eggs and an occasional fat hen. An average family of five persons will require...
Effects of Extended Storage on Egg Quality Factors
D. R. Jones and M. T. Musgrove, Russell Research Center, Egg Safety and Quality Research Unit, USDA ARS - This article contains an abstract from the Poultry Science Association's August 2004 journal.
D. R. Jones and M. T. Musgrove, Russell Research Center, Egg Safety and Quality Research Unit, USDA ARS - This article contains an abstract from the Poultry Science Association's August 2004 journal.
Litter Quality and Broiler Performance
By Casey W. Ritz, Brian D. Fairchild, and Michael P. Lacy Extension Poultry Scientists, University of Georgia - Quality of chicks, feed and water are all of great concern to broiler producers; but quality of litter in broiler houses is seldom given...
By Casey W. Ritz, Brian D. Fairchild, and Michael P. Lacy Extension Poultry Scientists, University of Georgia - Quality of chicks, feed and water are all of great concern to broiler producers; but quality of litter in broiler houses is seldom given...
Controlling Late Egg Size
By Emma Fleming, Technical Development Manager, Aviagen - As a laying flock ages, egg weight increases due to bodyweight gain and reducing egg production after peak. Increased breeder egg weight over the course of the lifetime of a flock will have significant...
By Emma Fleming, Technical Development Manager, Aviagen - As a laying flock ages, egg weight increases due to bodyweight gain and reducing egg production after peak. Increased breeder egg weight over the course of the lifetime of a flock will have significant...
Broiler Production Systems: The ideal stocking density?
By Brian D. Fairchild, Extension Poultry Scientist, University of Georgia - The ideal density at which to place broilers during grow-out is an ongoing debate. There is no definitive answer to this question. It is natural to assume that birds will perform...
By Brian D. Fairchild, Extension Poultry Scientist, University of Georgia - The ideal density at which to place broilers during grow-out is an ongoing debate. There is no definitive answer to this question. It is natural to assume that birds will perform...
Farm Flock Poultry
By Melvin L. Ha, Extension Animal Scientist, Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota - At one time most Minnesota farms had their own poultry flock. Now few farms have poultry on them, so small flockowners find a ready market in their own...
By Melvin L. Ha, Extension Animal Scientist, Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota - At one time most Minnesota farms had their own poultry flock. Now few farms have poultry on them, so small flockowners find a ready market in their own...
Detection of bone fragments in Processed Chicken
By Abby Vogel, the University of Maryland - University of Maryland technology may lead to solving the number-one consumer complaint about chicken they buy at the grocery story--finding pieces of bone in poultry that's supposed to be boneless.
By Abby Vogel, the University of Maryland - University of Maryland technology may lead to solving the number-one consumer complaint about chicken they buy at the grocery story--finding pieces of bone in poultry that's supposed to be boneless.
The use of vaccines for the control of Salmonella in poultry
By the European Food Safety Authority - This article provides the summary and a link to a paper by the EFSA Journal on the Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Biological Hazards on the requests from the European Commission related to the use of vaccines...
By the European Food Safety Authority - This article provides the summary and a link to a paper by the EFSA Journal on the Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Biological Hazards on the requests from the European Commission related to the use of vaccines...
Mortality Patterns Associated with Commercial Broiler Production
By G.T. Tabler, I.L. Berry and A.M. Mendenhall at the University of Arkansas's Avian Advice - Flock mortality has a major influence on size of the settlement check after harvest and so is one of the greatest worries of any broiler grower. While differences...
By G.T. Tabler, I.L. Berry and A.M. Mendenhall at the University of Arkansas's Avian Advice - Flock mortality has a major influence on size of the settlement check after harvest and so is one of the greatest worries of any broiler grower. While differences...
Strategies for Successful Turkey Production
By G.T. Tabler, Applied Broiler Research Unit Manager at the University of Arkansas's Avian Advice - Over the years, through careful genetic selection, the turkey industry has created a turkey that today is a high-performance protein producing bird,...
By G.T. Tabler, Applied Broiler Research Unit Manager at the University of Arkansas's Avian Advice - Over the years, through careful genetic selection, the turkey industry has created a turkey that today is a high-performance protein producing bird,...
Mortality Management Options
By Casey W. Ritz, Ph.D. Extension Poultry Scientist, University of Georgia - This report looks at how Poultry production facilities must deal with the disposal of farm mortalities on a daily basis. Death loss in animal production is an unfortunate reality...
By Casey W. Ritz, Ph.D. Extension Poultry Scientist, University of Georgia - This report looks at how Poultry production facilities must deal with the disposal of farm mortalities on a daily basis. Death loss in animal production is an unfortunate reality...
Output Supply and Input Demand System of Commercial and Backyard Poultry Producers in Indonesia
By Jacinto F. Fabiosa, Helen H. Jensen, and Dong Yan, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University - This study uses a normalized quadratic function to estimate the output supply of commercial and backyard broiler producers in...
By Jacinto F. Fabiosa, Helen H. Jensen, and Dong Yan, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University - This study uses a normalized quadratic function to estimate the output supply of commercial and backyard broiler producers in...
Broiler Production Systems in Georgia
By Dan L. Cunningham, Extension Poultry Scientist, University of Georgia - This report looks at the broiler production systems available in Georgia, and gives cash flow and budget examples.
By Dan L. Cunningham, Extension Poultry Scientist, University of Georgia - This report looks at the broiler production systems available in Georgia, and gives cash flow and budget examples.
A Health Program for Small and Specialty Poultry Flocks
By The University of Maryland - This article looks at setting up and managing small flocks.
By The University of Maryland - This article looks at setting up and managing small flocks.
