Cleaning Of Drinker Lines And Treatment Of Drinking Water: Todays Options
By Luc Ledoux, CID Lines n.v. - The importance of good drinking water is often underestimated. Under normal climatic conditions, chickens drink about twice as much as they eat. (In hot climates the ratio is 3 - 4.)

Impact of Water Acidifiers on Microbial Loads in Poultry Drinking Water
By Miranda Bowen and Susan Watkins and published by the University of Arkansas's Avian Advice - A broiler producer called with a complaint about flock performance. He explained that he used iodine for 2-3 days and then would switch the birds to an ac...

Nutrient Management: Air and Water Quality Issues
By G.T. Tabler, Poultry Science Department at the University of Arkansas's Avian Advice - The countryside has long been the place to live or retreat to for fresh air and clean water. However, rural America is also home to production agriculture that feed...

Evaluation of Nipple Drinkers and the Lott System for Determining Appropriate Water Flow for Broilers
By J.M. Cornelison, A.G. Hancock, A.G. Williams, L.B. Davis, N.L. Allen and S.E. Watkins and published by the University of Arkansas's Avian Advice - Unexplainable poor performance can occur from time to time. While production problems can originate...

Managing Manure to Improve Air and Water Quality
By Marcel Aillery, Noel Gollehon, Robert Johansson, Jonathan Kaplan, Nigel Key, and Marc Ribaudo, Economic Research service, USDA - Animal waste from confined animal feeding operations is a potential source of air and water quality degradation from evaporation...

Effects of Water Acidification on Turkey Performance
By Jana Cornelison, Melony Wilson and Susan Watkins, Cooperative Extension Service at the University of Arkansas's Avian Advice - Acidification of the drinking water has become very popular in the broiler industry as a tool for improving bird performance....

Broiler Production: Soil and Water Quality Farm Assessment System
By Dr. Mike Lacy, Associate Professor and Dr. Larry Vest, Associate Professor, Poultry Science Department, University of Georgia - This report provides an outline for self-assessing broiler farm operational practices in relation to soil and water qua...

Manure Management for Water Quality: Costs to Animal Feeding Operations of Applying Manure Nutrients to Land
By Marc Ribaudo, Noel Gollehon, Marcel Aillery, Jonathan Kaplan, Robert Johansson, Jean Agapoff, Lee Christensen, Vince Breneman, and Mark Peters, U.S.D.A., ERS - Agricultural Economic Report No. (AER824) - Nutrients from livestock and poultry manure...