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Loose Droppings in Poultry: Causes & Treatment
Loose droppings in poultry, often called wet droppings serve as an early warning of intestinal distress, offering valuable insights into the gut health of the flock. In commercial poultry, the normal intestinal transit time is relatively quick, ranging from 4-8 hours, which means serious issues can develop rapidly. Additionally, loose droppings in poultry can lead […]
Gut Health In Poultry: Natural Remedies to Maintain Good Gut Health
The gastrointestinal (GI) tract of poultry plays a vital role in maintaining gut health in poultry. This specialized tube extends from the mouth to the cloaca, with its primary function being the conversion and digestion of food into basic components for absorption and utilization by the host. The GI tract serves as a selective barrier […]
Deep Litter System In Poultry: Advantages & Disadvantages
The deep litter system in poultry involves a bedding layer designed to protect your flocks and ensure their optimal health. This bedding, made up of materials like shavings, rice hulls, manure, feathers, and other components, serves as a comfortable base for the birds. However, factors such as poor ventilation, inadequate water management, and changing weather […]
Crafting a Symphony of Poultry Health and Production with Choline
Choline, a B-complex vitamin also known as vitamin B4, has been revived as a vital “feed additive” in poultry. As a lipotropic factor, choline aids in fat mobilization and prevents fatty degeneration. In addition to this, choline plays several crucial roles in the bird’s body. The metabolic requirements for choline are met through two main […]
Folliculogenesis in Poultry
In the global poultry industry, egg-laying production efficiency is a key economic factor. High productivity is determined by the number of ovarian follicles preparing for ovulation and the efficiency of the oviduct in converting ova into hard-shelled eggs. However, increasing the number of ovarian follicles involves several factors, including nutritional, pathological, managerial, and climatic influences. […]
Litter Management in Poultry
Effective litter management in poultry is crucial for ensuring optimal bird health. While producers prioritise proper nutrition and clean water to keep their poultry birds healthy, litter conditions in housing systems often go overlooked. Unfortunately, poor poultry litter management practices can lead to an increase in ammonia levels, which may cause health issues such as […]
Key Feeding Strategies for Layer Birds
An ideally perfect hen’s hallmark identity in poultry is its health and productivity. What they eat directly impacts the quality and quantity of the eggs they produce. Therefore, any poultry farmer must focus on their overall feeding strategy. What’s important for farmers is to ensure that the layer feed formulation has a precisely structured composition […]
Common Types of Respiratory Diseases in Poultry
Respiratory diseases in poultry remain a key challenge for farmers globally, especially during the winter months. Addressing these issues is crucial for maintaining the health and well-being of hens. Factors such as poor ventilation, wet litter, dust, and ammonia are common causes that leads to respiratory diseases as well. Moreover, live vaccinations can sometimes trigger […]
Wet Litter Problem in Poultry: Causes & Prevention
To avoid distress among poultry birds, we must ensure that they are raised in a safe and healthy environment where their nutritional needs are met. One of the biggest challenges the poultry industry faces is the wet litter problem in poultry. Wet litter in poultry can negatively impact your chickens’ health resulting in decreased production […]
Methods to Improve Efficiency in Poultry Farming
Poultry farming holds great importance as a key contributor to the agricultural industry. With the increasing population demand for easily bioavailable and high protein sources has also increased. To meet the surge in demand for these high-quality sources of protein, poultry farmers should try to enhance the efficiency of their operations. Adopting sustainable practices such […]
The Role of Vitamin C in Supporting Immune Health in Poultry and Livestock
If you are a poultry farmer or livestock owner, you will know the importance of providing the right amount of feed along with feed additives and supplements in order to keep your birds healthy. While feed is important for overall growth and sustenance, feed supplements and additives help provide the animals with nutrients that are […]
Growth Promoters for Poultry Animals: How do they work?
In the past few years, there has been a substantial growth in the poultry industry, thanks to several growth promoting strategies and appropriate disease preventive and control measures among the flocks. Growth promoters are substances that are used by farmers and livestock owners with the intent of promoting growth, boosting overall efficiency, improving feed conversion […]
Artificial insemination in farm animals
Artificial insemination (AI) is the introduction of male reproductive cells into the female reproductive tract by an artificial means. A.I. is primarily an economical measure in that fewer bulls are required and maximum use can be made of the best sire. Advantages of A.I AI has the following advantages Increases the usefulness of superior sire […]
How to prevent and reduce heat stress in poultry
Just the way humans are susceptible to heat stroke during hot climatic conditions, livestock also face extreme exhaustion due to heat, known as heat stress. High environmental temperatures are one of the most common causes of heat stress. In a bird, heat stress occurs when the core body temperature increases to extreme levels due to […]
Broiler production and management
Broilers are birds of about 8 weeks of age of either sex with a body weight of around 2.1 kg which are reared for meat purpose. Broilers can be housed on deep litter, slatted or wire floor, or battery cages. Broilers can be reared as either a single batch at a time (all-in all-out system) […]
Natural remedies for viral infection in poultry and farm animals
The use of plants as traditional medicine against viral diseases in the production of animals have been described and practiced worldwide. Common herbal extracts are used as antiviral agents in treating or preventing virus diseases of farm animals such as poultry, swine, and ruminants. Some of the common viral infections and natural remedies for their […]
Guide to Poultry Housing Systems: Types and How to Choose
There are four types of housing system for poultry viz. The free-range or extensive poultry house system, The semi-intensive poultry house system, Folding units poultry house system and Intensive poultry house system. Free-range or extensive poultry house system The Free-range or extensive poultry house system is very common, old and cheap as it requires less […]
How to manage your poultry farm during the rainy season?
Now that you have read enough about how to protect and handle chickens lets read about how to manage your poultry farm in the monsoons. Poultry farmers are always keen to maintain their productivity levels during the monsoon and winter seasons. A poultry farmer or breeder generally faces immense challenges from all quarters known and […]
5 ways to keep your chickens cool during summer
Every year when summer approaches, it is not only humans who suffer various ailments and prefer to remain in the shade but also our two and four legged animals. Providing decent shelter, adequate water and natural food supplements will go a long way for them to be productive and profitable too. This blog talks about […]