A Feed Additive to Control Flies in Poultry Manure
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Humic acid as a feed additive in poultry diets: a review
Many studies tested different feed additives, among these additives, humic substances (HS) have been used in livestock and poultry diets. Humic substances commonly present in nature as they are created from the organic matter decomposition, and are normally found in the soil and natural water. Active components of HS consist of humic acid (HA), humus, ulmic acid, fulvic acid, humin and certain ...
متن کاملManaging manure and conserving predators helps control flies in caged-layer poultry systems
Poultry manure supports the development of several serious fly pests (Axtell and Arends 1990). Fresh manure is rich in nutrients and is produced at the rate of one-quarter pound per hen per day, providing an ideal habitat for fly larvae to live and feed. The problem has become more acute in modern high-density poultry housing where manure often is concentrated in piles below the birds. The hous...
متن کاملDrying of Poultry Manure for Use as Animal Feed
The poultry industry is one of the largest and fastest growing sectors of livestock production in the world. The estimated 2010 world flock was over 18 billion birds with a yearly manure output of 22 million tonnes. Storage and disposal of raw poultry manure have become an environmental problem because of the associated air, water and soil pollution. Environmental and health problems such as od...
متن کاملBiological approach to aflatoxin control in stored poultry feed
The anti-aflatoxigenic potentials of the leaves of Psidium guajava, Ficus benghalensis, Gardenia radicans, Punica granatum and Ziziphus jujuba Mill. were investigated. Poultry feed inoculated with Aspergillus flavus was treated with plant leaves powder and stored for the period of six months at 28 °C and 16% moisture level. At the end of each month, aflatoxin (AFT) concentrations were determine...
متن کاملThe Efficacy of 25% Diflubenzuron Fed to Poultry to Control Synanthropic Flies in the Dung
Many fly species bred in dung accumulating underneath the chicken cages and they represent a serious risk for human and animal health since several of then can act as disease vectors. There are restrictions to the exclusive use for insecticides against fly proliferation since many of them can be toxic against natural predators of such flies and also because these can quickly develop genetic ins...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Poultry Science
سال: 1976
ISSN: 0032-5791
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0552001