A Smallholder Poultry Feed App: Development and Field Test

CHICKEN GENETIC RESOURCES USED IN SMALLHOLDER PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT Smallholder Poultry Production

5 Author Poul Sørensen has many years of experience with poultry research. His particular interest is in breeding and genetics. He has contributed to the development of Danish poultry breeding since the beginning of his career and over time came to be the leading person in this area. With the intensification of poultry breeding worldwide he shifted his attention to the consequences of narrowing...

Poultry feed availability and nutrition in developing countries Alternative feedstuffs for use in poultry feed formulations

Global consumption of poultry products, especially poultry meat, has consistently increased over the years, and this trend is expected to continue. Much of the increase in global demand for poultry products will be in developing countries. Such growth in the poultry industry is having a profound effect on the demand for feed and raw materials. However, it is also becoming clear that the require...

Feed and Animal Management for Poultry

Commercial poultry operations involve four types of birds: broiler (meat producing) chickens, layer (table egg) chickens, turkeys, and ducks. Each type differs greatly in size and nutrient requirements. Breeder flocks for each of the species are a major part of the industry, and those flocks also have different nutrient requirements. Distinctly different diets are required for each species and ...

Mycotoxins in Feed for Pigs and Poultry

Mycological and mycotoxicological analysis of many feedingstuffs and complete mashes for different animal species and categories have showen that the feed safety problem has been present for years. It is approved that mouldy feed can contain various mycotoxins, but among them in our conditions the most investigated are aflatoxins, ochratoxins, zearalenone and some trichotecenes. Based on labora...

Feed Formulation for Fish and Poultry