Incidence of External Opthalmomyiasis in Sheep Farm Workers
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Broiler Performance Efciency Factor (BPEF) isa smart and comprehensive indicator to assessthe performance of broilers. Batch wise datawere recorded from commercial broiler farmslocated in the hot and cold climatic zones inindustrial broiler production areas and analyzedfor its mean BPEF performance. The mean oorspace allowance, stocking density recorded in hotand cold climate areas were 1.34 , 1.22 sq ft perbird and 17.79 , 20.33 kg per sq.mt respectively,which differed signicantly (P<0.05). The meanmarket age, market weight and feed efciencywere 42.72 and 40.95 days, 2.20 and 2.28 kgand 1.76 and 1.70 respectively in hot and coldclimate areas, which were also differed signi-cantly between the zones (P<0.05). The meanBroiler Performance Efciency Factor in hotand cold climatic areas were 276.17 and 306.39respectively, differed signicantly (P<0.05),which concluded that climate has denite inu-ence on performance of commercial broilers.In commercial broiler production,a comprehensive and holistic performancemeasure is essential to evaluate the perfor-1Corresponding author : Email : [email protected]
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