The objective of the present study was to determine the effect of wood shavings, wheat straw, and their mixture as litter material on growth performance in broilers from 1 d to 42 d of age. A total of one hundred and fifty oneday-old Hubbard chicks were used in our experiment, weighed and assigned at random into 6 pens of 25 birds each. There were two replicates of each of the following three t...

The research work was conducted to detect and characterize of Escherichia coli and Salmonella found in the poultry feed and litter. A total of 48 samples were collected from the different Broiler farms of Dinajpur district and brought to the laboratory. Samples were propagated in nutrient broth and nutrient agar media followed by culture on selective media– Eosin Methylene Blue Agar, MacConley ...

Berg, C. C. 1998. Foot-pad dermatitis in broilers and turkeys. Prevalence, risk factors and prevention. Doctor’s dissertation. ISSN1401-6257, ISBN 91-576-5442-5 Foot-pad dermatitis is a condition characterised by lesions on the ventral foot-pads of poultry. It is a type of contact dermatitis, which in an early stage results in hyperkeratosis, erosions and discoloration of the skin. The erosions...

Understanding how animal activities, management, and barn structure affect litter gases and nutrients is fundamental to developing accurate emission models for meat-bird facilities. This research characterized the temporal and spatial variability of litter ammonia (NH3) and nitrous oxide (N2O) flux via a chamber method, as well as determined litter nitrogen (N) compounds by intensive sampling i...

Poultry litter is known to be an excellent organic fertilizer, but the common practice of spreading litter on the surface of pastures has raised serious water-quality concerns and may limit potential benefits of litter applications. Because surface-applied litter is completely exposed to the atmosphere, runoff can transport nutrients into nearby streams and lakes, and much of the ammonium nitro...

Kebutuhan serutan kayu sebagai bahan litter semakin bersaing dengan peningkatan dan perluasan usaha peternakan ayam broiler, sehingga menyebabkan ketersediaan terbatas biaya menjadi mahal. Limbah perkebunan, seperti sabut kelapa, ampas tebu pelepah sawit dapat dimanfaatkan alternatif untuk alas lantai kandang. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui pengaruh penggunaan limbah perkebunan terhadap bo...

P144 Influence of diet on oocyst output and intestinal lesion development in Coccivac®-D vaccinated replacement broiler breeders reared on new and used litter. L. A. Oden*1, D. J. Caldwell1, S. K. Pohl1, A. E. Klein1, S. Young2, C. Broussard3, S. Fitz-Coy3, L. Newmann3, and J. T. Lee1, 1Department of Poultry Science, Agrilife Research, Texas A&M System, College Station, 2Pilgrim’s Pride Corpora...

an experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of chemical amendments and reused litter on broiler performances, immune response and skin quality. five hundred and seventy six (576) day old broiler chickens were randomly allocated to 3x2 factorial design experiment. three amendments treatment included control (no chemical addition), alunminum sulfate and zeolite; two types of litter were ne...