High levels of hatching failure in artificially incubated ostrich eggs cause considerable loss income for the industry. During 2015 - 2016 breeding seasons, between 846 and 1 549 egg records were used to determine effect various setting positions during artificial incubation. Fresh placed trolleys be turned automatically through a 60-degree or 90-degree angle hourly setter. Additional treatment...

The effects of five levels of dietary protein and energy on ostrich performance during hot season were evaluated in this study. Five males and 10 females of healthy mature ostriches (Struthio camelus) were randomly assigned equally into five nutritional groups A, B, C, D and E, each of 1 male and 2 females. Birds were fed (16% protein +2800 kcal) , (17% protein + 2900 kcal ) , (18% protein + 30...

background and objectives: clostridium perfringens is more prevalent type of clostridia genus isolated from the intestinal tract of ostrich ( struthio camelus ). necrotic enteritis (ne) is a potentially fatal gastrointestinal (gi) disease of poultry and other avian species, which produces marked destruction of intestinal lining in digestive tract caused by c. perfringens . pathogenicity and les...

the important of ostrich breeding have been increased in the iran as other country around the world. lack of sexual dimorphism in many species of birds including ostrich (struthio camelus), making it difficult to differentiate between males and females, especially in young birds. this can be problematic for breeding programs. blood samples from randomly chicks in the first days were collected a...

In a 2005 serological survey, carried out in response to an outbreak of H5N2 avian influenza (AI) in ostriches in the Eastern Cape Province, 16.3% of ostrich farms in the Western Cape Province of South Africa were found to be seropositive to H5 AI virus. We subsequently carried out a questionnaire-based census survey on all available registered Western Cape ostrich farms that still existed at t...