Minimum ventilation brings fresh air into the house and exhausts stale in-house air, while maintaining in-house air temperature. This poster gives best practice management recommendations for effective minimum ventilation of broilers in environmentally controlled housing. Leia mais
This document presents advice for producers who aim to minimize antibiotic use in parent stock production and is based on the experience and expertise of those with practical knowledge of this situation. It is intended to provide information that allows parent stock to be gr… Leia mais
This document presents advice for producers who aim to minimize antibiotic use in broiler production and is based on the experience and expertise of those with practical knowledge of this situation. It is intended to provide information that allows good-quality broiler chick… Leia mais
In the absence of antibiotics, strategies that decrease the bacterial challenges in the hatchery need to be put in place and aseptic application of vaccines must occur. Decreasing the bacterial challenges can be achieved by following agreed and proven best practices on the g… Leia mais
This is an interactive PDF providing information in the form of a checklist that the farm manger can work through to identify broiler performance issues. As an interactive PDF, it can be used on any device which has a PDF reader installed (smart phone, Mac, PC, etc.). The do… Leia mais
The broiler house equipment and ventilation spreadsheet is designed to allow the user to enter their current house bird number and equipment set up in clearly highlighted cells. From the information entered, the spreadsheet calculates and compares actual stocking densities a… Leia mais
The breeder house equipment and ventilation spreadsheet is designed to allow the user to enter their current house bird number and equipment set up in clearly highlighted cells and can be used for either rearing or production housing. From the information entered, the spread… Leia mais
This is an update of an article originally written in 2015 which discusses the benefits and disadvantages of alternative feed ingredients. During periods of limited supply or volatile ingredient markets, the use of alternative feed ingredients in broiler and breeder diets co… Leia mais
Marek’s disease (MD) is a lymphoproliferative disease of chickens induced by a herpesvirus, Marek’s disease virus (MDV). MD is a major threat for the poultry industry because of the economic consequences in the absence of proper methods of control. MD has been successfully c… Leia mais