Distribution of poultry ectoparasites in industrial farms, farms, and private plots with different rearing technologies

Managing Ammonia in Poultry Farms

Technical Bulletin 1 ı As the poultry industry has grown, so have concerns about environmental management aspects, including air and water quality. There is a growing concern related to ammonia emission from poultry operations. Ammonia is a colorless, lighter than air, highly water-soluble gas present in the atmosphere of every poultry house. Ammonia volatilization from poultry litter commonly ...

Nutritional Management of Broiler Rearing Farms in Guilan, Iran

From a total of 656 broiler farms with the permission of exploitation in Guilan province, data was gathered from 20% of active farms including 85 units (Capacity of over 1663000 portions of broiler chickens) to evaluate the management of nutrition and nourish using questionnaire. The questionnaires were completed by the interview method. The methods of making feed, feed formulation, the shape o...

Investigation of different types of E. coli in poultry farms in Iran

Haematophagus Mites in Poultry Farms of Iran

BACKGROUND Blood sucking mites are important avian ectoparasites which being found on bird species worldwide. Their presence are problematic for the producers either through potential direct effects on weight gain, egg production, sperm production in roosters or as nuisance pests on worker handle hens and eggs. The aim of this study was pointing out of the status of haematophagus mites. METHO...

Biosecurity Practices in Algerian Poultry Farms

The objective of this study was to determine the level of adoption within the Algerian poultry farms (broiler chickens, laying hens) of a range of standard biosecurity practices (isolation, traffic control, decontamination, vaccination...). Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the biosecurity in the poultry houses has been analyzed thanks using method developed by the French Food Safety A...