Fungistatic Compounds in Broiler Production

Chemical constitution and fungistatic action of organic sulphur compounds.

Elementary sulphur and some of its inorganic compounds have long been of practical importance for the control of parasitic and saprophytic fungi, but the use of organic compounds of sulphur is of more recent origin. Compounds such as tetramethylthiuram disulphide and certain metallic salts of dithiocarbamic acids are now of commercial importance in this connexion (Tisdale & Flenner, 1942; Rober...

Boost broiler production with Hy·D®

Fungistatic action of Juglans.

A crude extract of the bark of Juglans regia Linn, tested against 13 species of fungi, showed selective fungistatic action against some species of the dermatophytes tested.

Feed Restriction in Broiler Chickens Production

The feed restriction program is on of the main techniques in growth curve manipulation for increasing production efficiency in broiler chicken. Quantities and qualitative feed restriction are procedures that can be used to manipulate the feeding strategies of poultry in order to decrease growth and metabolic rate to some extent and so alleviate the incidence of some metabolic diseases such as a...

Broiler Production in Punjab — An Economic Analysis§

The cost and return analysis of different sizes of broiler farms in the Punjab state has been carried out based on the primary data collected from 140 broiler farmers for the period March 2008 to February 2009 in three districts, viz. Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur and Muktsar. The study has shown that the total fixed investments per bird have been highest on small farms, followed by medium and large far...