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Poultry litter management essential for health and performance
Chemist. Ashfaq Ahmad replied 1 year, 5 months ago 32 Members · 71 Replies
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Litter management having major role for improving performance, because good liiter management improving
✓ Air Quality
✓Reducing Ammonia level
✓low risk of coccidiosis
✓improving gut morphology & Ecology
✓Feed efficiency
✓ Reducing Mortality percentage,
✓improving uniformity of flock
✓Improving Feed and Water Intake
✓ More profitability
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Litter management plays a significant role in broiler or pullet production.
Wet or moist litter is one the predisposing factor to infection. Bacteria, fungal grows in this medium and the economic implication is high budget on drugs and mortality if been careless
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frequent change of litters at when we reduce disease spread.
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Wet litter is a growing medium for diseases causing organisms, especially coccidiosis. These diseases has economic consequences on the birds.
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It is essential because, it affects the environment of the birds and also reduces their productivity. If the litters are dried, this reduces the ammonia levels, which causes hock burn disease.
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