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• Arbor Acres Best Practice on the Farm: Rodent Control

  Rodents carry diseases which can contaminate a poultry flock; however, preventing rodents on a farm can be difficult due to plentiful food sources and nesting sites. Farm design, ensuring the house exterior is free from vegetation and debris, properly storing feed and litter… Read more

  5 Mar 2018

• Ross Best Practice on the Farm: Rodent Control

  Rodents carry diseases which can contaminate a poultry flock; however, preventing rodents on a farm can be difficult due to plentiful food sources and nesting sites. Farm design, ensuring the house exterior is free from vegetation and debris, properly storing feed and litter… Read more

  5 Mar 2018

• Indian River Best Practice on the Farm: Rodent Control

  Rodents carry diseases which can contaminate a poultry flock; however, preventing rodents on a farm can be difficult due to plentiful food sources and nesting sites. Farm design, ensuring the house exterior is free from vegetation and debris, properly storing feed and litter… Read more

  5 Mar 2018

• Aviagen Brief: Minimum Ventilation Rates for Today’s Broiler

  The Broiler Handbook was last released in 2014 after an extensive update. Since then, genetic progress in broiler performance has continued. While, for the most part, the management advice included in the Broiler Handbook is believed to be on pace with improvements in broile… Read more

  20 Feb 2018

• Aviagen Brief: Marek's Disease Control in Broiler Breeders

  Marek's Disease Virus (MDV), a highly infectious and easily transmitted herpesvirus, is one of the most common viral infections worldwide and is capable of causing tumors and immunosuppression in broiler breeders. These tumors can be found in different organs of the bird, as… Read more

  7 Feb 2018

• Poster: Minimum Ventilation For Broilers

  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. Read more

  2 Feb 2018

• Poster: Evaluating Brooding Temperature

  Ensuring that chicks have the correct environmental conditions during brooding is key to a good chick start. Temperature must be modified in relation to RH% to ensure chick comfort. One of the best ways to evaluate whether or not the correct temperature is being achieved is … Read more

  29 Nov 2017

• Aviagen Brief: Management Advice for Broiler Production when Minimizing or Removing Antibiotics

  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… Read more

  14 Nov 2017

• Aviagen Brief: Management Advice for Parent Stock Production with Minimal Antibiotic Use

  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… Read more

  14 Nov 2017

• Aviagen Brief: Best Practice Management in the Absence of Antibiotics at the Hatchery

  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… Read more

  14 Nov 2017