Download or read book ADAPTATION TO THE PULLET REARING ENVIRONMENT BY PROVIDING LIGHTING DURING EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT written by Korala Watthe Gedara Nilakshi Dhanushka Kumari Abeysinghe and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study, it was hypothesized that providing a photoperiod during incubation will positively affect the production performance of laying hens. In the current study 640 eggs from each of two laying hen lines, (Lohmann Lite and Lohmann Brown) were incubated in 8 incubators as eighty eggs from each hen line/incubator. Blue, red and white LED lights were installed in 2 incubators each and 2 were left in the dark. In each lighting treatment the photoperiod used was 12L:12D. Hatched female chicks (n=384) were housed in 64 cages at 6 birds/cage and were provided with two post-hatch light regimes (long-days and short-days). During the study, production performance was monitored. Out of the four lighting treatments, red light reduced the total hatching time, improved chick quality, post-hatch growth rate and egg production. In conclusion, introduction of red LED to hatching eggs during incubation was beneficial to increase the production performance.
Download or read book Avian incubation conditions Role in embryo development physiology and adaptation to the post hatch environment written by Servet Yalcin and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-02-16 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Effect of Environment on Nutrient Requirements of Domestic Animals written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1981-02-01 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proceedings of the 51st Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology written by Mette S. Herskin and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-09-04 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding animal behaviour is the overall theme of this 51st Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology and the red thread through the chosen scientific topics. Understanding animal behaviour is essential in order to improve the interaction between animals and the environments in which they are kept and to improve animal welfare. The abstracts in this proceedings book give an overview of the scientific topics discussed at the conference. The world of animals: senses and perception Human-animal interactions Animal learning and cognition Animal stress responses Social behaviour of animals Applying ethology in the keeping of animals Animal affective states Maternal and neonatal behaviour
Download or read book The Wyandotte Chicken Rancher s Handbook written by Barrett Williams and published by Barrett Williams. This book was released on 2024-07-08 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **The Wyandotte Chicken Rancher's Handbook Your Ultimate Guide to Raising Healthy and Productive Wyandottes** Unlock the secrets to successful Wyandotte chicken farming with *The Wyandotte Chicken Rancher's Handbook*. This comprehensive guide is your one-stop resource for mastering every aspect of raising these charming and productive birds. **Discover the Fascinating History and Unique Traits of Wyandottes** Dive deep into the origins and development of this historic breed. Learn to identify their distinct feather patterns and understand their endearing behavioral traits and temperament. **Choose the Perfect Wyandotte Flock** Gain confidence in selecting healthy chicks and adult birds. Explore the different varieties of Wyandottes and identify the ideal breeding stock to enhance your flock's productivity. **Design the Ultimate Chicken Coop** From essential design elements to proper ventilation and lighting needs, this handbook covers everything you need to know about setting up the perfect coop. Create comfortable nesting boxes and perches that will keep your Wyandottes happy and healthy. **Create a Safe Outdoor Environment** Build a secure and inviting chicken run, consider free-ranging methods, and implement effective predator prevention strategies to protect your flock. **Master Wyandotte Nutrition and Feeding Practices** Ensure your Wyandottes get the essential nutrients they need. Learn about making your own chicken feed and find out how to supplement their diet with nutritious treats. **Keep Your Flock Healthy and Strong** Identify and prevent common diseases, perform regular health check-ups, and utilize natural remedies and first aid techniques to maintain your Wyandottes' wellness. **Optimize Breeding and Incubation** Select breeders for the best traits, navigate the incubation process, and raise healthy chicks with confidence. **Maximize Egg and Meat Production** Improve egg yield, troubleshoot production issues, and learn comprehensive meat processing techniques to fully utilize your Wyandottes. **Seasonal Care and Management Tips** Adapt your care practices to changing seasons. Winterize your coop, keep chickens cool in summer, and adjust their diet to seasonal needs. **Understand Behavior and Social Dynamics** Decode the pecking order, manage aggressive behaviors, and encourage positive interactions within your flock. **Efficient Farm Management and Record Keeping** Track health, growth, breeding, and egg production records. Budget for feed and supplies efficiently to run a smooth and profitable operation. **Enter the Business World of Wyandotte Chickens** From marketing and selling eggs and meat to participating in poultry shows, this handbook provides insights on building a loyal customer base and achieving business success. **Adopt Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Practices** Incorporate composting, integrate Wyandottes into crop rotations, and learn how to reduce waste and energy consumption in your farming practice. **Be Inspired by Success Stories** Read about successful Wyandotte farmers, learn how they overcame challenges, and get motivated to achieve long-term success in your own poultry farming journey. Transform your Wyandotte chicken farming experience with informed and practical guidance. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced rancher, *The Wyandotte Chicken Rancher's Handbook* is your essential tool for a thriving and productive flock.
Download or read book Poultry Science written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 1534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. 5 includes a separately paged special issue, dated June 1926.
Download or read book Managing the Prenatal Environment to Enhance Livestock Productivity written by Paul L. Greenwood and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-04-27 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prenatal life is the period of maximal development in animals, and it is well recognised that factors that alter development can have profound effects on the embryonic, fetal and postnatal animal. Scientists involved in research on livestock productivity have for decades studied postnatal consequences of fetal development on productivity. Recently, however, there has been a surge in interest in how to manage prenatal development to enhance livestock health and productivity. This has occurred largely due to the studies that show human health in later life can be influenced by events during prenatal life, and establishment of the Fetal Origins and the Thrifty Phenotype Hypotheses. This book, Managing the Prenatal Environment to Enhance Livestock Productivity reviews phenotypic consequences of prenatal development, and provides details of mechanisms that underpin these effects in ruminants, pigs and poultry. The chapters have been divided into three parts: Quantification of prenatal effects on postnatal productivity, mechanistic bases of postnatal consequences of prenatal development and regulators of fetal and neonatal nutrient supply. Managing the Prenatal Environment to Enhance Livestock Productivity is a reference from which future research to improve the level of understanding and capacity to enhance productivity, health and efficiency of livestock in developing and developed countries will evolve. It is particularly timely given the development of molecular technologies that are providing new insight into regulation and consequences of growth and development of the embryo, fetus and neonate.
Download or read book Thyroid Gland Development and Function written by Guy Van Vliet and published by Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As is the case in all fields of medicine, developmental endocrinology is now being studied at the molecular level. In this volume world-class researchers review the advances of the past decade in the study of normal and abnormal organogenesis of the thyroid gland and of the ontogeny of its function. They describe human thyroid development and its defects with the help of genetic studies in mouse models. Genetic defects of thyroid hormone synthesis are covered and their clinical relevance debated. The important field of thyroid cancer in the context of spontaneous occurrence and as part of familial neoplasia syndromes is described in detail. Finally, the important problem of environmental iodine deficiency which has emerged as a global public health concern is addressed. For the first time, a decade of work is presented in a concise and highly readable form. Offering valuable insight both for senior clinicians and graduate students, this publication will be of central interest to basic scientists involved in developmental biology as well as to pediatricians and endocrinologists dealing with patients with congenital disorders of thyroid function.
Download or read book Egg Marketing written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This guide provides information and advice to those concerned with the production and sale of eggs in developing countries with an emphasis on marketing, i.e. producing in order to meet market demand. Market-led egg production enables long-term business survival, higher profits and a better standard of living for the egg producer."--FAO
Download or read book Achieving sustainable production of poultry meat Volume 2 written by Todd Applegate and published by Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To meet growing demand, the FAO has estimated that world poultry production needs to grow by 2-3% per year to 2030. Much of the increase in output already achieved has been as a result of improvements in commercial breeds combined with rearing in more intensive production systems. However, more intensive systems have increased the risk of transmission of animal diseases and zoonoses. Consumer expectations of sensory and nutritional quality have never been higher. At the same time consumers are more concerned about the environmental impact of poultry production as well as animal welfare. Drawing on an international range of expertise, this book reviews research on poultry breeding and nutrition. The first part of the book reviews how advances in genetics have impacted developments in breeding. Part 2 discusses ways of optimising poultry nutrition to ensure quality and sustainability in poultry meat production. Chapters review the use of feedstuffs and ingredients such as amino acids, enzymes and probiotics as well as feed formulation and safety. Achieving sustainable production of poultry meat Volume 2: Breeding and nutrition will be a standard reference for poultry and food scientists in universities, government and other research centres and companies involved in poultry production. It is accompanied by two further volumes which review safety, quality and sustainability as well as poultry health and welfare.
Download or read book Animal Breeding Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 1578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Poultry Production in Hot Climates written by N. J. Daghir and published by CABI. This book was released on 2008 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives an overview of the poultry industry in the warm regions of the world and covers research on breeding for heat resistance. And highlights some of the findings on nutrient requirements of chickens and turkeys.
Download or read book The Chick Book from the Breeding Pen Through the Shell to Maturity written by Reliable Poultry Journal Publishing Company and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sustainable Food Production written by Paul Christou and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-12-05 with total page 1869 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gathering some 90 entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, this book covers animal breeding and genetics for food, crop science and technology, ocean farming and sustainable aquaculture, transgenic livestock for food and more.
Download or read book Commercial Poultry Nutrition written by S. Leeson and published by Nottingham University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering a variety of essential topics relating to commercial poultry nutrition and production—including feeding systems and poultry diets—this complete reference is ideal for professionals in the poultry-feed industries, veterinarians, nutritionists, and farm managers. Detailed and accessible, the guide analyzes commercial poultry production at a worldwide level and outlines the importance it holds for maintaining essential food supplies. With ingredient evaluations and diet formulations, the study's compressive models for feeding programs target a wide range of commercially prominent poultry, including laying hens, broiler chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and game birds, among others.
Download or read book Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-01-27 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A respected resource for decades, the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals has been updated by a committee of experts, taking into consideration input from the scientific and laboratory animal communities and the public at large. The Guide incorporates new scientific information on common laboratory animals, including aquatic species, and includes extensive references. It is organized around major components of animal use: Key concepts of animal care and use. The Guide sets the framework for the humane care and use of laboratory animals. Animal care and use program. The Guide discusses the concept of a broad Program of Animal Care and Use, including roles and responsibilities of the Institutional Official, Attending Veterinarian and the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. Animal environment, husbandry, and management. A chapter on this topic is now divided into sections on terrestrial and aquatic animals and provides recommendations for housing and environment, husbandry, behavioral and population management, and more. Veterinary care. The Guide discusses veterinary care and the responsibilities of the Attending Veterinarian. It includes recommendations on animal procurement and transportation, preventive medicine (including animal biosecurity), and clinical care and management. The Guide addresses distress and pain recognition and relief, and issues surrounding euthanasia. Physical plant. The Guide identifies design issues, providing construction guidelines for functional areas; considerations such as drainage, vibration and noise control, and environmental monitoring; and specialized facilities for animal housing and research needs. The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals provides a framework for the judgments required in the management of animal facilities. This updated and expanded resource of proven value will be important to scientists and researchers, veterinarians, animal care personnel, facilities managers, institutional administrators, policy makers involved in research issues, and animal welfare advocates.
Download or read book Poultry Behaviour and Welfare written by Michael C. Appleby and published by CABI. This book was released on 2004 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative textbook provides an introduction and guide to poultry behavior and welfare. It describes the origin and biology of the various species of bird that are of agricultural importance, as well as giving a succinct overview of their key behavior patterns. There is careful discussion of the many factors that influence their welfare, and detailed consideration of the ways in which legislation and commercial interests interact in an attempt to satisfy the many needs involved. The final chapters discuss possible future developments within the subject. The book is in part an update of a previous work, Poultry Production Systems: Behaviour, Management and Welfare (CABI, 1992), completely rewritten and with much new material added.
