With feed accounting for up to 70% of total production costs, efficiency of use is one of the crucial factors as broiler growers look to maintain margins. A slight improvement in performance here can ...

Feeding was to the fore at the World Poultry Science Association meeting earlier this year. Philip Clarke takes a second look at some of the papers. Feed additives play an important role in boosting ...

Broilers grow fast. And so do the costs. You can have the perfect feed, high-quality ventilation and good lighting, but lose thousands of hryvnias simply because of the feeder: the wrong shape, the ...

To protect bird welfare and company investment, follow these guidelines when harvesting broilers for transport to the ...

Broiler rearing is a profitable venture whose target is to achieve the slaughter weight on the set number of days. This growth is monitored by comparing the amount of feed consumed by the ...

The broiler feeding process is aimed at making sure that the bird, being raised for meat, attains the desired weight at the time of slaughter. According to Dr Ismail Nsubuga, a veterinary adviser at ...