Poultry Farming
Duck Rearing and Health Management
Authors Gunjan Das, M.V.Sc., Ph.D., Professor & Head, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Science >>>
Poultry Farming
Success Story of a Backyard Poultry Farmer in Uttarakhand
Mr. Nautiyal was selected as a backyard poultry farmer under the scheme “National Livestock Mission- Mother Poultry Unit”. He was provided with ninety-month-old kuroiler chicks (MOCs) >>>
Animal Nutrition
Pellet Feeding in Poultry
Feed pelleting is the process of converting finely ground mash feed into dense, free flowing pellets or capsules using steam injection (moisture and heat) and mechanical pressure >>>
Poultry Farming
Duck Farming Practices in India
Ducks occupy an important position next to chicken farming in India. They form about 10% of the total poultry population and contribute about 6- 7% of total eggs produced in the country. >>>
Animal Husbandry
Fallacies on acceptance and consumption of eggs
From the childhood we heard a slogan as “Sunday Ho Ya Monday Roz Khao Ande”. Along with milk, “eggs contain the highest biological value (gold standard) for protein” >>>
Animal Husbandry
Importance of Candling of eggs in improving income from Poultry
India is considered as one of the fastest growing economies of the world. Animal Husbandry sector contributes more than 25% to India’s agriculture GDP and adds directly more than 4% >>>
Animal Husbandry
Advances in poultry production system
Poultry production in India has taken a quantum leap in the last four decades, emerging from an unscientific farming practice to commercial production system. The total poultry >>>
Poultry Farming
Endocrine control in birds
The endocrine system consists of a number of organs and major glands located in different areas of the body which play an important role in the proper functioning of the animal >>>
Animal Nutrition
Role of Vitamin E in Poultry
Poultry is defined as live or dressed domestic birds, which are bred and reared for edible purpose and it includes chicken, duck, turkey and also quail, pheasant, geese, ostrich, guinea fowl, pigeon >>>
Poultry Farming
Riemerella anatipestifer: Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Control measures
The Flavobacteriaceae family includes Riemerella anatipestifer. R. anatipestifer is a non-sporulating, gram-negative, catalase and oxidase positive and non-motile. This bacterium >>>
Poultry Farming
Mycotoxicosis: Adverse effects on poultry and outbreaks in Humans
Mycotoxins are biologically active, toxic metabolites produced by toxigenic fungi mainly belonging to Aspergillus, Fusarium and Penicillium species , which invade crops in the >>>
Poultry Farming
Bacterial Disease In Poultry
Keeping the birds are very easy but there are some important Bacterial diseases which causes huge losses in poultry industry and marginal poultry sm farmers, so knowledge of poultry >>>
Poultry Farming
Going the ‘eggs’-tramile: How eggs can beat malnutrition in India
“If an apple a day keeps doctors away, an egg a day will keep diseases at bay” For years, eggs have been held up as a powerhouse of protein. The reputation has been due to its exceptional >>>
Poultry Farming
Awareness Program on ‘World Egg Day’ Organized by KVK Cuttack
Egg is not only a wholesome food, but it offers about 13 different vitamins and minerals required by the body. A typical egg contains about 6-7 g of very high quality protein that are with about >>>
