In connection with the need to improve competitiveness with foreign poultry farming, the problem of ensuring the well-being of poultry and producing high-quality products is an urgent issue (Welfare Quality® Assessment for poultry, 2009; I.J.H. Duncan, 1981; J.A. Mench, 1992). Special attention on...

Modern animal breeds and poultry crosses do not fully realize their genetic potential for productivity due to the impact of various stresses (V.I. Fisinin et al., 2015). Recently, there has been a marked public concern about the negative impact of intensive rearing on animal health, food safety and ...

The effective realization of the genetic productivity potential of modern broiler crosses requires, in addition to optimal diet receipts, optimization of management conditions. Sex separate rearing of broilers is a management strategy improving uniformity and growth and feed efficiency in broilers. ...

In recent years nematodosis in cattle are widely spread over the central part of Russia that seems to be caused by several anthropogenic factors. Based on results of study of 686 heads at stall-pasture housing, 289 heads at all year round stall housing, 334 heads at all year round stall housing...

Investigations were conducted with 17 groups of pigs at the starting age of 25 days and transition to the finishing stage at the age of 84 days using feed rations of the same nutritive value at the growing stage. Data are tabulated on effect of percentage survival of piglets in farrowing pens,...

Following increases in fuel prices and drop in the rates of development of pig production in the Ukraine, a technology of keeping of pigs in unheated premises was developed. Advantages of using the method of keeping of pigs on litter made with sand and straw in unheated farrowing pens in terms of ...

In the Center for Genetics & Selection "Smena" (Moscow Province) new broiler cross Smena-9 has been recently selected. The study presented was aimed at the comparison of the efficiency of meat production in Smena-9 broilers housed to 35 days of age on deep litter (sawdust) with different stocking...

The effects of two management factors on the realization of the productivity potential in Ross-308 broiler chicks (as the percentages to target values of productivity parameters set by cross producers) were studied in conditions of "Udmurtskaya" poultry farm. At the first stage of the trial the...

The effects of different stocking density (SD; 18, 16 and 14 birds/m²) on the productive performance, leg health status, and condition of litter were studied on 3 treatments of as-hatch Smena-9 broilers housed on litter (coniferous sawdust, 5 cm in height) from 1 to 44 days of age. The output of...

In order to maximize the number of healthy piglets produced by sows, it is essential to ensure that dams are well fed, in good health, and provided with well-ventilated, clean and dry housing conditions. Biosecurity and hygiene programmes play important roles in minimizing risks of infection and...