Wood Chips for Poultry Litter ,

Carter, T. A.; Allison, Richard C.; Mills, W. C.; West, Julianne

doi:10.3382/ps.0580994

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“…At 16 wk of age, 10 birds per pen were examined and scored (on a scale of 1 to 5) for hock discoloration, foot pad burns and breast blisters. The scoring systems for hock discoloration and foot pad burns were adapted and modified from the reports of Andrews (1972) and Carter et al (1979). The scores ranged from 1 = no hock discoloration or foot pad burn to 5 = total coverage of red discoloration of the hock or total foot pad involvement in a foot pad burn.…”

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Evaluation of Clover and Corn Stalks Straw as Alternative Litter Materials to Wheat Straw for Raising Local Turkey

Farghly

2012

Egyptian Journal of Animal Production

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A total number of one hundred and eighty birds aged 8 weeks were randomly assigned into three equal groups to investigate the effect of using clover and corn stalks straw as alternative litter materials on growth performance, carcass characteristics, leg problems, breast blisters, airborne and litter conditions of local turkey. Birds in the first group were raised on wheat straw litter and were considered the control (C). While the second, and third groups (T1 and T2) were raised on clover and corn stalks straw, respectively. All experimental birds were raised under similar environmental and managerial conditions. Body weight, body weight gain, feed consumption, feed conversion, carcass weights, airborne dust particulates, litter pH and bacterial count were not different between treatments. However, the incidence of leg problems and breast blisters were decreased with clover litter. Otherwise, corn stalks chips decreased litter moisture percentage, caking score and ammonia concentrations inside the poultry house, which positively reflected on the health condition of the birds. From these results and economical efficiency, it could be concluded that, using clover and corn stalks straw as economical alternative litter materials for local turkey is highly recommended.

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Evaluation of Clover and Corn Stalks Straw as Alternative Litter Materials to Wheat Straw for Raising Local Turkey

Farghly

2012

Egyptian Journal of Animal Production

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“…The use of litter or bedding material is important in poultry production, as it can impact animal welfare, flock health, food safety, environmental implications, and production efficiency ( Dunlop et al, 2016 ). Examples of common bedding materials are wood shavings, sawdust, rice husk/hulls, sugarcane bagasse, wheat straw, soybean residue, corn cobs or stover, silage, peanut hulls, and inorganic materials like sand and clay ( Carter et al, 1979 ; Grimes et al, 2002 ; Shepherd and Fairchild, 2010 ). Within the United States, primary choices for bedding materials include pine wood shavings, peanut hulls, and rice hulls, having pine shavings and sawdust as the most desirable options ( Malone and Gedamu, 1995 ).…”

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Evaluating the impact of gypsum as a novel bedding material on broiler performance, foot pad health, and fear response

Escobar,

Watts,

Torbert

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Poultry Science

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“…This scarcity has often been accompanied by higher costs due to intense competition for available material. This has led to a search for new sources of litter (Reed and McCartney, 1970;Carter et al, 1979;Allen et al, 1980) and has encouraged research into conservation of litter (McCartney, 1971;Carmi and Ashbel, 1978;Parkhurst et al, 1974).…”

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Observations on New and Reused Litter for Growing Broilers

Jones

Hagler

1983

Poultry Science

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Three of five houses on a commercial broiler farm were cleaned, and hardwood sawdust was spread to a depth of about 3 cm prior to the arrival of chicks. Hard or caked litter was removed from the remaining two houses, and litter was top dressed with about .25 cm of hardwood sawdust. Litter samples were collected weekly from each house. Moisture, pH, and mold counts were determined for each sample. No significant differences were detected in average bird weight, feed conversion, mortality, or condemnations. Litter moisture and pH values increased over the course of the experiment, whereas litter ash values showed no consistent trends. The highest mortality for birds on both litter types occurred in the first week of the experiment. However, the data suggest that when new litter is used for broilers, mortality is more evenly distributed over the grow-out period. (

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Wood Chips for Poultry Litter ,

Cited by 15 publications

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Evaluation of Clover and Corn Stalks Straw as Alternative Litter Materials to Wheat Straw for Raising Local Turkey

Evaluation of Clover and Corn Stalks Straw as Alternative Litter Materials to Wheat Straw for Raising Local Turkey

Evaluating the impact of gypsum as a novel bedding material on broiler performance, foot pad health, and fear response

Observations on New and Reused Litter for Growing Broilers

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