Jean E. Sander, Louise Dufour, Roger D. Wyatt, Parshall B. Bush and R. Kenny Page The acute oral mean lethal dose of boric acid in 1-day-old chickens was found to be 2.95 ± 0.35 g/kg of body weight, ...

More than 50,5 million birds in US poultry farms have been slaughtered because of outbreaks of avian flu among flocks in over forty states, according to the Department of Agriculture. The disease is ...

AWI works to influence policies and welfare standards that govern the way animals are treated during each phase of production. Welfare concerns vary based on species. Information about specific ...

Broiler chicks at an Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station facility. Credit must be given to the creator. Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted. No derivatives or adaptations of the ...

Editor’s Note: The Herald is continuing to print 4-H results from this year’s Mower County Fair and will continue to do so as space is available. Courtney Akkerman Windom Rabbits Small Breeds 16: ...

The foundation of a successful cagefree layer operation begins in the rearing phase. Matching the rearing environment as closely as possible to the laying house is essential. Pullets that learn to ...

The objective of the present study was to characterize the scientific production regarding the factors that influence broiler chicken production, and that were published from 2000 to 2015 in journals ...