Poultry Husbandry Flashcards
Why poultry meat is popular
Cheap
Convenient
Easily flavoured
Lends to live market w/ min zoonosis risk
Egg popularity
Varied use
Easy to store
Why do they have low zoonoses risk
Manage diseases as full flock change and clean housing, etc thoroughly in between
Why was there a decr of poultry consumption in early C 21st
Avian influenza outbreak leading to human deaths
Largest poultry meat importer
Europe (incl between EU member countries)
Followed by Asia closely
Biggest poultry meat producers
USA
China
Brazil
Highest egg production
Asia
Av chicken slaughter weight
2.2kg
Av broiler hatch %
80
Who is in charge of genetic selection
Breeding companies
Broiler breeding companies
Aviagen
Cobb
Hubbard
Layer breeding companies
Lohmann
Hyline
Hendrix
What do breeding companies do
Maintain &I breed flocks to v high biosecurity standards
What do breeding companies select for
Commercial traits
Health
Welfare
Who can primary breeders sell to
Multipliers
Meat breeder
Commercial layer
What does the multiplier do
But GP stock and supply meat breeders or commercial layer to the customer
Different set ups
Large multinational integrators
Small producers/family business
Major duck company
Cherry Valley - primary breeder and an integrator
Main Turkey company
Aviagen Turkeys primary breeder
Where are game birds reared
Shoots
Large commercial game farms
Types of vet
Specialist private
Employed by primary breeders/integrators/pharmaceutical companies
Gov vets w/ hygiene/export
Vet jobs
Gather analyse data Benchmark flock performance ID health issues Put in systems for rapid diagnosis, etc Set health goals Look at management, etc
Why poultry is popular
Efficient feed conversion Easy management Simple nutritional req Short gen time Multiple offspring
