Member Peter Segun
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To minimize production downtime, implement proactive maintenance strategies like preventive and predictive maintenance, optimize maintenance processes through planning and data analysis, and empower your workforce with training and ownership. Other key strategies include automating processes and improving spare parts management.
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To improve your beneficial gut microbiome, focus on a diet rich in diverse plant-based foods, fiber, prebiotics, and probiotics, while limiting processed foods and sugar. Additionally, lifestyle factors like regular exercise, stress management, and getting adequate sleep are crucial for a healthy gut. Finally, use antibiotics only when necessary to avoid disrupting the balance of your gut bacteria.
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How does poultry birds utilize concentrate feeds
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Commercially prepared serum in advance for poultry is not a standard practice for treating viral diseases during an outbreak. The more common and effective approach is using hyperimmune serum produced by vaccinating a separate group of animals (like chickens) and collecting their blood to harvest the antibodies. These antibodies can then be used for treatment, or vaccines are used preventatively. A direct-acting antiviral treatment is generally not available as a commercially prepared serum.
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Intensive, semi intensive and extensive systems
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You can prevent common chick diseases by ensuring strict biosecurity, clean and disinfected housing, and proper vaccination. Provide clean water, balanced feed, and maintain optimal brooding temperature to reduce stress. Also, control visitors, rodents, and insects, and observe chicks daily for early signs of illness.
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Feeding chicks properly in the first week is vital — provide quality starter feed early, ensure clean water, and maintain the right temperature to promote uniform growth and healthy development.
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Chicks should be monitored several times a day during the first week — ideally 4 to 5 times daily. This helps you quickly detect signs of stress, disease, or poor brooding conditions such as uneven heat, dehydration, or pasting. Frequent checks ensure early intervention and better survival rates.
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Effective brooding management requires focusing on warmth, hygiene, feed and water access, and monitoring. Prepare the brooder in advance, maintaining a starting temperature of about \(35^{\circ }C\) (\(95^{\circ }F\)) and lowering it by \(5^{\circ }C\) each week. Ensure constant access to fresh food and water, provide proper ventilation and dry litter, and observe chick behavior to make necessary adjustments
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