Animal · 33 articles
Meat poultry farming is a high-tech industry aimed at ensuring the stable production of dietary products. For agronomists and farm owners, understanding the biological patterns of growth, conformation characteristics, and breeding methods is a key factor in economic efficiency. A professional approach to managing herd productivity, based on scientifically grounded feeding standards and modern management technologies, allows for minimizing losses and improving meat quality indicators.
This collection combines materials covering the full production cycle: from breeding work and the formation of parent flocks to the specifics of fattening and deep processing of raw materials. The articles present a detailed overview of meat breeds of chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, and pigeons, as well as reference data on the amino acid composition of diets. Readers will find practical recommendations on evaluating the physical build of individuals, selecting management systems for breeding poultry, and methods for improving productive lines. The information will be useful both when planning work at industrial complexes and when implementing programs for selection and gene pool conservation.
Poultry For agronomists
The article reveals the fundamentals of industrial incubation as a key element of continuous reproduction of poultry. It covers biological principles of the process and the organization of technological operations in specialized poultry farms
Poultry For agronomists
The article examines the principles of industrial poultry farming based on the biological needs of poultry. You will learn about the division of production processes into stages and the role of modern technical complexes in the automation of rearing and incubation
Poultry For agronomists
The article describes the path of poultry farming from primitive keeping in a natural environment to the creation of industrial farms. The author examines the biological needs of poultry and the history of the formation of conditions for their productivity
Poultry For agronomists
The article introduces the characteristics of popular dual-purpose poultry breeds, such as New Hampshire, Moscow, Yerevan, Kyrgyz, Pantsirev, and Poltava. You will learn about their productivity indicators, exterior features, and the effectiveness of their use in crossbreeding to increase the profitability of a poultry house.
Poultry For students
The article examines key systems for keeping poultry in industrial poultry farming, including battery cages, floor housing on deep litter, and the use of slatted floors. The reader will learn about the benefits of process automation and the requirements for equipping poultry houses
Livestock For students
The article reveals the fundamentals of intensive pig farming, including issues of hybridization, early weaning of piglets, and the organization of fattening. The principles of facility zoning according to the Danish production system are examined
Livestock For students
The article examines in vivo and post-slaughter methods for assessing meat productivity. You will learn about growth rates, regulations for pre-slaughter holding, and criteria for carcass quality of livestock animals
Livestock For students
The article presents practical methods for assessing dairy cattle productivity. Readers will learn how to calculate lactation indicators, plot milk yield curves, and determine the weight of marketable milk to evaluate the economic efficiency of production
Livestock For students
The material presents scientifically grounded compositions of starter compound feeds for calves and piglets, and also provides data on the nutritional value of diets for livestock animals and poultry according to the recommendations of V. G. Ryadchikov
