A survey was conducted on chicken broiler farms from Romania in August-November 2010 to evaluate economic losses due to coccidiosis. Data were collected from six broiler farms of different capacity regarding chemoprophylaxis program, weight gain, feed conversion, and mortality, for two previous flocks in two houses of each farm, and finally we evaluated the economic losses. Also, faeces samples were collected and oocysts were classified according to their size, and virulence of each Eimeria spp. field isolate was determined by […]

In this study, the Von Bertalanffy, Richards, Gompertz, Brody, and Logistics non-linear mixed regression models were compared for their ability to estimate the growth curve in commercial laying hens. Data were obtained from 100 Lohmann LSL layers. The animals were identified and then weighed weekly from day 20 after hatch until they were 553 days of age. All the nonlinear models used were transformed into mixed models by the inclusion of random parameters. Accuracy of the models was determined by […]

Neste experimento foram avaliados os efeitos de níveis de lisina digestível no desempenho, no balanço de nitrogênio e na digestibilidade de extrato etéreo em poedeiras Lohmann LSL entre 16 e 25 semanas de idade. Foram avaliados quatro níveis de lisina digestível (0,6; 0,7; 0,8 e 0,9% da ração) utilizando-se 160 poedeiras durante o período de 16 até 25 semanas de idade. As dietas foram isonutritivas, com 17% de PB e 2.800 (pré-postura) e 2.750 kcal (pré-pico) EM/kg. O delineamento inteiramente […]