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Use of Palm Wastes as Alternative Flooring Materials in Broiler Chickens Houses under Prevailing Conditions in New Valley

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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livestock sciences

Abstract

A total number of 180 one day old chicks of cobb broiler were used to investigate the effects of different types of floor made from palm wastes on growth performance and carcass traits of broiler. The study included six groups of treatments; (wheat straw litter, wire net, plastic net, wooden slats, palm fiber mate and palm stem slats floors). The achieved results showed that the floor types had significant (P≤0.05) effect on final body weight and feed conversion. Wooden slats and palm stem slats floors had significant superiority of body weight and gain over the broiler reared on wire net, plastic net and palm fiber mate floors. Also, feed conversion of broiler reared on wheat straw litter, plastic net, wooden slats and palm stem slats floors had significant superiority values over the broiler reared on wire net and palm fiber floors. Birds reared on wheat straw litter, wooden slats and palm stem floors had significantly higher carcass percentage as compared to those of wire net . The lowest percentage of abdominal fat is recorded for broilers raised on wire net floor, plastic net and palm fiber net floors in comparison with those raised on wheat straw . Broilers raised on wheat straw litter, wooden and palm stem slats floor had significantly lower leg problems than those of birds raised on wire net floor and palm fiber net floors. From the economic efficiency, it could be concluded that wooden slats and palm stem slats floors best being used for managing broilers.

DOI

10.21608/jdea.2021.61866.1006

Keywords

floor, Growth performance, carcass traits, health status, broiler

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Alm El-deen

MiddleName

Farghly

Affiliation

Poultry department, agricultural faculty, Assiut university

Email

farghly20002000@yahoo.com

City

Assiut

Orcid

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First Name

A.

Last Name

El-Kelawy

MiddleName

M. I.

Affiliation

Dept. Of Poultry Production, Fac. Of Agric., Univ. Of New Valley, Egypt

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City

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Orcid

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First Name

A.

Last Name

Kassab

MiddleName

Y.

Affiliation

Dept. Of Poultry Production, Fac. Of Agric., Univ. Of New Valley, Egypt

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City

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Orcid

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First Name

M.

Last Name

Emam

MiddleName

S.

Affiliation

Dept. Of Poultry Production, Fac. Of Agric., Univ. Of New Valley, Egypt

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City

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Orcid

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Volume

1

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

22470

Issue Date

2021-03-01

Receive Date

2021-02-07

Publish Date

2021-03-01

Page Start

59

Page End

69

Online ISSN

2735-4709

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https://jdea.journals.ekb.eg/article_153643.html

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5

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Original Research

Type Code

1,575

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Journal of Desert and Environmental Agriculture

Publication Link

https://jdea.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Use of Palm Wastes as Alternative Flooring Materials in Broiler Chickens Houses under Prevailing Conditions in New Valley

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Article

Created At

23 Jan 2023