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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Pine shavings"”.
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A comparison of physical characteristics of pine shavings biosecure pine shavings and sunflower hulls as litter material and its influence on broiler performance
… three different litter materials, namely pine shavings (PS), bio-secure, fumigated pine shavings (BS) and sunflower hulls (SH) on their physical characteristics and how this influenced broiler performance parameters. The physical characteristics examined included bulk density (BD), pH, …
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Evaluation of a phytogenic feed additive on performance, nutrient digestion, and absorption in turkey poults
… and placed into floor pens with clean pine shavings. The treatments were randomly assigned including an industry-type corn-soybean meal positive control (PC), a similar diet with a 1.5% reduction in crude protein and key amino acids (NC), or the NC with the addition of Digestarom® (PFA) …
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EFFECT OF PROTEASE SUPPLEMENTATION IN BROILER FEED ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE, CARCASS YIELD AND TOTAL NITROGEN RETENTION IN FECAL MATTER AND LITTER
… birds/treatment), and reared for 49 days on used pine shavings. The target average weight for the birds was 6.25lbs. Dietary treatments consisted of: treatment #1 positive control (PC) Pilgrim’s Standard Diet (Basal diet), treatment # 2 negative control (NC) Pilgrim’s Diet with Protease Matrix …
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Mitigation of Ammonia Emissions from Broiler Houses Using a Biodegradable Litter Amendment
… flock was grown on 10 cm of fresh, kiln-dried pine shavings, while subsequent flocks were grown on top-dressed reused litter. The two treatments (control (CTL) and BLA) were randomly assigned to the six rooms after flock 1, to give three replicates per treatment. The exhaust air from the rooms …
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Fate and Dissemination of Salmonella Reading in Market-age Turkeys at Processing using Oral Gavage Challenge Model
… sequentially before comingled placement on fresh pine shavings. Turkeys were challenged with 108 cfu SR by oral gavage on days 4 and 7 post-placement. Subsets were subjected to simulated commercial processing on days 14 (n=40), 21 (n=40) and 28 (n=32) post-placement (corresponding to 10, 11, and …
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Characterizing water holding capacity and total solids of manure-bedding mixtures
… were evaluated (corn cobs, corn stover, pine shavings, switchgrass, miscanthus, wheat straw, and soybean stover) and they were characterized for their particle size distribution, bulk density and initial total solids. The first goal of this project was to develop a Standard Operating …