HAND BOOK OF POULTRY FARMING AND FEED FORMULATIONS (E-BOOK)

The book covers  Why Poultry Farming, General Anatomy of Poultry, Preliminary Informations Regarding Poultry Farming, Investment Planning , Housing Requirements, Equipments Needed, Poultry Breeding, Poultry Brooding, Housing and Equipment, Feed Formulations, Disease Prevention, Economic Raising of Poultry (Broiler, Layer, Ducks, Quaii and Turkey), List of  Medicine, Vaccine and Nutrient Manufacturers, List of Poultry Feed Manufacturers, Distributor and Suppliers, List of Important Hatcheries, List of Equipment Manufacturers and Suppliers, List of Some Important Formulation of Poultry Farmers use Antibacterial Drugs, List of Anticoccidials, Anticoccidials Preventive, List of Antiparasitic Formulations, List of Common Vaccines used for Poultry Available in Market, Suppliers of Plant & Equipments for Poultry, Plant Economics of Animal Feed, Plant Economics of Bio Fertilisers from Waste, Plant Economics of Chicken Farming (Hatchery), Plant Economics of Poultry & Broiler (Hatchery) Farming, Plant Economics of Poultry Farming, Plant Economics of Poultry Feeds, Plant Economics of Poultry & Broiler Farming.


HAND BOOK OF POULTRY FARMING AND FEED FORMULATIONS

WHY POULTY FARMING ?

GENERAL ANATOMY OF POULTRY

Feathers of fowl
The Skin Skeletal System of Fowl
Muscular System
The respiratory system of fowl
The digestive system of fowl
Reproductive System
The Endocrine System

PRELIMINARY INFORMATIONS REGARDING  POULTRY FARMING

Market
Availability and Selection of Day Old Chicks
Feed and Other Appliances
Drinking Water
Electric Supply
Selection of Site
House Management
Birds Management
Record Keeping
Technical Advise and Help

INVESTMENT PLANNING

layer Farm
Broiler Farm

HOUSING REQUIREMENTS

Layer Housing
Broiler Farm

EQUIPMENTS NEEDED

Floor Brooders
Battery Brooder
Feeders
Waterers
Laying Nest
Miscellaneous Equipments

POULTRY BREEDING

Genetics in Brief
Inheritance of plumage in furkeys
Inheritance  of quantitative  characters
Systems of selection
Heritability
Selection  Pressure
Selection Index
Breeding Methods
Pen mating
Flock  Mating
Stud Mating
Shift system of mating
Artificial Insemination
Systems of Breeding in Poultry
A.  System to increase homozygosity
Heterosis
Inheritance of Egg Production
Sexual Maturity
High intensity of lay (rate of lay)
Inheritance of Broodiness
Persistency
Winter pause
Facundity
Inheritance of characters related to Broiler Production
Growth rate
Feed Efficiency
Viability
Body conformation and skin colour
Feathering
Inheritance of Economic Traits in Turkeys
Breeding Plan for improvement of Turkeys
Inheritance of Economic traits in Ducks
Modern Method of Breeding
Recurrent Selection
Reciprocal Recurrent Selection
Poultry Breeding Research in India
Breeding Programme followed for layers
Commercial Broiler

POULTRY BROODING

Systems of Brooding
Hot room Brooding
Cold room Brooding
Location of Brooder House
Type of Brooders
Preparation of Brooder House  to Receive Chicks
Brooder House Schedule upto 4 weeks of age
Brooding Requirements
Temperature
Ventilation
Humidity
Space
Equipments
Prevalent Management Programme
Chicks needed to start a farm
Jobs to be completed during brooding period
Vaccination
Debeaking
Coccidiosis control
Emergency during
Brooding Period
Preventing Starvation of turkey poults
Brooding of ducks

HOUSING AND EQUIPMENT

Location of a poultry Farm
Factors Influencing design of poultry houses
Temperature
Ventilation
Humidity
Requirement of floor space, feeders and waterers
Orientation of House
Light in poultry house
Poultry Houses
Hatchery
Brooder House
Advantages
Disadvantage
Processing Plant
Laying House
A small unit for 25 to 50 hens suitable for backyand (confined rearing) keeping
A Layer House for 1000 hens
Large size laying house
General Construction of laying house
Cage house
Common arrangement of cages
Breeding Pen
Equipment
Feeders
Waterers
Catching Equipments
Nests
Hatchery Equipment

FEED FORMULATIONS

Composition of Poultry Feeds
Nutrient Requirements of Birds
The Nutrient Composition of Feed Stuffs
Maximum level of Inclusion of feed Ingredients
Availability and cost of feed Ingredients
Methods of Formulating Rations
Square Method/Pearson Square Method
Trail & Error Method
Simultaneous Equation Method
The 2x2 Matrix Method
Computer Method
Linear Programming Package (LP88)
Procedure for use of Linear Programming (LP)
Selection of Computer Software and Hardware for Ration formulation
Steps in Feed Formulation
Diets for Various Classes of Chicken
Meat Type Chicken
Egg Type Chicken
Least Cost Formulation
Broller starter diets
Chick starter diets
Grower diets
Layer diets
Computerized Diets

DISEASE PREVENTION

Vaccination of Layer Chicks and Adults
Preventive Medication for Layers
Coccidiostat
Dewormer
Manage and Mites
Vaccination for Broliers
Preventive Medication for Broilers

ECONOMIC RAISING OF POULTRY (Broiler, Layer, Ducks, Quail and Turkey)

Broiler Farming
Layers Farming
Duck Farming
Choice of Breeds
Tips for General Care and Management
A tentative plan for setting up a duck farm for eggs of Khaki Campbell variety Capacity
1,000 birds
Nutrition and Feeding
Quail Farming
Tips of Management of Quail Rearing for Meat Purpose
Economic Aspects of Quail Rearing
Turkey Raising
Housing
Egg Production
Incubation
Brooding
Feeding
Diseases
Economics
Facilities for Farmers at CCS, HAU, Hisar

LIST OF MEDICINE, VACCINE AND NUTRIENT MANUFACTURERS

LIST OF POULTRY FEED MANUFACTURERS, DISTRIBUTOR AND SUPPLIERS

LIST OF IMPORTANT HATCHERIES

LIST OF EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS AND SUPPLIERS

LIST OF SOME IMPORTANT FORMULATION OF POULTRY FARMERS USE ANTIBACTERIAL DRUGS

Antiobiotics
Sulpha Drugs
Nitro Furans

LIST OF ANTICOCCIDIALS

ANTICOCCIDIALS PREVENTIVE

LIST OF ANTIPARASITIC FORMULATIONS

LIST OF COMMON VACCINES USED FOR POULTRY AVAILABLE IN MARKET

SUPPLIERS OF PLANT & EQUIPMENTS FOR POULTRY

PLANT ECONOMICS OF ANIMAL FEED

PLANT ECONOMICS OF BIO FERTILISERS FROM WASTE

PLANT ECONOMICS OF CHICKEN FARMING (HATCHERY)

PLANT ECONOMICS OF POULTRY & BROILER (HATCHERY) FARMING

PLANT ECONOMICS OF POULTRY FARMING

PLANT ECONOMICS OF POULTRY FEEDS

PLANT ECONOMICS OF POULTRY & BROILER FARMING

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