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The Results Of Using Pumices As A Bedding In Broiler Chicken House, Somsak Pakpinyo, Boonrit Thongsong, Thawat Lekdumrongsak, Somporn Wangsoongnoen, Suthep Ruangwises
The Results Of Using Pumices As A Bedding In Broiler Chicken House, Somsak Pakpinyo, Boonrit Thongsong, Thawat Lekdumrongsak, Somporn Wangsoongnoen, Suthep Ruangwises
The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine
The objective of this experiment was to compare the rice hull and pumice litter when used as bedding in a broiler chicken house. Seven hundred and fourteen 1-day-old, broiler chicks were divided equally into 2 groups. Group 1 raised on rice hulls and group 2 on pumice litter. Each group had 3 replicates, 119 birds in each. The average body weight gain and the feed intake during days 1-42 were observed in order to calculate the feed conversion rate (FCR). At 16, 28, and 42 days, 10 birds from each replicate were bled for their antibody titer responses to Newcastle …