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2. Poultry feed - Wikipedia

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   A feeder is the device that supplies the feed to the poultry. [8] For privately raised chickens, or chickens as pets , feed can be delivered through jar, trough or tube feeders. The use of poultry feed can also be supplemented with food found through foraging . [ 9 ]

3. Concentrated animal feeding operation - Wikipedia

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   Smithfield Foods hog CAFO, Unionville, Missouri, 2013. In animal husbandry, a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO), as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is an intensive animal feeding operation (AFO) in which over 1,000 animal units are confined for over 45 days a year.

4. Poultry litter - Wikipedia

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   No consistent significant differences have been found regarding flock performance when comparing houses using fresh litter with houses re-utilizing litter. A major issue with re-utilization of previously used litter is the generation of ammonia. Ammonia is produced by microbial breakdown of fecal material in the litter.

5. Feedlot - Wikipedia

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   From the early 60's to the 90's feeding beef cattle in the feedlot style showed immense growth, and even today the feedlot industry is constantly being upgraded with new knowledge and science as well as technology. In the early 20th century, feeder operations were separate from all other related operations and feedlots were non-existent. [25]

6. Poultry farming - Wikipedia

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   A dual-purpose chicken is a type of chicken that may be used in the production of both eggs and meat. [42] In the past, many chicken breeds were selected for both functions. However, since the advent of laying and meat hybrids, industrial chicken breeding has made a sharp distinction between chickens with either function, [ 43 ] so that certain ...

7. Chicken manure - Wikipedia

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   In 1986, a master's thesis study in the Philippines compared the effects of using various fertilizers to enhance milkfish production in brackish water ponds. [7] The study compared the use of using chicken manure only, cow manure only, 16-20-0 fertilizer only, a mixture of cow manure and 16-20-0 fertilizer, a mixture of chicken manure and 16-20-0 fertilizer, and a control group that used no ...