The objective of this book is to elaborate the commercial chicken production system of India with our own farming perspectives. There is a striking difference between western and Indian poultry production systems, which has to be clearly understood for effective professional practice of poultry production in India. Largely, Indian poultry system is tropical climate based and our experience in tropical chicken egg production is unique.The content of commercial chicken egg production is sequentially presented in the book for easy and comprehensive learning and activities have also been provided at the end of each chapter for practice. The target audience for this book is undergraduate and postgraduate students of veterinary science, poultry science, commercial poultry farm managers, farming aspirants and practicing field veterinary technocrats etc.
Author(s): M. Murugan
Publisher: Associated Publishing Company
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 116
City: New Delhi
Title
Preface
Contents
Introduction to CommercialChicken Egg Production
Genetic Stocks of ChickenEgg Production
Poultry Housing ofLayer Chicken
Layer Chicken Management
Commercial LayerChicken Feeding
Chicken Egg Quality
Bio-security inCommercial Layer Farm
Common Poultry Diseases
Water Quality Management
Good HusbandryPractices inCommercial Layer Farming
Commercial Chicken LayerFarm Economics
Annexure
Index
