Gas affects poultry productivity and human health if not reduced to 10 ppm or less. Photo: Daniel Azevedo
High ammonia levels are seen as a challenge in poultry production worldwide. The toxic gas threatens the health of birds and humans, generating financial losses and social damage in the absence of proper management. Nitrogen is a component of poultry diets, via either protein or other sources. Some of this nitrogen will be used by the animals metabolism and is used in tissues or egg conformation. However, most of it is excreted in the urine or faeces in the form of uric acid (around 80%), amm
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