Managing heat stress

Rising global temperatures and the undeniable fact that modern, highly productive poultry breeds are more prone to heat stress, is a challenge for the industry. Fortunately, innovative plant-based nutritional solutions now provide the opportunity to stabilise broiler and layer performance during hot weather. Modern poultry breeds are particularly susceptible to warming temperatures because their insulating feathers, lack of sweat glands on the skin and a high body mass to body surface area rat