Combating heat stress to keep birds productive

Extremely high temperatures have a much greater effect on the faster growing, higher yielding broiler of today and also in laying chickens. When it’s hot outside, it is essential to create an environment inside the poultry house that allows the birds to dissipate excess body heat and remain comfortable. In these challenging conditions it is essential that key management techniques are applied in order to gain maximum performance. Making fat digestible in nutrition is such a measure. By K.