The Effect of Ventilation, Heating, Lighting and Bird Density Systems on Chicken Performance Protected Under Molybdenum Conditions

• Abdulwaib Ramadan Abio

  Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Agriculture, Omar Al-Mukhtar University, Al-Bayda, Libya

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• Samah Hassan Hamad Al-Hassi

  Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Agriculture, Omar Al-Mukhtar University, Al-Bayda, Libya

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This study was conducted to investigate the effect of ventilation system (fan-window), heating system (gas-kerosene), lighting system (100, 200 and 500 watt) and bird density (8, 10 and 12 bird/m2) on production performance indexes (feed consumption  study was conducted on the broiler houses during the period from February 2009 to Jan 2010 in EL-Bieda-Libya. The results recommended that fan ventilation, gas heating, lighting of 100 watt and bird density of 10 bird/m2 were the most suitable to maximum the feed consumption rate, bird body weight and production index with minimize the feed conversion and the bird mortality.

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