The effect of various types of bedding material on productive qualities and occurrence of pododermatitis of paw pads of the paws of broiler chickens

UDC 635.5.033
DOI: 10.36871/vet.zoo.bio.202304013

Authors

Ivan I. Kochish,
Alexander A. Krykanov,
Artyom A. Krykanov,
Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology – MVA by K. I. Skryabin”, Moscow, Russia

Abstract

The article presents the results of a study to assess the impact of various types of bedding material on the productive qualities of broiler chickens and the occurrence of pododermatitis of paw pads in them. It was found that the bedding material from straw was in many respects inferior in quality to the bedding material from sawdust. The straw was more humid, polluted, and marked «cakes» were formed on it, which increased the microbial contamination of the poultry house's air space. The average live weight of chickens of the experimental group (straw) was XNUMX g, in the control group (sawdust) – XNUMX g, that is XNUMX g higher than the experimental group (P

Keywords

broilers, bedding material, growth, survival, uniformity, paw pad pododermatitis