Commercial Chicken Egg Production

by Murugan, M

ISBN: 9789390259236
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Imprint : Associated Publishing Company
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 4095.00
Biblio : vi+112p

Author Profile

The Author Dr M. Murugan M.V.Sc., Ph.D, MBA (Human Resources) is currently working as Professor of Poultry Science in Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Tamil Nadu. He is a prolific writer in the domain poultry science and has inherent passion for teaching. He is also a resource person for human resource management in poultry sector. He has got twenty year of teaching, research and extension service experience in the field of poultry science with special reference to commercial chicken production for egg and meat and Japanese quail production. He has published twenty research articles on poultry science subject in various international and national journals. He has authored a book titled Commercial broiler chicken production. Currently his areas of interest are content development, ICT applications and human resource development through capacity building in poultry science and production sector.

About The Book

The objective of this book is to elaborate the commercial chicken production system of India with our own farming perspectives. There is a striking difference between western and Indian poultry production systems, which has to be clearly understood for effective professional practice of poultry production in India. Largely, Indian poultry system is tropical climate based and our experience in tropical chicken egg production is unique.The content of commercial chicken egg production is sequentially presented in the book for easy and comprehensive learning and activities have also been provided at the end of each chapter for practice. The target audience for this book is undergraduate and postgraduate students of veterinary science, poultry science, commercial poultry farm managers, farming aspirants and practicing field veterinary technocrats etc.

Table of Contents

Preface v 1. Introduction to Commercial Chicken Egg Production 1 2. Genetic Stocks of Chicken Egg Production 5 3. Poultry Housing of Layer Chicken 9 4. Layer Chicken Management 21 5. Commercial Layer Chicken Feeding 33 6. Chicken Egg Quality 55 7. Bio-security in Commercial Layer Farm 73 8. Common Poultry Diseases 81 9. Water Quality Management 91 10. Good Husbandry Practices in Commercial Layer Farming 93 11. Commercial Chicken Layer Farm Economics 99 Annexure 103 Index 105 Color plates 109