AMMONIA PROBLEMS IN CHICKEN PENS:
Ammonia gas has a characteristic pungent odour. At high concentrations it is irritating to mucous membranes of the respiratory tract and the conjunctivae and corneas of the eyes. Damage to the mucous membranes of the respiratory system increases the susceptibility of birds to bacterial respiratory infection, especially E. coli infection. High levels also have a negative impact on overall livability, weight gain, feed conversion, condemnation rate at processing and the immune system of the birds.
Experimentally, broiler chickens kept in an environment with ammonia concentrations of 50 ppm and 75 ppm were shown to have reductions in body weight of 17% and 20%, re-spectively, at 7 weeks of age compared to broiler chickens kept in an environment with near zero ammonia concentration. Generally, maximum levels of ammonia in poultry pens have been set at 25 ppm by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and 50 ppm by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
These levels have been established based on human safety and represent the limits for 8 hours of exposure. OSHA considers 50 ppm to be the lowest level to cause irritation to the eyes, nose and throat of the most sensitive individuals.
People can generally smell ammonia at concentrations between 20 and 30 ppm.
TWO WAYS TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE AMMONIA:
The usual sawdust or straw chicken bedding can be either treated once laid or simply composted prior utilization.
The simplest and immediate solution is as described in 1: below:
Spraying the bedding with Omni Green Bioflush will have an immediate result on the ammo-nia abatement. Within minutes the levels of ammonia will drop.
However with pens holding an average of 5000 birds, spraying Omni Green Bioflush on the surface may prove impractical.
Omni Green Bioflush has no negative effect if sprayed directly on to the birds or feed.
In practice it is sprayed by mist sprayers placed under the roof on a manual or automatic method via an NH³ sensor. This is the simplest solution.
Dosage for spraying:
The level of ammonia dictates the amount of Omni Green Bioflush to be sprayed. However the average calculation is 5 grams of Omni Green Bioflush per square meter diluted in 1 liter of water. This application is generally done 5 times per month or as needed. Please note that any level of ammonia abatement in a chicken pens will be extremely beneficial to the bird’s health and growth cycle.
Procedure to Make Chicken Bedding From Fresh Sawdust.
The following quantities are for two tons of sawdust:
Procedure:
Dilute the above ingredients in the 60 kg of water in order listed above, ensuring that each ingredient is fully dissolved before adding the next one. Once the Omni Green Mi-cromix is in the mixture, stir for 20 minutes. The product is now ready for use.
Application:
To obtain best results follow these basic steps:
Caution:
Whilst the chicken bedding is composting the pH level may rise and may be reduced by using the following ingredients:
1. Eliminate feces and urine odor, improve environmental sanitation, and reduce pollution.
The stench of livestock and poultry farms not only pollutes the air, but also contains harmful substances such as ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, and mercaptans in the odor, which not only affects the growth of livestock and poultry, but also seriously affects people’s physical and mental health. Beneficial bacteria can inhibit the reproduction of spoilage bacteria, thereby reducing the content of endotoxin and urease in the intestinal tract and blood, and decomposing ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, methyl mercaptan, trimethylamine, etc. Gas is generated, reducing the odor by more than 90%. Through the action of photosynthetic bacteria, nitrogen-fixing bacteria and actinomycetes in the preparation, it can minimize the odor of livestock and poultry houses and eliminate harmful substances. Lactic acid bacteria can prevent spoilage, reduce the density of mosquitoes and flies in summer, and improve the breeding environment. The test shows that after using the bacteria, the odor concentration in the breeding house decreases by 90%-97%, and the odor intensity drops from 3.5 to 2.5, thus improving the environmental sanitation quality of the livestock and poultry houses.
2. Promote the reproductive function of female livestock and poultry.
A large number of biologically active substances produced by the flora can significantly enhance the ovarian function of breeding livestock and poultry, promote abnormal ovulation, thereby increasing the reproductive rate, conception rate, litter rate, and egg production rate of livestock and poultry, prolonging the breeding period and prolonging the life expectancy of hens. During the laying period, increase the egg production, increase the litter rate of sows by about 30%, and increase the egg production rate of hens by about 20%.
3. Improve product quality and produce healthy animal products.
After use, the use of antibiotics and other drugs can be greatly reduced or not used at all, so that animals can grow healthily, and the activation of a large number of beneficial microorganisms in the body can be used to improve the quality of meat, eggs, and milk.
The use of bacterial technology to feed livestock and poultry eliminates chemical and biological pollution. It not only produces green food, but also reduces the fat and cholesterol content of livestock and poultry meat, increases the content of glycine and glutamic acid in lean meat, and makes the meat fresh and delicious. Human beings provide high-quality, safe and healthy green food. Tests have shown that with long-term use, healthy and safe food that is more suitable for human consumption can be produced.
4. Feed detoxification.
Using the stock solution can detoxify 95% of the isothiocyanate in the rapeseed cake, and the cost can be reduced by more than 80%. Therefore,bacteria can be used to ferment and detoxify cottonseed and rapeseed meal.
The specific method of using the stock solution
Animal drinking water health care
1. Drink the original solution directly: on the basis of the normal implementation of the immunization program, in the period of frequent occurrence of livestock and poultry diseases, especially when the livestock and poultry have signs of intestinal disease infection, the original solution can be directly fed, which is effective in preventing diseases, especially intestinal infection effective. Drinking time: preventive drinking, once a day, continuous drinking for 5-7 days. Dosage: small chicks, 0.2-0.5ml each time; piglets 15ml; medium pigs 30ml, large pigs 40ml; others can refer to the initial adjustment.
2. Daily diluted drinking water: the original solution can be added to the daily drinking water of animals in a ratio of 200 to 500 times (200 times in the first week, 300 times in the second week, 400 times in the third week, and 500 times in the fourth week, gradually decreasing ratio added). In low temperature seasons, the concentration of the stock solution can be appropriately increased or mixed with brown sugar and water for better feeding effect.
Environmental deodorization
You can spray every corner of the pen with 500 times dilution of the original solution, so as to reduce the odor of the pen, inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria, and improve the environment of the pen. Usually 2 to 3 times a week, once a week after the odor is relieved. For the deodorization of the feces and urine pool, 100 times the dilution of the original solution can be put in at a ratio of 1% of the feces and urine volume, once a week. It can reduce the amount of sludge in the urinal and reduce the odor.
[Main functions]
1. This product is rich in unknown growth-promoting factors, which have obvious growth-promoting effects, increase feed remuneration, and save feeding costs.
2. Use bacteria to control bacteria, inhibit the reproduction of harmful bacteria, adjust the balance of intestinal microecology, improve immunity, significantly reduce the incidence of bacterial digestive tract diseases and respiratory diseases, and reduce mortality.
3. Improve product quality and animal meat quality; increase the weight of poultry eggs, increase the smoothness of poultry egg shells, reduce the proportion of sandy eggs, and deepen the color of egg yolks.
4. It has a sweet and sour taste and a special fermented aroma, and has good palatability.
5. Remove fecal odor and ammonia odor from livestock and poultry houses, repel mosquitoes and flies, improve breeding environment, resist stress, reduce stress reactions such as refueling, group transfer, vaccination, and high temperature.
6. Long-term use can extend the peak laying period of laying poultry and reduce the elimination rate.
[Usage and Dosage]
1. Mixing material: 1 ton of mixing material for every 5 kg of stock solution, double the dosage when the appetite is poor, that is, 500 kg of mixing material for every 5 kg of stock solution.
2. Drinking water: Generally, 5 kg of bacterial stock solution is used for every 1 ton of water.
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