
Causes and effects of stress in poultry
Stress is the response of birds to a situation that troubles it
Causes of stress in birds
- Change of feeds i.e. from layers mash to grower’s mash
- Change of feeding routine
- Starving birds or inadequate feeding
- Vaccination of birds leading to pain
- Debeaking birds
- High temperatures in the poultry house
- Presence of parasites on the birds
- Overcrowding in poultry house
- Change of the environment around the birds i.e. moving birds to a new place
- Noise of predators around the poultry house
Effects of stress in Poultry
- Reduce egg production in birds
- Reduce bird appetite
- May cause disease in birds
- can reduce growth rate in young birds
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