Advet Brooder Plant Operations in Bantayan Island , Cebu

Aurora Esther P. Sanchez

ADVET Brooder Plant

Supplies around 50 small and big farms in Bantayan Island, Cebu

Dry cleaning and cleaning and disinfection of equipment

Wet cleaning

Preparation of equipment and litter

Formalin and potassium permanganate fumigation Total quarantine

Preparation at Day 0

FeedingWk 1-2 Booster

Wk 3 Transition from booster to starter

Wk 4-7 Starter

Wk 8 Transition from starter to developer

Wk 9-16 Developer

Temp/ humidity/ Ventilation

They use charcoal as heater and bamboo as curtains and plastic coveringas cover during the night. They check temperature using a thermometer/ hygrometer.

Lighting Week Lighting programWk 1 7PM- 7AMWk 2 7 PM- 7AMWk 3 8 PM- 7AMWk 4 9 PM- 7AMWk 5 10 PM- 7 AMWk 6 11PM- 7 AMWk 7 12 Midnight- 7AMWk 8 1 AM- 7 AMWk 9 2 AM- 7AMWk 10 3 AM- 7 AMWk 11 4 AM- 7 AMWk 12 5 AM- 7 AMWk 13 6 AM- 7AMWk 14 Lights outWk 15 Lights outWk 16 Lights out

VaccinationWeek Vaccine RouteWk 1 IBD,ND, SrayWk 2 Gumboro SCWk 3 IBD OculonasalWk 4 GM 97/ IBD/ Lasota MassWk 5 Avapox WingwebWk 6 F-Vax EyedropWk 7 Coryza IntramuscularWk 8 Ma5 + clone30Wk 9Wk 10 PM- One vax (Cholera Live) WingwebWk 11Wk 12 ILT ( Full dose) EyedropWk 13Wk 14 Ma5 + clone 30Wk 15 Adenipravac (NCD + IB) IntramuscularWk 16 PM- One vax

(cholera) ,Coryza (Coryza pravac)

Wingweb, IM

Other ActivitiesDay Activities

Day 7 Debeaking

Day 14 Change of litter

Day 16 Half of linear feeder changed to bell feeder

Day 19 Spread out of chicks from 3 rooms to 4 rooms

Day 26 Complete change of bell feeder

Day 3588

Transfer chickens to growing house

Day 45, 60, 112

Delivery of birds (age depending to buyers)

Transfer to growing house

Delivery

Future plans

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