By Lynn Burkhart
Special to Poultry Times
SHELBY, N.C. — Poultry heat stress equals lower performance and higher mortality rates. With all the complexities of a modern day poultry production operation, this is a simple basic. When a poultry house gets too hot, the birds experience heat stress. If the birds get too hot, it affects their health and that just isn’t good for the bottom line.
According to an American Dairy Science Association Journal article entitled “Economic Losses from Heat Stress by U.S. Livestock Industries,” heat stress causes:
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