Broiler Research House

This building is 40 × 8.5 meters with 92, 1.5×1.3m pens, capable of rearing 25-30 commercial broilers per pen. Every pen is equipped with floor heating, a plastic feeder, and five 360-degree nipples. It can house 2500-3000 birds from day-old to 40 days of age. There are four rows of pens with a separate row watering system each. A controller room and two workrooms are located on one end of the building. The watering system consists of nipple drinkers and birds are fed manually. The room can be divided into 4 equal-sized rooms (10×8.5) in order to run an environmental study.

Bioassay Cages

108, 50×60×46cm cages, housed in 3 tiers, allow for small-scale research, housing up to 500 commercial broilers, for up to 40 days. Every cage is equipped with a feeder line and two 360-degree nipples. A tray below the cages allows for collecting excreta samples in feed and ingredient digestibility assay. The equipment of this center includes the following: