Comparison of production and economic efficiencies of broiler raising using conventional and tunnel-ventilated housing systems

Date

4-2014

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

Major Course

Major in Animal Science

College

College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Veneranda A. Magpantay

Abstract

The study was conducted to compare the production and economic efficiencies of broiler raising using conventional & tunnel-ventilated housing systems in the Philippines. The study was undertaken in four private farms under one poultry integrator company located at Batangas from 2012 to 2013. During the study, production parameters such as average live weight, feed conversion ratio and harvest recovery, and economic parameters such as net fee per bird, cost of housing system and net returns of the contract grower. Data were subjected to descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation and correlation of variation. Results showed that the tunnel-ventilated farms produced broilers with better feed conversion ratio, higher average live weight and slughtly better harvest recovery compared to the conventional housing. Also, the growers using tunnel-ventilated housing system gained more incentives and have higher net fee per bird than the conventional housing. Profit analysis showed that capital investment for a 25,000 broiler module in tunnel-ventilated housing system can be recovered after 25 croppings.

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2014 A3 /L39

Document Type

Thesis

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