Practical Guidelines to Assess Poultry Litter presentation...Mission As proper litter management can...
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Practical Guidelines to
Assess Poultry Litter
AAAP Welfare Committee
Litter Subcommittee
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Mission
As proper litter management can impact
poultry health and comfort in a number of
ways, it is directly involved with welfare. Thus
the goal of this committee is:
To provide practical guidance to welfare
auditors on how best to assess litter
conditions in the field from a welfare
perspective
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Methods to Accomplish Mission
Develop a written litter assessment model
outlining litter quality factors of importance if
an objective measurement is required
Provide digital images and comments where
applicable to help illustrate important criteria
outlined in the litter assessment model
Update any new, practical methodologies
which could be used in the field to help
assess litter
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Litter Management Assessment Model
AAAP – PAACO Litter Management Assessment Model
AUDIT CRITERIA - Litter Quality Factors: Points
Caked litter present?
Not evident 100
Donuts under waterline nipples 90
Strip under waterlines < 12 inches wide 80
Strip under waterlines > 12 inches wide 70
Along sidewall footings only 60
End doors and corners only 50
In front of “Cool Cell” pads only 50
Sidewall to outermost nipple drinker line 40
Sidewall to centermost nipple drinker line 20
Wall to wall caked litter 0
Litter Moisture – estimated
Dry, friable, free flowing on compression 100
Extremely dry/dusty and very fine particles 80
“Sticky” on hand when compressed, clod crumbles 80
Forms “clod” when compressed 50
Very wet on compression? 0
Bedding/Litter Quality
Uniform size bedding particles 100
Some larger wood chips or sharp particles 75
Some “chucks” of cake 75
Extensive large and sharp bedding particles 25
Extensive residual cake from previous flock 25
Ammonia (at time of inspection)
<25 ppm 100
25-50 ppm* 50
50-75 ppm* 25
75 -100 ppm* 0
*Deduct 25 additional points if birds <2 wks old.
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Caked Litter Present?
Not evident
Donuts under waterlines
Strip < 12 inches / > 12 inches
Along sidewalls
End doors and corners
Front of Cool Cells
Sidewall to outer waterline / inner line
Wall–to-wall cake
100%
90%
80 / 70
60%
50%
50%
40 / 20
-0-
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Important Field Realities
You will often find a small amount of caking
under the water and feeder lines
These are the primary areas that birds will be
stimulated to excrete feces as they eat and
drink, which adds moisture to the litter under
these locations
This is not necessarily indicative of a problem
Take the rest of the litter area between the
feeder and drinker lines into consideration
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Caking Under the Drinkers
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Caking in Used Litter Around Feeders
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Old Litter Without Caking
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Significant Caking in Curtain Sided,
Turkey House
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Donuts
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Caking Under Nipple Drinkers
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Caked Litter Management - FYI
Most companies will remove old cake crust
out of the poultry house or till it into the litter
between flocks
This is a common, acceptable practice for
built-up litter
The degree of caking will be impacted by a
number of other factors such as litter depth,
litter age, stocking density, and type of
housing/ ventilation
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Before Removing Cake
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After Removing Cake – Old Litter
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Management Factors Impacting Litter
Ventilation has a major impact, as it is the
primary way to remove moisture from the
poultry house
Proper temperature control, insulation, and
mixing of incoming air will influence the
degree of caking along the sidewalls/fans,
especially during cooler weather
Water line maintenance and management
also play a big factor
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Litter Moisture Management
Height Adjustment
Drinker Nipple Maintenance
“Donuts”
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Corner Caking
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Cake in the Corner and Along Wall
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Caking Around Fans, Cool Cells
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Sidewall Caking
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Sidewalls, Endwalls
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Litter Moisture
Dry, friable, free-flowing
Dry, dusty, very fine texture
Sticky on compression, crumbles
Clod on compression
Wet
100
80
80
50
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Litter Moisture – Practical Estimate
Too damp About right
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Devices Are Available to Measure
Litter Moisture
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Bedding / Litter Quality
Uniform size particles
Large wood chips
Chunks of cake
Extensive large / sharp particles
Extensive residual cake
100
75
75
25
25
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Good House Litter Conditions
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Good, New Litter
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New Poult Set-Up with Rings
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Old Litter – Good Condition
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Undesirable Bedding Materials
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Poor Quality Bedding – Large Pieces
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Types of Material Used for Litter
Various materials have been used for litter
Pine shavings/sawdust, hardwood shavings,
rice hulls, oat hulls, sand, newspaper pellets,
and possibly other materials
Wood shavings or rice/oat hulls are the
primary materials used by the poultry industry
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Pinewood Shavings
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Pinewood Shavings
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Sawdust
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Oat Hulls
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Litter Thickness – Will Vary from
Company to Company
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Ammonia
< 25 ppm
25-50 ppm
51-75 ppm
75 -100 ppm
Deduct 25 additional
points if birds less than
2 weeks of age
100
50
25
-0-
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Measure Ammonia Objectively
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Ammonia – at Bird level
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Committee Members
H.L Goodwin, PhD – University of Arkansas
Jesse Grimes, PhD – NCSU
Joe Hess – PhD, Auburn University
Theresia Lavergne, PhD – LSU
Bud Malone, MS – University of Delaware
Ken Opengart, DVM, PhD – Keystone
Randy Chick, DVM – USDA (Original Chair)
Tim Cummings, DVM – Concluding Chair Mississippi State University