Tips and tricks for feeding during heat stress

Poultry veterinarian Gerwin Bouwhuis gives tips and tricks on how to prevent heat stress in broilers with a proper feed regime, smart water line height and the right additives. In order to prevent heat stress, it was common practice in the broiler sector to make birds fast during the hottest hours of the day. The rationale behind it; without feed intake, chicks do not burn any energy and so there is no internal heat production. However, poultry veterinarian Gerwin Bouwhuis of the Health Center