Tips and tricks for proper ventilation

03-05-2021 | Specials | Article

Sufficient and good ventilation are of the utmost importance to ensure a pleasant house climate during hot summer days. Photo: Henk Riswick

Good ventilation with sufficient capacity and air speed is very important to prevent heat stress in broilers. Gerwin Bouwhuis, poultry veterinarian and owner of the Health Center for Poultry (GvP), shares his tips and tricks. “Compared to 20 years ago, broiler farms are much better equipped and prepared to prevent heat stress,” says Gerwin Bouwhuis, poultry veterinarian and owner of the Health Center for Poultry (GvP) in Emmen, the Netherlands. A few decades ago, the maximum designed ventil