QUALIDADE DA CAMA DE FRANGO: FATORES MODULATÓRIOS

Abstract

Brazilian poultry farming plays an important role in relation to other countries, mainly due to the climate and types of poultry, allowing Brazil to become a reference in the production and export of chicken meat. Poultry production depends on a good litter, which can be made of different materials such as wood shavings, grass, rice husks, coffee husks, among others, all well-being and the chickens' productivity. It is necessary to make the correct treatment, whether the biological or chemical method, in order to obtain a quality bed and that it can be reused by other lots, taking into account the parameters of humidity, air quality, temperature and pH, which guarantee the quality of the chicken bed. It is important to emphasize that several microorganisms are present in the avian litter and that these are also naturally part of the animal's microbiota, which must be in balance so that it does not promote diseases in birds. It is concluded that a chicken bed varies according to the region, the factors that affect its quality must be controlled to make possible treatment and reuse and to control a microbiota associated with the bed.