Poultry: Breeding, Health, Nutrition, and Management

As the largest animal protein producer, the poultry industry is within the focus of mixed-diet consumers, as well as the livestock industry in general. The poultry industry is also extremely fast to uptake new technologies such as biotechnology, mechanization, robotics, and climate and nutrient control in order to be economically efficient and sustainable. Reducing the use of chemical fertilizers in agriculture is one of the EU Green Deal’s priorities. The NPK supply of a 100 ha field by pelletized poultry litter was found to possess a smaller environmental impact compared to several combinations of chemical fertilizers [1]. Off-site coupled industrial chicken manure recycling technology (Hosoya compost) fundamentally affects the agricultural value of organic-based products [2]. Achieving the reduction in the N emissions in the poultry industry is vital.