ESTIMATING THE ECONOMIC LOSSES CAUSED BY THE CLIMBING RATS IN ONE OF THE POULTRY PRODUCTION FARMS

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- Agric. Zoology and Nematology Dept. Faculty of Agric. Al-Azhar University, Cairo.

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This study was conducted at one of the poultry farms in North West Cairo, Egypt, in order to evaluate and estimate the feed damage and losses caused by rodents. This farm consisted of three locations and each location contained four hangars. Then 20 hanging bait stations was placed in each hangar at a distance of 10m between each other.
The estimated losses of poultry feed caused by the White-bellied climbing rats in the poultry farm. The rats feed consumption in the hen's production hangars was 16.446, 15.694, 7.632 and 3.395 kg in hangars A, B, C and D during three days, respectively.
The amount of poultry feeds monthly lost that caused by climbing rats in the poultry farm were equal to 164.46, 156.94, 76.32 and 33.95 kg, for hangars A, B, C, and D respectively. These amounts of feed coasted about 1151.22, 1098.58, 534.24 and 237.65 Egyptian pounds (LE)/month for hangars A, B, C, and D respectively from the feed offered to the layer chickens.

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Al-Azhar Journal of Agricultural Research
Volume 48, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
Special Issue: Agriculture and Futuristic Challenges (Food Security: Challenges and Confrontation)
October 2023
Pages 314-318

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