About the book

The primary objective of Commercial Chicken Egg Production is to elaborate the commercial chicken production system of India with regard to our own farming perspectives. With Indian poultry system being largely based on tropical climate, our experience in tropical chicken egg production is unique and thus there is a stark difference between western and Indian poultry production systems, which has to be clearly understood for effective professional practice of poultry production in India.

The content of commercial chicken egg production is sequentially presented in the book for easy and comprehensive learning besides providing activities at the end of each chapter for ample practice. The book is immensely helpful for undergraduate and postgraduate students of veterinary science, poultry science, commercial poultry farm managers, farming aspirants, field veterinary technocrats, and others allied with the poultry industry.

Content - 

1. Introduction to Commercial Chicken Egg Production, 

2. Genetic Stocks of Chicken Egg Production, 

3. Poultry Housing of Layer Chicken, 

4. Layer Chicken Management, 

5. Commercial Layer Chicken Feeding, 

6. Chicken Egg Quality, 

7. Bio-security in Commercial Layer Farm, 

8. Common Poultry Diseases, 

9. Water Quality Management, 

10. Good Husbandry Practices in Commercial Layer Farming, 

11. Commercial Chicken Layer Farm Economics, Annexure