The use of modern bactericidal UV irradiators in poultry houses for broilers

Abstract

Increased microbial load in the air of poultry houses for broilers is a serious and urgent problem since it leads to the decreased productivity in broilers and pollution of the open air in the farms and adjacent territories. The use of modern ultraviolet (UV) irradiators for populated poultry houses with floor housing of broilers is proposed as the solution of the problem. A regime for the use of upper-room UV irradiators with amalgam ozone-free bactericidal lamps was developed. The device “Recirculator of ventilated air” (RVA) was developed for the regime of air sanitation using closed UV irradiation. Disinfection of air within the poultry houses with the use of these techniques improved live bodyweight and decreased mortality level in broilers.