duck raising

• Duck Raising is a lucrative livestock industry in the Philippines because of its egg.
• The most important product of Duck Raising is the balut, a boiled incubated duck's egg, which is sold daily throughout the archipelago for its delicious flavor and nutritive value.
• Duck raising is especially recommended in baytowns like those bordering the shores of Laguna de Bay, where there are abundant supplies of fresh water snails which make good duck food.
• Ducks are generally raised for eggs but when snail food gets scarce, they are sold for meat.
• The native or Pateros duck, commonly called itik, is the most popularly raised locally.
• Although smaller than imported breeds, Pateros ducks are good layers and non-sitters.
• Their eggs are large.
• The predominant colors of Pateros ducks are black and gray.
• Some Pateros ducks are barred (bulek), others are brown or have white feathers mixed with black/green.
• Males have coarser heads and heavier bodies than females.
• Males emit shrill high-pitched sounds.
• Pateros ducks have curly feathers on top of their tails.
• Females emit low-pitched quaking sounds.
• The tail feathers of Pateros ducks lie flat or close to the bodies.
• In all commercial duck hatcheries, determining the sex of duckling is done at the age of 2 to 3 days.
• Khaki Campbell ducks have characteristic brown color, have extremely active habits, do well in good range and show little desire for swimming.
• Khaki Campbell ducks are good layers; they lay as many as 300 or more eggs a year which are fairly large, thick-shelled and weigh 70 to 75 grams each.
• The world's first hybrid egg-type duck known as CV2000 was developed at Cherry Valley Farms, England.
• This duck has white plumage and lays its egg at about 20 weeks of age.
• The body weight at point of lay of this duck is about 1.50 kg.
• On the average, this duck could lay 285 eggs up to 72 weeks of age, with a mean egg weight of 75 g.
• This duck can be distinguished by their pure white feathers.
• The eggs of this duck are either white or greenish.
• Indian Runner ducks assume a very erect normal posture with almost straight neck.
• The back of an Indian Runner duck is long, straight and narrow.
• An adult Indian Runner duck weighs about 2.10 kg.
• While an adult duck weighs about 1.80 kg.
• The egg production characteristics of Indian Runner ducks resemble that of the Khaki Campbell duck.
• Tsaiya ducks have small body size.
• The important lesions of duck plague are hemorrhages throughout the body which are more pronounced in the visceral organs.
• Salmonellosis can be treated by high level antibiotic or sulfa drug therapy.
• Duck plague is an acute contagious disease of ducks of all ages, characterized by sudden onset, high mortality and extreme weakness.
• Antibiotic-vitamin-mineral mixture may be given only during stressful condition, such as change in climate.
• Viral hepatitis is caused by a virus and transmitted usually through direct contact or ingestion of contaminated feed and water.
• Viral hepatitis is an acute highly contagious viral disease of ducklings below four weeks old, characterized by short incubation period, sudden onset, and high mortality rate of up to 900/0.
• Viral hepatitis only affects ducklings below four weeks old.
• The significant clinical manifestations of duck plague are sudden onset, extreme weakness, lethargy, loss of appetite, watery diarrhea, soiled vent, eye and nasal discharges, labored breathing, decreased egg production, and high mortality rate of 40-80%.
• Duck plague is caused by a herpes virus acquired usually by direct contact or ingestion of contaminated feed and water.
• Salmonellosis is a destructive disease of ducklings caused by Salmonella anatum and S typhimurium, characterized by sudden collapse, diarrhea and dehydration, ruffled feathers, dry sunken eyes, and leg swelling.
• Salmonellosis is principally transmitted through direct contact and ingestion of contaminated feed and water.