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POULTRY AFRICA
DACS ventilation and controls
is a solution to Renders’ New
Broiler Shed
T
he brothers Jack and Mark Renders in
The Netherlands produce 185,000 regular
broilers in five houses. They chose DACS
ventilation and controls for their new house,
commissioned in September 2018.
Easier to operate
“The new system is much easier to operate so we
always have a dry and well-ventilated house – no
matter the season.
The constant breeze of preheated air over the
chicks from day one is a major advantage of the
DACS ventilation system compared to our houses
with negative pressure ventilation systems. In
addition, we actually save 70% on the heating
costs” Mark says.
constant flow of air
“We know all too well that increased CO2 levels
reduce the animal’s growth potential.
Because CO2 is heavier than oxygen, it usually
accumulates at floor level. But with the DACS
system, thanks to the Corona inlet fans, the
constant flow of air in the bird zone lifts the CO2
off the floor and out of the house via the roof
mounted exhausts. This contributes to a much
better air quality in our new house and we can
see that the birds pay back on this,” Jack explains.
Improved technical performance
“We clearly improved the technical performance in
our new house. The slaughter quality is better and
where the other houses have 1% rejection, in the
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new house it is 0.3 to 0.5%. The growth is slightly
better and the feed conversion a few points lower
in the new house. This does not seem like much,
but everything adds up and we earn more money
from the new house,” says Mark.
Stronger birds
“On a previous flock our farm was infected with
IB. In the new DACS house the chicks simply
recovered faster and did better than in the
other houses and that can only be related to the
stronger birds which the much better climate in
our DACS house brings about,” Jack adds
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