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Pelletized Newspaper Bedding for Turkeys and Its Effect On Brooding Performance

D. D. Frame^*, R. E. Buckner^* and G. L. Anderson

^* Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-4815
Utah State University Cooperative Extension, 325 West 100 North, Ephraim, Utah 84627

Correspondence: D. D. Frame, E-mail: davidf{at}ext.usu.edu

Wood shavings used for poultry bedding may become increasingly difficult or expensive to obtain. Apost-consumer paper product, derived of pelletized newspaper, was evaluated to determine the feasibility of its use as an alternative type of turkey bedding. Results of these trials indicate that a pelletized newspaper product can be used as successfully as pine shavings for bedding under brooding turkeys. Turkeys brooded on the newspaper bedding had weight gains equal to their shavings-brooded counterparts. Mortality was reduced by using the pelletized newspaper.

Key Words: bedding • newspaper • turkey