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How to use Coptrol to Control Green Slime in Controlled Environment Poultry Shedding

The use of controlled environment shedding in the poultry industry

in tropical climates continues to increase. Chicken Meat producers

obtain productivity improvement by using high-speed fans and

evaporative cooling pads to reduce ambient temperature in poultry

houses by the use of heat exchange, The evaporative cooling pads

draw significant volumes of water into the pad and expose the surface

area of the pad to both the internal and external areas of the shed.

External pads are exposed to sunlight; this exposure provides excellent

conditions for photosynthesis. Under these conditions, algal growth

(green slime development) is very common. The more exposure to

sunlight the greater the level of algal (green slime) development this

reduces heat exchange efficiency by inhibiting evaporative cooling.

Methods of Control

Chlorine and iodine compounds are commonly used as disinfectants in

the poultry industry. Although both are effective against certain bacteria

neither are effective at controlling algae and can have a corrosive effect

on plastics and metals.

Shade can be used to limit exposure to sunlight; however, the use of light

barriers over cooling pads also limits the heat exchange efficiency of the

pad.

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Use of Coptrol

Coptrol is a chelated copper compound specifically designed to kill algae

in all types of aquatic environments and is approved for use in drinking

water in Australia. Coptrol is completely soluble and non-corrosive and

can be used at very Iow rates of application.

Typical treatment program would involve application of Coptrol at 5ml

per 1000L of water used continuously from the beginning of grow out to

the final collection of birds through all evaporative cooling pads. This

level of application on a continuous basis will prevent algal slime

developing on the pads.In the case of high-level algal contamination

of pads, soaking the pads in a solution of Coptrol for five days at a

rate of 10 ml per 1000L of water will eliminate algal growth.

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