TY - SER AU - Abdullah,Mudhafar K. AU - Al-Khdri,Ahmed M.Abdulrahman AU - Mahdi,Merkhan AU - Omar,Shimal TI - Modeling of energy requirements for broiler production in Kurdistan region, Iraq KW - Broilers (Chickens) KW - Production KW - Housing KW - Heating and ventilation KW - Iraq N1 - Includes reference N2 - This study was conducted to detennine the energy requirements of broiler production in Duhok at Kurdistan region. To this study, the data were collected and questionnaire perfonned record during both summer and winter season in 11 farms, which covered the entire distracts of Duhok province and the average number of surveyed fanns was 11240 birds. The data were compared statically by standard deviation and correlation coefficient. The average of meat broiler production in Duhok was 2634 kg (1000 birds-1) and average of input energy was177,368 Mj (100 birds-1). The results were showed that the fuel recorded 54.5% and 54.6% which was the highest value for input energy during both summer and winter season, respectively. Keyword: Broiler, energy requirements, Duhok UR - http://nile.enal.sci.eg/EALE/2014/AJAS/4514/5/79.pdf ER -