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What are the advantages of lime dusting during rearing?

April 26, 2017advantages dusting lime rearing

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What are the advantages of lime dusting during rearing?

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1. Lime is hygroscopic, absorbs bed antimicrobial. 2. Sprinkling of slaked lime and bleaching powder mixture surrounding the rearing house reduces the pathogen load. 3. Dusting slaked lime when the worms are fully settled for moult reduces the moisture content in the bed and it dries the properly. 4. Lime dusting avoids feeding of un dried mulberry leaf by moulted larvae.