The direction of poultry welfare: layers
Demands for animal and poultry welfare continue to grow around the world. Poultry welfare receives attention from interest groups, multinational poultry companies, local consumers, commercial retailers, food chain companies, restaurants, and governments. In the past two years, South American and→
Inclusion of whole corn in broiler diets as a strategy to improve feed conversion ratio
Different processes are included in the feed manufacturing for broilers. From all those processes, grinding is one of the most expensive, but at the same time one of the most important. Adequate particle size reduction helps improve mixing uniformity, reduces segregation after mixing and improves pellet quality, among others. →
One of the main features of using seaweeds is because they produce unique bioactive metabolites (carbohydrates, proteins, minerals, polyphenols, pigments, mycosporine-like amino acids, and polyunsaturated fatty acids) that terrestrial plants cannot synthesize. The positive effects of these metabolites are associated with anti-microbial, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, and prebiotic functions →
Males are in charge of fertilizing the eggs of 10 broiler breeders, which could correspond to more than 1,000 fertilized eggs per year. The development of testicles, semen quality, and fertility are affected by age, genetic, management, stressors, nutrition, and other factors. However, an adequate nutritional modulation has demonstrated to improve the fertility of males successfully. →
Arginine is known to be involved in several physiological functions like growth and immunity due to its capacity to act as a substrate for nitric oxide, creatine, ornithine, glutamine, and some other molecules. Because chickens are uricotelic animals, they are unable to obtain endogenous arginine. Therefore, chickens rely on the amino acid content of the feedstuffs to supply the arginine requirements. →
Colibacillosis is an infection that can be either localized or systemic caused by avian pathogenic E. Coli. Nowadays, colibacillosis is considered one of the major problems that the poultry industry faces because of the health and performance problems that it causes and the antibiotic resistance observed in this pathology. →
As human world population increases the need of ensure food access and high-quality nutrition is essential. The broiler industry has been able to demonstrate an accelerated growth that get along with the market needs. However, the process to obtain high yields depends on several factors included the incubation process. →
Some hatcheries use hatchers that automatically perform eggshell temperature measurements, necessary calculations, and adaptations without opening the incubator doors. If your hatchery does not have devices in its incubators, there is the alternative of measuring the temperature of the eggshell manually and achieving optimal results with little damage to the embryos. →
Keeping a good shell quality is important to maximize broiler performance from breeders since quality and hatchability go together. Knowing the eggshell quality of a flock allows to improve their management practices by making changes to enhance the shells of poor quality together with hatchability and quality of the chick. →
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