Poultry genetics and reproduction Technical Articles
Article published the December 20, 2012:
Nutrigenomics 101: An Introduction
Microarray technologies have spurred the development of the field of nutrigenomics. Using microarrays to evaluate the activity of thousands of genes simultaneously, offering...
Article published the November 30, 2012:
The modern broiler breeder is more of a challenge to manage and feed than their predecessors.
The end user has demanded changes in the broiler that they will purchase that results in breeding companies putting...
Article published the December 30, 2011:
INTRODUCTION
If we consider that the most research studies and debates are directed to big exploitations and producers in poultry industry (both eggs and meat production), who have the financial possibilities ...
Article published the December 22, 2011:
Abstract
At the moment, in Romania, there are three hybrids frequently used in poultry industry: Cobb 500, Ross 308 and Hubbard Flex. Basicly, these hybrids have similar productive characteristics and&nbs...
Article published the December 22, 2011:
ABSTRACT
Understanding gene expression, segregation and their inheritance from parent to offspring had been one of the major goals in developmental genetics because, determination of the superior parents and h...
Article published the October 21, 2011:
Introduction
The primary poultry breeding industry is under a continuously concentration process and nowadays there are only a few breeding companies which supply the world market. With the worldwide dist...
Article published the October 21, 2011:
Introduction
In the United Sates in the 1940’s, broiler industry breeding improvements included identifying lines showing maximum crossbred performance for broiler traits including fast growth rate (fewe...
Article published the October 21, 2011:
Introduction
Genetic selection programs have been the single most important contributor to the increase of efficiency of poultry and animal production around the globe. With pressure on food security building ...
Article published the September 29, 2011:
Introduction
Lately, quail growing has awaken a great interest amongst producers, companies and researchers, due to the fact that it requires less labor and investment than other livestock activities, as well ...
Article published the September 29, 2011:
Introducción
Quantitative genetic selection, using a weighted index of economically important traits, has been used by commercial breeders for over 60 years to improve the performance of egg-type stocks...