Poultry Industry Technical Articles
Article published the October 21, 2011:
The egg industry continues to change and evolve quickly due to increased demand, technology changes and pressures from consumers and government regulators. Also as environmental concerns grow, the egg ind...
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 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 20, 2011:
Introduction
Growth is a complex biological process which is affected by both genetic and environmental factors, as well as the respective interactions between these two. Body weight has traditionally been the...
Article published the October 20, 2011:
Introduction
Mapping of QTLs (locus controlling quantitative characteristics) by relationship analysis consists of several stages, namely: 1) the design of an experimental population (F2 or backcrossing), by c...
Article published the October 20, 2011:
Introduction
The stable isotope technique can be used as a methodology that includes the natural variation of carbon 13 (13C) in the bodily tissues, in order to evaluate both feed quality and feed efficiency. ...
Article published the October 20, 2011:
Introduction
Embryodiagnosis is a routine tool in poultry, which makes it possible to determine the age of death of the embryos during the incubation process and its possible causes (flat & Di Matteo, 2005...
Article published the October 20, 2011:
Introducción
For decades now already in our country, the National Agricultural Technology Institute (INTA, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria), provides a production backbone of broile...
Article published the October 20, 2011:
Introduction
The domestic hens lay eggs in series, by following a production pattern that accompanies the follicular maturation - process controlled by the circadian rhythm and the physiological systems linked...