Re: Article - Achieving and Maintaining Fertility in Broiler Breeders

An excellent and detailed examination - congratulations Dr. Nipane.
I would comment only that the careful management of male and female maturity during the rearing period will reduce many problems and ensure a successful production period. Males must be more mature than the females in order to avoid male rejection in the breeding house which results in the males losing their aggresiveness (social castration). Additionally I believe the male should be mating before the first eggs are laid - and this will not happen when a mature hen is coupled with a less mature male.

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Re: Article - Achieving and Maintaining Fertility in Broiler Breeders

The topic - Fertility in Broiler Breeders is precisely elucidated by Dr. S. Nipane. The point well supplemented by Mr. Stewart McLean - Male must be much mature than the Female would be more challenging to manage but would definitely generate better result.

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Re: Article - Achieving and Maintaining Fertility in Broiler Breeders

An excellent article, scientific as well as practical. It will provide a great help to farm managers.

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Re: Article - Achieving and Maintaining Fertility in Broiler Breeders

Dear sir,

Congratulations, very good article.

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Re: Article - Achieving and Maintaining Fertility in Broiler Breeders

This is the best I have ever read about fertility... Congratulations.

Azhari

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Re: Article - Achieving and Maintaining Fertility in Broiler Breeders

Dear Dr.Nipane,
Informative article. Article speaks about the careful study you have conducted. This article will be very much useful for the farm managers. Once again thanks for providing minute details.

Dr.R.K.Trifale

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Dr Nipane,

your article on fertility is very informative.
Thanks.

Satis Shukla
Central Poultry Diagnostic Lab,
Phoenix Group Jabalpur

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Dr Nipane,

excellent; even infection of the foot (bumble foot) also prevents the male from mating, also a cause of reduced fertility.

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This is a good article. Males should never exceed 4750gm during production phase. Over weight male be culled regularly. Maintain male to female 10% upto 32 weeks then you may reduce depending on the aggresiveness of male. Extra aggressive male should keep separately and mixed late in life. Feed may be offered 125gm of 12% Protein and 2700 Kcal energy with low Ca level. If possible fish meal and wheat base feed should be made. Spiking should be done at the age of 40 - 42 weeks (3%). Intraspiking is also another tool which can be applied troughout production cycle.

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Re: Article - Achieving and Maintaining Fertility in Broiler Breeders

Excellent, comprehensive, critical and suggestive: these are my descriptions of Dr. Nipane’s analytical article under review. This is more than enough professional submission from the stakeholder to men on the field to rumenate. Exposure, of course has been made of the importance of male breeder to its female counterpart in the reproduction cycle. It is hoped, however that breeder production managers would avail themselves of this ample insight to upgrade their flocks management for maximum profit. Congratulations doc!

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Re: Article - Achieving and Maintaining Fertility in Broiler Breeders

I commend Dr. Habib-ur-Rahman for giving few but very essential and practical pointers to farm managers.

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Re: Article - Achieving and Maintaining Fertility in Broiler Breeders

Thanks. A good & comprehensive article. Balanced ration and body weight management keep the results excellent.

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