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Occupation: Docente Universitario (FCV UNLP) / Médico veterinario, responsable del equipo de producción y sanidad aviar.
Location: Argentina
Juan Manuel Alonso likes the comment:
Roberto Ricagno, you bring up a very relevant point with the target weights. What I tend to see is that the smaller birds in your population suffer the most from insufficient access to feed (as a result of competition, energetic inefficiency, poor uniformity etc), while the larger birds in the population are less negatively affected. Our work on breeders in the 90's would have been on strains with ...
Juan Manuel Alonso likes the comment:
Dra Pooja Gautam, excellent article and also your contribution on LED lights and CLF.Thanks for sharing.I would like to consult you for an observation exposed in it.I do not completely agree with the observation "A thumb rule with breeders is to ensure hens at least 2.1kg and 20 weeks of age before light stimulation", at least for certain genetic lines and for these last years and that is why I wa ...
Juan Manuel Alonso likes the comment:
Dr. Robert Renema, thank you very much for your comment. I totally agree with your initial assessment and even more, how well you, Dr. Robinson and other researchers at your University have published several times, in this stage of the photostimulus, we're doing an ovarian management where the feeding must be very tight and especially post photostimulation to avoid deaths associated with ovarian o ...
Participation in Forum on August 5, 2026
Congrats Dr. Renema and Dr. Zuidhof.Excellent work, a significant contribution toward validating good zootechnical practices. It also serves as a starting point for understanding the processes involved in the onset of lay, grounded in uniformity regarding carcass, fat deposition, secondary sexual characteristics, and body condition, as well as the response to photostimulation—all of which are prer ...
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