Atif Hamza

INTRODUCTIONThere has always been a natural biological variation in the time that commercial broiler chicks emerged from their egg shells (hatch time) even under optimum conditions of artificial incubation. Thus, early hatching chicks have generally remained in the hatcher longer while awaiting removal of later hatching chicks from the machine (pull time) (Elibol et al., 2011; Powell et al., 2016) ...

CURRENT FEEDING PRACTICES INCLUDING VEGETARIAN DIETS ARE MISSING CREATINEThe poultry industry is feeding less animal protein to broilers and turkeys today compared to just a decade ago. The use of animal protein was banned in livestock feeds in the year 2000 in Europe due to concerns over public health. The complete ban was lifted, but animal protein use remains low.Animal protein products, especi ...

Poultry producers need support to overcome the challenges posed by reducing the use of antibiotics. Phileo has constructed a post-antibiotic program founded on four pillars of quality poultry production: farm management, nutrition, immunity, and gut health. These advanced strategies liberate the poultry industry from antibiotics while maintaining the birds healthy and reaching even better profit.T ...

INTRODUCTIONThe storage of hatching eggs is a common routine in hatcheries and varying in duration depending on hatchery capacity and the demand of day old chicks (Gharib, 2013). In some cases, the need of extending the period of storage more than seven days may takes place. Hatching eggs are stored, generally, to minimize transport cost or to collect enough eggs for high capacity incubators. Egg ...

Due to the vast expansion of poultry industry challenges also increases. One of them is the control of microbial population which is done by excessive use of therapeutics antibiotics and AGP’s. The indiscriminate use of these products results in the emergence of antibiotic resistance. Apart from resistance it also leads to public health concern. Due to this EU has banned the use of AGP&rsquo ...

1. INTRODUCTIONThe increasing demand for poultry products and the associated cost of feed and energy along with the economic downturn has encouraged the commercial poultry industry to become more efficient and economical. Currently hatching eggs (HE) are stored between 1-3 days prior to setting, which ensures that the incubator will be filled to capacity. This procedure produces a large hatch quan ...