News published on July 21, 2023
Dr. Jeanne Brugère-Picoux and Dr. Jean-Pierre Vaillancourt, with the support of the French Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AFAS), produced a Manual of Poultry Diseases that is available free of charge in four languages. The work consists of 713 pages and 2700 illustrations with contributions from 100 authors from different countries and 113 scientific articles. "The objectives ...
Article published the December 7, 2016
IntroductionEnvironmental conditions influence metabolic and developmental processes during the perinatal period of mammals and avian species [1,2,3]. Changes in metabolism and development in this period can have long-term effects in later life [2,4]. Particularly glucose metabolism seems to play a crucial role in survival and early development of animals [1,5,6]. In chicken embryos, several studi ...
Article published the June 10, 2014
INTRODUCTIONThe importance of maintaining the correct embryonic temperature during incubation of broiler eggs has been shown to be more important than the incubator temperature settings. Previous work from the laboratory of one of the authors (R. Meijerhof) has demonstrated that embryos frequently become overheated during incubation, even when the incubator is operating correctly (i.e., within a n ...
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