Poultry Industry Technical Articles
Article published the June 3, 2020:
Article published the April 3, 2020:
In some companies, fertility and hatchability start to decrease during the last weeks of production, for example after 50 weeks, at the same time there is a loss of feathers in the back or there is an overweigh...
Article published the April 3, 2020:
The occurrence of pasty vent is usually observed after 3 days of age when chicks are mainly depending on their feed rather than their yolk sac. Some chicken flocks present pasty vent more often than others, bei...
Article published the March 10, 2020:
1. Introduction
The demand for poultry products has grown exponentially in recent decades and it is estimated that production will reach 130 million tons of chicken meat in 2020, when it will become the most ...
Article published the February 28, 2020:
- Let's talk about the current state of antibiotic-free production. Although it has been discussed for many years now, is it advancing fast (and effectively) enough?
When considering antibiotic-free pr...
Article published the February 11, 2020:
Introduction
There exist a general antagonism between growth rate and reproduction in domestic animals. Breeds selected for high growth rate allocate nutrients preferably in body mass development. This has det...
Article published the February 11, 2020:
Introduction
The improvement of genetic selection and management practices are increased dramatically for the last decades (Kryeziu et al., 2018), stocking density of broilers is one of the major factors that...
Article published the February 11, 2020:
Amino acid pullet nutrition affects growth and development and it is important to evaluate potential effects on egg traits. One experiment was conducted to determine the effects of four amino acid (AA) dietary ...
Article published the February 11, 2020:
INTRODUCTION
Production of broilers with high growth rate and feed efficiency through impressive genetic improvement is often directly linked with digestive problems, such as passage of undigested feed (or) fe...
Article published the February 10, 2020:
Introduction
Body weight gains of broiler chickens have been improved substantially during the last decades. Consequently, modern broiler chicks are able to increase their weight approximately 50 fold within 4...