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Balancing the eggs

Published: February 23, 2009
Summary
The development of the embryo is determined by the temperature inside the shell, the embryo temperature. This temperature will dictate the development, but with that also the hatchability and the quality of the day-old chick. It is often assumed that this temperature is fully dependent on the temperature of the air. Although air temperature has a large influence on it, it is not the only facto...
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Mirella van de Sant
Trouw Nutrition
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Arshaq Ramzee
24 de febrero de 2009
A very informative article and I urge hatchery Managers to go through this article and follow the excellent research done by Dr. Ron Meijerhof.
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Dr Danveer Singh
Dr Danveer Singh
28 de febrero de 2009
Very good and informative article, containing technical info in a simplistic manner. Dr Danveer
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Dr. K.S. Arora
7 de marzo de 2009
The article is an eye opener to most of the hatchery managers. How many times we have observed failure to vaccine reaction in early chick life and no uniformity in broilers because of these factors?
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