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Significance of chick quality score in broiler production
Animal, 2012 The quality of day old chicks is crucial for profitable broiler production, but a difficult trait to define. In research, both qualitative and quantitative measures are used with variable predictive value for subsequent performance. In hatchery practice,
L.J.F. van de Ven +5 more
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Animal, 2023 Breeder nutrition is an important factor for chick quality since the chick embryo relies on nutrients available in the egg for growth and development. In addition, the egg is providing the chick with important antibodies that are vital during the first ...
E. Ivarsson +5 more
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How to Evaluate Quality of Newly Hatched Chicks
EDISThis publication aims to assist poultry owners in recognizing what is normal and abnormal and in evaluating quality when examining chicks. Written by Gary D.
Gary D. Butcher, Iyva Gage
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Critical Assessment of Chick Quality Measurements as an Indicator of Posthatch Performance
Poultry Science, 2008 For hatcheries, not only is it important to have a high level of hatchability, but the quality of the chicks provided also has to be good, because broiler farmers are looking for chicks with a high growth potential, resulting in a greater slaughter yield at the end of the rearing period.
N Everaert, A Witters, D Berckmans
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The Endocrine Interface of Environmental and Egg Factors Affecting Chick Quality
Poultry Science, 2007 Day-old chicks are the endproduct of the hatchery industry and form important starting material for the broiler farms. The major objective is to obtain a high hatchability of marketable chicks and a low spread of hatch. For the farmers, these chicks have to perform well, which is translated in high viability, high growth rate, high breast meat yield ...
V Bruggeman, E Decuypere
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Influence of Prestorage Incubation on Embryonic Development, Hatchability, and Chick Quality
Poultry Science, 2009 Egg storage longer than 7 d is associated with a delay in hatch time and a decline in hatchability and chick quality. Prestorage incubation is suggested as a method to reduce the negative effects of prolonged storage times by altering the developmental stage of the embryo, but earlier research has shown that prestorage incubation can both be ...
Henry van den Brand, E A M Graat
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Effect of hen age on egg quality, hatching performance and chick quality in chukar partridges (alectoris chukar) [PDF]
Eurasian Journal of Veterinary SciencesAim: This study was aimed to investigate the effect of different hen ages on egg quality characteristics, hatching performance and chick quality in chukar partridges.
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Effects of Trimethylamine Concentrations in Hatching Eggs on Chick Quality in Dwarf Hens
AnimalsMicrobial contamination of hatching eggs often leads to reduced hatchability and poor chick quality. As trimethylamine (TMA), a metabolite derived from dietary choline, has antimicrobial properties, increasing yolk TMA contents may increase bacterial ...
Xuefeng Shi +6 more
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 The chicken hatching egg is a self-contained life-supporting system for the developing embryo. However, the post-hatch performance of birds depends on several factors, including the breeder management and age, egg storage conditions and duration before ...
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Effect of nest and floor eggs with visually clean shells on hatchability and chick quality in broiler breeders [PDF]
Agroznanje, 2021 The aim of this study is to determine whether the site of oviposition has an impact on the results of incubation of broiler hatching eggs. In order to determine this, eggs laid in the nest, eggs laid in the nest and then placed on the floor to cool and ...
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