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• Aviagen: Best Practice in the Breeder House: Preventing Floor Eggs

  Eggs laid on the floor (floor eggs) have a significantly higher risk of contamination and will reduce hatch and chick quality. The key to preventing floor eggs is early training of birds to use the nests. This Best Practice document details the key best management practices … Read more

  23 Jul 2015

• Ross Tech Notes: Feeding the Modern Broiler Breeder – A Holistic Approach

  This is a short technical article written by Dr Marcelo Silva. The article discusses the need for a holistic strategy for feeding the modern broiler breeder in order to maximize their reproductive potential. Read more

  5 Sept 2014

• Ross Tech Notes: Hot Season Management of Broiler Breeders in Open-Sided Houses

  One of the most challenging aspects of managing any generation of birds is that of environmental control in open-sided houses. In regions where the hot weather season can see temperatures reaching 40C (104F), it is essential to pay extra attention to bird management. Read more

  2 Apr 2014

• Aviagen Brief: Hot Season Management of Broiler Breeders in Open-Sided Houses

  One of the most challenging aspects of managing any generation of birds is that of environmental control in open-sided houses. In regions where the hot weather season can see temperatures reaching 40C (104F), it is essential to pay extra attention to bird management. Read more

  2 Apr 2014

• Ross Hatching Egg Shell Quality Pocket Guide

  This document is a practical, on-farm tool aimed at helping farmers identify hatching egg shell issues. For each egg shell abnormality there is a picture showing what the abnormality looks like, which is linked to a table detailing the causes and solutions associated with th… Read more

  19 Dec 2013

• Ross Tech Notes: Incubating Eggs at High Altitudes

  A hatchery which is sited at high altitude (1500 meters (4921 feet) or more above sea level) faces some particular challenges;  slower embryo growth, longer incubation periods and lower hatchability have to be expected. With better understanding of the principles involved, p… Read more

  11 Jul 2013

• Aviagen Brief: Incubating Eggs at High Altitudes

  A hatchery which is sited at high altitude (1500 meters (4921 feet) or more above sea level) faces some particular challenges;  slower embryo growth, longer incubation periods and lower hatchability have to be expected. With better understanding of the principles involved, p… Read more

  11 Jul 2013

• Aviagen Brief: Pre-processing Handling in Broilers

  Pre-processing handling, the management of birds during the last 24 hours prior to slaughter, is a vital step in preparing for broiler meat processing.  In this final stage of the broiler management cycle, the procedures put in place (feed withdrawal, catching, transportatio… Read more

  1 Nov 2012

• Ross Tech Notes: Pre-processing Handling in Broilers

  Pre-processing handling, the management of birds during the last 24 hours prior to slaughter, is a vital step in preparing for broiler meat processing.  In this final stage of the broiler management cycle, the procedures put in place (feed withdrawal, catching, transportatio… Read more

  31 Oct 2012

• AviaTech: Management Tools to Reduce Footpad Dermatitis in Broilers 

  Footpad dermatitis (FPD) is receiving increasing attention in the broiler industry. Footpad dermatitis affects animal welfare and farmer income, and in the future it is likely to have increasing importance in terms of legislation.This article has been written specifically fo… Read more

  18 Oct 2012