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Nutrition-related opportunities and challenges of alternative poultry production systems
Introduction A number of alternative systems for poultry have been developed or revived in recent years, largely in response to demand for improved poultry welfare (Fröhlich et al., 2012). All of these systems have nutritional implications, especially if they are combined with a demand for “organic” production. For those who are less familiar with the […]
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Short Periods of Incubation During Egg Storage – SPIDES
Summary As a broiler breeding company, Aviagen offers advice on the best way to store hatching eggs between oviposition and the start of incubation. Ideally, all eggs should be set while still fresh – within a week of being laid. If longer storage is unavoidable, then storage temperatures should be reduced, and any temperature fluctuations […]
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Immunology and Disease Prevention in Poultry
Summary The avian immune system has peculiar characteristics that make it quite different from mammals. After the chick has hatched, the lymphoid organs are classified as primary and secondary. The first group includes the Bursa of Fabricius (containing B lymphocytes producing antibodies) and the Thymus (containing T cells responsible for the cellular immunity). The secondary […]
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Disinfection in poultry medicine – aims and means
Summary A commonly recognized problem of modern dairy farms is that the extremely high milk production often leads to a shorter productive life so that it becomes difficult to maintain the herd size from own replacement heifers. The herd management of a dairy farmer in Germany is described as a case study to show that […]
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Quantifying the environmental impacts of UK broiler and egg production systems
Summary Life cycle assessment procedures were applied to compare the environmental impact of producing broiler meat and eggs in different management systems. Input and output parameters used in the calculations were obtained from the UK broiler and egg industry and are summarized in Tables 1 and 2. The environmental impact was expressed in terms of […]
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Infrared beak treatment – a temporary solution?
Summary Effects of infrared (IR) beak treatment of day-old chicks were compared with beak trimming at 9 days with hot blade technique and untreated control groups. For this test, the Bavarian Poultry Research Station in Kitzingen obtained day-old chicks of two strains from a commercial hatchery (1,800 LSL classic and 1,800 LB classic), 1/3 of […]
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