Breeder signals : a practical guide to optimal management of broiler breeders /
Poultry meat is the most important animal protein source in the human diet. As a consequence, global production of broiler meat is rapidly growing and now more than 125 million metric tons. A relatively small number of broiler breeders has a major impact on the whole poultry meat chain. The continui...
| Format: | Book |
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| Language: | English |
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Zutphen, he Netherlands :
Roodbont,
[2020].
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| Series: | Poultry signals.
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| Summary: | Poultry meat is the most important animal protein source in the human diet. As a consequence, global production of broiler meat is rapidly growing and now more than 125 million metric tons. A relatively small number of broiler breeders has a major impact on the whole poultry meat chain. The continuing increase in the genetic potential of broilers makes the production of first-class chicks increasingly challenging. State-of-the-art management is crucial for a successful flock. Differences in results up to 10 day-old chickens per hen house are not rare, costing tens of thousands of euros. Breeder Signals contains practical information about broiler breeders to ensure maximum production of first grade hating eggs. This book also offers practical tools and modern insights to optimize sexual behavior, fertility, egg production and hatchability, based on the look-think-act approach. Feathering provides you with signals about the quality of your flock. Too nice? Then they are hardly mating. Too little? These hens will not mate since it will be painful. The book follows the day-old-chick arriving at the rearing house through the laying period and up to egg transport to the hatchery. Breeder Signals is essential for anyone working in the poultry meat chain as breeder farm managers, farm workers, advisors, veterinarians, students, etc. |
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| Item Description: | Illustrations on endpapers. Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 186 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9789087403324 9087403321 |