Coccidiosis is the most common disease of brooded poultry. It affects primarily chicks and poults (baby turkeys). But it may also (though rarely) affect...
Heredity describes how traits are passed from a hen and rooster to their offspring. These traits are encoded in genes, which in turn are...
Hy-Line International, the world leader in layer poultry genetics, celebrated the completion of its newest research farm today surrounded by federal, state and local...
Better Male Management Increases Flock Fertility
By Dr Leonel Mejia, technical services for Central America and the Caribbean, Cobb-Vantress, Inc
With so much focus generally on...
ABSTRACT
1. In commercial layer breeding, extensive gene pools are tested and selected for market requirements which must be anticipated at least 5 years ahead. Field...
Tuanjun Hu,
Lorna Taylor,
Adrian Sherman,
Christian Keambou Tiambo,
Steven J Kemp,
Bruce Whitelaw,
Rachel J Hawken,...
Usually, people raise game birds and other exotic fowl for one of three reasons: show or exhibition, meat production or release followed by hunting....
Abstract
Poultry genetics resources, including commercial selected lines, indigenous breeds, and experimental lines, are now being irreversibly lost at an alarming rate due to multiple...
New North American Product Offers Improved Feed Conversion, Weight Gain
North American poultry producers working in the big bird debone market have a more efficient,...
Source: Plos
Abstract
We carried out whole genome resequencing of 127 chicken including red jungle fowl and multiple populations of commercial broilers and layers to perform...