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Dr. Ekaitz Maguregui - 30/06/2022

Poultry production in Pakistan

Commercial poultry production began in Pakistan in 1962, and 1.94 million tons of chicken are currently produced, in the more than 15,000 farms established throughout the country. Such farms vary in size, from 5,000 to 500,000 broilers.


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Dra. Maria Soriano - 5/02/2020

Dirty eggs: causes and solutions

Dirty eggs and broken eggs are the main causes for egg rejection. In breeding hens, the percentage of dirty eggs should not exceed 1-2%. The objective is to reduce the percentage of dirty eggs to the minimum, to be able to discard this type of eggs...


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Dra. Maria Soriano - 17/01/2020

Rearing pullets: handling and main challenges

The growing and rearing stages of the laying hen are basic to allow the animal express its maximum genetic potential in the productive phase, in order to achieve a proper production curve with high and persistent peak.


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Dra NĂşria MartĂ­n Gairal - 2/07/2019

Physiology of egg laying hens

The egg production is a process of great complexity and that is intensely related to the reproductive organs physiology of the hen. The reproduction of the birds and of the mammals is very different, so much if we speak about their reproductive...


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Dr. Germán Bertsch - 6/03/2019

Connection between intestinal health and egg quality

Genetic advances in animal production have enabled yield maximization in the last decades. Laying hens are, perhaps, the most representative species that validate it; current layers produce 50% more than in the 50s and 20% more than they did in the...


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Veterinaria Digital - 5/12/2018

Ability of pronutrients to increase the absorption of calcium in enterocytes

This article explains the lecture given by Dr. María Peñas, from Recombina Biotech, at the XXXI Biovet International Symposium in Tarragona, during the third session dedicated to pronutrients, which took place on May 28th, 2018. Under the title...


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