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Heat stress: A matter of life and death importance?
Roos Molenaar, M.Sc. In practice, high incubation temperatures at the end of incubation are often observed. Embryos experience high temperatures due to cooling and air velocity problems in the…
Alternative egg storage methods: small end up or turning
Dr. Inge van Roovert-Reijrink M.Sc. After oviposition, hatching eggs are first stored at the breeder farm and then transported to the hatchery and stored again before they are finally placed in an…
Storage of the avian embryo
Storage Before Artificial Incubation Dr. Inge van Roovert-Reijrink M.Sc. In practice, longer storage periods are sometimes unavoidable. It is common known that eggs of young breeder flocks are better…
How to survive prolonged egg storage?
Dr. Inge van Roovert-Reijrink M.Sc. Storage of hatching eggs longer than 7 days causes a delay in hatch time and a decline in hatchability and chick quality. Hatchability declines with approximately…
Relationship between hatchling length and weight on later productive performance in broilers
Roos Molenaar‡, Inge Reijrink‡, Ron Meijerhof‡ and Henry van den Brand* ‡HatchTech BV, Gildetrom 25, 3900 AG Veenendaal, The Netherlands, *Adaptation Physiology Group, Wageningen University, 6700 AH…
Effect of eggshell temperature and oxygen concentration on survival rate and nutrient utilization in chicken embryos
Roos Molenaar*, Ron Meijerhof†, Ilona van den Anker‡, Marcel Heetkamp‡, Joost van den Borne§, Bas Kemp‡, and Henry van den Brand‡ *HatchTech Incubation Technology B.V., P.O. Box 256, 3900 AG…
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