Effects of Setting Eggs with Small Ends up on Hatchability and Chick Performance
Eggs are incubated in setter trays for most of the incubation period. Three days before hatch, the eggs are transferred to hatcher baskets, writes Pas Reform Hatchery Technologies.

The Importance of Preventing Sweating Eggs
By Pas Reform Hatchery Technologies. 'Sweating' of eggs is the result of condensed water sitting on the egg shell surface.

New Concepts on the Horizon: Phytogenics in Poultry Production
Modern poultry and egg production is facing several challenges. Growing demand for poultry products and rising prices for raw materials require the implementation of optimal production conditions with the aim to secure high animal performance.

Creating the Ideal Hatching Climate
By Pas Reform. The transfer of eggs from setter trays to hatcher baskets is routine in the hatchery, while the embryo continues to develop.

Canadian Poultry and Egg Statistics - October to December 2007
By Statistics Canada - This publication provides data on the production, supply and disposition and value of Canadian poultry meat and eggs for Q4 2007.

US Chickens and Eggs Annual Summary 2007
By the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service - This report looks at the highlights of the US chicken and egg industry over the past year.

UK Poultry Disease Quarterly Surveillance Report (to September 2007)
By Veterinary Laboratories Agency. The report monitors trends in the major endemic poultry diseases in the UK to September 2007.

Air Requirements During Incubation
Joseph M. Mauldin, Extension Poultry Scientist at the University of Georgia explains the exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide and moisture in the egg during incubation in the Spetember 2003 issue of the University's Poultry Tips.

Fusarium Ear Rot in Corn and the Occurrence of Associated Mycotoxins
A report of a series of experiments and surveys into the possibilities of breeding corn varieties resistant to Fusarium fungus, and to develop a model to predict the level of mycotoxins in corn. Published as 15 from the Canadian Poultry...

Competitive Exclusion and Vaccination for Reduction of Salmonella Enteritidis Contamination of Eggs
By A. Bruce Webster, extension poultry scientist at the University of Georgia. Published in the University's Poultry Tips newsletter in January 1999.

Layers and Intestinal Spirochaetosis
Avian intestinal spirochaetosis (AIS) is a gut infection, mainly involving the hen’s caeca, which causes a chronic drop in egg production of usually 5-12%. The disease is caused by a variety of spirochaete bacteria, now called Brachyspira (formerly...

Ukraine Poultry and Products Annual 2007
By the USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service - This article provides the poultry industry data from the USDA FAS Poultry and Products Annual 2007 report for the Ukraine. A link to the full report is also provided. The full report includes all the tabular...

Lighting Programs For Backyard Egg Production
By Brian Fairchild, Extension Poultry Scientist, University of Georgia. There are many factors that can influence the egg production of back yard flocks.

Opinion of the Scientific Panel AHAW related with the vaccination against avian influenza of H5 and H7 subtypes in domestic poultry and captive birds
By European Food Safety Authority.

In Search of the Ideal Water Line Cleaner
By Amanda Hancock, Jennifer Hughes and Susan Watkins, Center of Excellence for Poultry Science, University of Arkansas and published in Avian Advice