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Time of feeding Time of feeding can influence shell quality. Broiler breeders are usually fed during the early morning hours. Unfortunately, this does not coincide with the time of egg shell deposition (calcification). P…

The importance of optimal nutrition As the egg shell mostly contains CaCO3, it is normally assumed that calcium is the only nutrient responsible for shell quality. However, both phosphorus and Vitamin D3 are also involve…

Cracked eggs It is obvious that when an external force exceeds shell strength, egg breakage results. Cracked eggs can be either complete (when both the shell and shell membranes are broken) or incomplete (when the shell…

The egg shell protects and supports the internal soft structures. It is semi-permeable to air and water and helps prevent bacterial infection. About 94-95% of the dry egg shell is calcium carbonate (CaCO3 ) and weighs 5.…

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Aviagen secures local supply through a greenfield investment in East Africa with the establishment of “Aviagen East Africa Limited”

Accurate live weight and CV% determination are essential tools to predict broiler performance and ensure that processing weight-to-age targets are being met. Birds should be weighed at least once per week, and sample siz…

SRUC and Aviagen have donated 23 tonnes of chicken to FareShare

Ross customer in Namibia is recognized for impressive broiler and breeder performance

Aviagen SAU General Manager Sergio Illán personally delivers tests to San Esteban de Litera Mayor Fernando Sabés

With EPEF scores surpassing 500, New Zealand growers keep outdoing their best

Aviagen® India customers continue to outdo their best and have recently reached a significant milestone -- Performance Efficiency Factor (PEF) scores of greater than 500. In fact, many customers are seeing 400+ PEF numbe…

Anne-Marie Neeteson, Global Vice President of Welfare & Compliance for Aviagen® Group, has been elected to chair the Working Group (WG) on Animal Health and Welfare of the International Poultry Council (IPC). She joi…

Turkey becomes Aviagen’s fourth production base to achieve compartment status worldwide

The latest addition to Aviagen’s Best Practice on the Farm series focuses on ‘alternative water disinfection methods in production’. Written by Dr Susan Watkins, Alternative Water Disinfection Methods during production…

Third AAMEA meeting held virtually to continue providing world-class customer support during the COVID-19 pandemic

Aviagen® has just released two Briefs entitled “Coccidiosis Control in Broiler Breeders with the use of Vaccines” and “Coccidiosis Control in Broilers with the use of Vaccines”. These documents were written by Jose J. Br…

In a spirit of giving back and encouraging the up-and-coming generation, Aviagen® Asia Pacific recently sponsored the first “Hatching Young Artists” (HYA) contest. Appropriately themed “Chicken” by the global poultry gen…

Between Nov. 4 and 13, Aviagen® Asia Pacific hosted its annual Seminars: Arbor Acres® Training Seminar Asia (AATSA), Indian River® Training Academy (IRTA) and Ross® Asia Training Seminar (RATS). In normal times, the team…

Aviagen® has just released a Brief entitled, “The importance of nutrition on egg shell quality in broiler breeders.”