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Making worst case scenarios real: The introduction of highly pathogenic avian influenza of ...

Between 8th November 2016 and 31th May 2017, more than 1,150 cases of HPAI H5N8 in wild birds and 107 out-breaks in birds ...

Double-yolk eggs in commercial laying hens and parent flocks

Mature hens typically ovulate in precise daily cycles, adding albumen and shell within 24 hours and depositing the egg ...

Selection on beak shape to reduce feather pecking in laying hens

Feather pecking and mortality due to cannibalism in laying hens are of economic and welfare concern in all housing systems. ...

Uncovering causal relationships between feather pecking and related behaviours using ...

Feather pecking is a serious problem in poultry production. It causes high economical losses and suffering in the affected ...

Applied research to support cooperative breeding programs

Cooperative forms of animal breeding are still dominating in Southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The breeding ...

150 years Gregor Mendel – from counting peas to gene editing

The present article is based on the introductory lecture of the author “150 Jahre Mendel’sche Regeln: vom Erbsenzählen zum ...

Improvement of robustness and performance in meat-type chickens and ducks by short-term ...

The thermoregulatory system plays a central role in various body functions of the organism. It not only keeps the body ...

The role of developing and newly industrialised countries in global egg production

The dynamics of egg production between 1993 and 2013 on the basis of four Country Development Groups is analysed in this ...

Antimicrobial Resistance: a Threat to Livestock Production and a Potential Risk for Public ...

The widespread and indiscriminate use of antimicrobials has been identified as one of the main reasons for the emergence of ...

An egg a day – the physiology of egg formation

Modern hybrid laying hens can produce more than 300 eggs per year and more than 500 eggs in an extended life cycle. This ...

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Meat as a healthy and valuable source of micronutrients

During the last decades meat and especially liver have been looked upon as unhealthy food with high fat content and ...

Breeding Pekin Ducks for Meat Production

The global production of duck meat was roughly 4.3 million tons in 2012. It represents a valuable source for human ...

Effects of storage conditions on egg quality

Freshness of eggs is considered by consumers as the most important criterion of egg quality. Data for this study were ...

Feeding Laying Hens to 100 Weeks of Age

Genetically improved persistency of commercial laying hens enables egg producers to keep flocks longer in production, ...