The Ross 708 parent stock female was first introduced in North America in 2001. Since then, popularity of the Ross 708 has grown rapidly worldwide and much has been learned about the performance potential of this bird and how best to achieve it.
This booklet contains the nutritional recommendations for Ross 708 Parent Stock and is to be used with the Ross Parent Stock Management Handbook and Ross 708 Parent Stock Performance Objectives.
The purpose of this interactive Handbook is to help Aviagen customers optimize the performance from their parent stock.
Chick numbers are most often reduced during the period between 40 to 60 weeks of age because of poor persistency in both egg production and hatchability.
A hatchery which is sited at high altitude (1500 meters (4921 feet) or more above sea level) faces some particular challenges; slower embryo growth, longer incubation periods and lower hatchability have to be expected.
A healthy gut is essential for the efficient conversion of feed into its basic components for optimal nutrient absorption.
This document provides the key management points for Parent Stock in a handy pocket-sized guide. It is intended to be a practical tool for use on-farm and as such
This document is a practical, on-farm tool aimed at helping farmers identify hatching egg shell issues. For each egg shell abnormality there is a picture showing what the abnormality looks like
Energy is often considered the “Fuel of Life”. Primarily it is needed for maintaining basic metabolism (maintenance energy). This article is an attempt to provide a flock manager with some tools to use when making decisions on feeding energy to a breeder flock.
One of the most challenging aspects of managing any generation of birds is that of environmental control in open-sided houses.
This is a short technical article written by Dr Marcelo Silva. The article discusses the need for a holistic strategy for feeding the modern broiler breeder in order to maximize their reproductive potential
One of the most difficult tasks of hatching egg producers is to produce optimum egg weights in early production while controlling late egg size in older flocks.
When discussing female feathering, whether development during the rearing phase or maintenance and re-growth during the production phase, one of the most important points to bear in mind is that there are no quick and simple solutions to change feather condition
Eggs laid on the floor (floor eggs) have a significantly higher risk of contamination and will reduce hatch and chick quality.
The How To’s are designed to be simple, back to basics documents describing critical management areas, their importance and how to achieve them.
Achieving the optimal uniformity of parent stock using a well-managed floor feeding system can be accomplished by following management techniques such as maintaining correct litter depth and quality
At around 18 days of incubation, eggs have to be taken out of the setters, moved from setter trays to hatcher baskets and transferred into hatchers for the last 3 days of incubation.
This document details the key best management practices when transferring broiler breeders from rear to lay facilities. Where rear and move facilities exist birds are transferred out of the rearing facilities and moved to the laying facilities before lay commences.
This document details the key best management practices when transferring broiler breeders from rear to lay facilities. Where rear and move facilities exist birds are transferred out of the rearing facilities and moved to the laying facilities before lay commences.
This booklet contains the performance objectives for Ross 308 parent stock and should be used in conjunction with the Ross 308 Parent Stock Management Guide.
This booklet contains the nutritional recommendations for Ross 308 Parent Stock and is to be used with the Ross Parent Stock Management Handbook and Ross 308 Parent Stock Performance Objectives.
This new How To series describes key ventilation management procedures, to ensure the house environment is maintained at optimum levels.
A good vaccination program, along with proper flock management and biosecurity, plays a key role in the health and productivity of broiler breeders.