Essays about: "chick quality score"

Found 1 essay containing the words chick quality score.

  1. 1. Identifying factors of importance for chick quality and traits that may predict chick quality

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Author : Cecilia Hjelm; [2018]
    Keywords : chick quality; chick quality score; first week mortality; broiler breeder; IgY yolk concentration; IgY serum concentration;

    Abstract : In the hatcheries today, the eggs that have cracks are sorted out before incubation. When hatched the chicks are graded as saleable or unsaleable, and salable chicks are transported to the farm. First week mortality (FWM) is a common way to assess chick quality and performance at the farm and it varies among flocks. READ MORE