Mycotoxins & Poultry Egg Quality in Southeast Asia
[vc_row columns=”1″][vc_column][vc_column_text]Tran Si Trung, PhD EWN SEAP – Regional Technical Manager for Toxin Risk Management 1. Introduction The global egg market is experiencing steady and robust growth, playing a vital role in food security and animal protein nutrition. According to reports from RaboResearch and the World Egg Organization, global egg production has more than doubled, […]
Impact of Gut Health on Saleable Egg Output in Layers
by Dr. Ruturaj Patil, EW Nutrition GmbH Introduction Gut health in laying hens is a key determinant of productivity, egg hygiene, bird welfare, and economic sustainability in commercial egg production. Beyond nutrient digestion and absorption, the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) plays a central role in immune regulation, microbial homeostasis, and epithelial barrier integrity. Disruption of these […]
Mycotoxins in layer and breeder feed impact hens, eggs, hatchery, and chicks
By Technical Team EW Nutrition As the planet’s climate experiences changes, new patterns affect the microbial communities colonizing crops. Recently, several areas of the planet have experienced extreme temperatures, drought, changes in the humid/dry cycles, and an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide (1,2). As a response, the fungi affecting the crops have shifted their geographical […]
Influence of nutrition and management on eggshell quality
Conference report Many factors affect eggshell quality, such as nutrition, disease, genetics, environmental conditions, age of birds, stress, egg collection and handling, and packaging and transport. Eggshell quality, however, is primarily related to management and nutrition, not genetics or other factors. It is becoming a bigger issue as the length of the laying period has […]
Optimizing DOC quality, part 1: The breeder perspective
Conference report In the Poultry Academy held by EW Nutrition in the fall of last year, Judy Robberts, Technical Service Manager, Aviagen, explained that the success of a breeder flock depends on producing good quality hatching eggs with high hatchability and delivering first quality chicks. With this in mind, we have to ask two essential […]
Improve health and productivity in breeders with phytomolecules
By Dr. Inge Heinzl, Editor, and Technical Team, EW Nutrition Careful management of the breeders is a must to get their best reproductive efficiency. In today’s hatching egg production, factors such as stress, inflammation, body weight, and altered mating behavior lead to decreased performance, meaning fewer hatchable eggs and, therefore, fewer day-old chicks per hen […]
Hatchery management in ABR production
By T.J. Gaydos Producing high-quality chicks is critical to the success of any broiler program, but it is even more important in an antibiotic-free (ABF) program. The hatchery is the perfect environment for the incubation of eggs and, consequently, bacteria and mold. This makes hatchery sanitation a very high priority in ABF production systems because […]
Broiler breeder management in ABF production: 3 essential steps
By T.J. Gaydos Broiler breeders are the basis for the egg supply of an integrated company. All the management details of raising broiler breeders are important and require attention. Raising breeders and managing for persistency of lay, peak, fertility, and egg handling are important for all production systems. These details become more important when managing […]