Study: Egg storage and hatchery management
Researchers in Brazil looked at the negative effects of fertile egg storage on the egg and the embryo and suggested hatchery management to minimise such problems.
By: JSR Rocha, NC Baião, VM Barbosa, MA Pompeu, MNS Fernandes, LJC Lara, CFQ Matias and JVMSP Batista
Egg storage is a common and important practice in the poultry industry. Knowledge of the effects of storage on the egg, the embryo and incubation yield is important for planning incubation by hatcheries.
Recommendations for storage environmental conditions depend mainly on the breeder age and storage time. Storage from seven days or more alters the characteristics of albumen, reduces incubation yield, increases incubation period and can damage embryonic development.
When working with long storage periods, the adoption of management practices such as storing the egg with the thin tip down, egg turning during storage and pre-storage incubation should be considered to reduce the negative effects on the incubation yield.
| This is an abstract from the World ‘s Poultry Science Association‘s Journal. To purchase report options: Purchase this report from Cambridge Journals Subscribe to WPSA journal (already a WPSA member) Become a WPSA member (word file) (pdf file) |
Join 31,000+ subscribers
Subscribe to our newsletter to stay updated about all the need-to-know content in the poultry sector, three times a week.
