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Increasing persistency in lay and stabilising egg quality in longer laying cycles. What are the challenges?
1. In the past 50 years, selection starting initially at the breed level and then using quantitative genetics coupled with a sophisticated breeding pyramid, has resulted in a very productive hybrid for a variety of traits associated with egg production. 2. One major trait currently being developed f...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4940894/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26982003 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00071668.2016.1161727 |
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author | Bain, M. M. Nys, Y. Dunn, I.C. |
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description | 1. In the past 50 years, selection starting initially at the breed level and then using quantitative genetics coupled with a sophisticated breeding pyramid, has resulted in a very productive hybrid for a variety of traits associated with egg production. 2. One major trait currently being developed further is persistency of lay and the concept of the “long life” layer. Persistency in lay however cannot be achieved without due consideration of how to sustain egg quality and the health and welfare of the birds in longer laying cycles. These multiple goals require knowledge and consideration of the bird’s physiology, nutritional requirements, which vary depending on age and management system, reproductive status and choice of the selection criteria applied. 3. The recent advent of molecular genetics offers considerable hope that these multiple elements can be balanced for the good of all in the industry including the hens. 4. The “long life” layer, which will be capable of producing 500 eggs in a laying cycle of 100 weeks, is therefore on the horizon, bringing with it the benefits of a more efficient utilisation of diminishing resources, including land, water, raw materials for feed as well as a reduction in waste, and an overall reduced carbon footprint. |
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spelling | pubmed-49408942016-07-21 Increasing persistency in lay and stabilising egg quality in longer laying cycles. What are the challenges? Bain, M. M. Nys, Y. Dunn, I.C. Br Poult Sci Meat & Egg Science 1. In the past 50 years, selection starting initially at the breed level and then using quantitative genetics coupled with a sophisticated breeding pyramid, has resulted in a very productive hybrid for a variety of traits associated with egg production. 2. One major trait currently being developed further is persistency of lay and the concept of the “long life” layer. Persistency in lay however cannot be achieved without due consideration of how to sustain egg quality and the health and welfare of the birds in longer laying cycles. These multiple goals require knowledge and consideration of the bird’s physiology, nutritional requirements, which vary depending on age and management system, reproductive status and choice of the selection criteria applied. 3. The recent advent of molecular genetics offers considerable hope that these multiple elements can be balanced for the good of all in the industry including the hens. 4. The “long life” layer, which will be capable of producing 500 eggs in a laying cycle of 100 weeks, is therefore on the horizon, bringing with it the benefits of a more efficient utilisation of diminishing resources, including land, water, raw materials for feed as well as a reduction in waste, and an overall reduced carbon footprint. Taylor & Francis 2016-05-03 2016-05-23 /pmc/articles/PMC4940894/ /pubmed/26982003 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00071668.2016.1161727 Text en © 2016 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Meat & Egg Science Bain, M. M. Nys, Y. Dunn, I.C. Increasing persistency in lay and stabilising egg quality in longer laying cycles. What are the challenges? |
title | Increasing persistency in lay and stabilising egg quality in longer laying cycles. What are the challenges? |
title_full | Increasing persistency in lay and stabilising egg quality in longer laying cycles. What are the challenges? |
title_fullStr | Increasing persistency in lay and stabilising egg quality in longer laying cycles. What are the challenges? |
title_full_unstemmed | Increasing persistency in lay and stabilising egg quality in longer laying cycles. What are the challenges? |
title_short | Increasing persistency in lay and stabilising egg quality in longer laying cycles. What are the challenges? |
title_sort | increasing persistency in lay and stabilising egg quality in longer laying cycles. what are the challenges? |
topic | Meat & Egg Science |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4940894/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26982003 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00071668.2016.1161727 |
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