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Managing Prenatal Development of Broiler Chickens to Improve Productivity and Thermotolerance

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In recent decades, the rate of weight gain of meat-type broiler chickens has increased significantly [25, 26]. In the 1960s, a commercial broiler chicken reached the market weight of 2.2 kg by 12 weeks of age; today, broilers attain this same market weight at less than 6 weeks. This impressive improvement is due to the knowledge accumulated by industry poultry managers and researchers from different disciplines – geneticists, nutritionists, physiologists and veterinarians – who have contributed to the optimisation of broiler performance.

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Uni, Z., Yahav, S. (2009). Managing Prenatal Development of Broiler Chickens to Improve Productivity and Thermotolerance. In: Greenwood, P., Bell, A., Vercoe, P., Viljoen, G. (eds) Managing the Prenatal Environment to Enhance Livestock Productivity. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3135-8_3

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