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DEVELOPMENT CONTROL DURING THE INCUBATION PROCESS

For adequate embryonic development to occur during incubation, the physical conditions to which the fertile egg will be submitted must be controlled and monitored; these conditions are incubation temperature and humidity, and ventilation and egg turning

3 POST-INCUBATION FACTORS After hatching, the chicks must remain inside the transport boxes under adequate temperature and humidity conditions. Transport to the farms should preferably be carried out in climate-controlled trucks. It is recommended that this transport be carried out as soon as possible after

Temperature is the most important physical parameter of incubation, as small fluctuations in the ideal temperature

hatching. The chicks have access to water and food quickly and, therefore, can maintain proper development.

influence the incubation process and, therefore, the quality and survival rate of the embryos (Meijerhof, 2013).

CHICKEN QUALITY Chick quality can be evaluated

not meet the embryo’s needs compromises its development and, consequently, hatchability and chick quality. According to Mesquita (2013), the final performance of broilers is directly related

Navel healing Hydration degree Absence of abnormalities (e.g., crossed beak, exposed brain).

to the results obtained in the first two

In addition to the physical aspects, a

weeks after hatching, which in turn depend

quality chick should:

on the embryonic development during the incubation process.

Being free from pathogenic microorganisms

CONCLUSION

Have good maternal immunity

The hatchery is also responsible for applying important

Adequate development of

vaccines, such as Marek, Gumboro, Newcastle, Infectious Bronchitis, among others. Therefore, they begin to play a fundamental role in biosecurity. Failures in this process can lead to health problems due to immunological failure, in addition to contamination of eggs and/or newborns chicks when a vaccine is poorly administered (Oviedo-Rondón, 2013).

hatchery

according to its physical aspects: Any physical incubation parameter that does

lymphoid organs capable of immunologically responding to vaccine application and/or field challenges. Bibliography available upon request.

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