Technology Opportunities

Results in 5% increase in chick's weight and faster time to market

Highlights

• Method for providing nutrition supplements to chick embryos three days before hatching
• As many as 4% of hatchling chickens and turkeys do not survive the critical post-hatch period due to limited body reserves; many survivors show stunted growth, inefficient feed utilization, reduced disease resistance, or poor meat yield.
• Chicks fed within one hour of clearing the shell show accelerated development of the intestine during the post-hatch period, critical for the chick to establish the digestive capacity necessary to meet the demands for early growth and survival.
• Effects of early feeding vary because it depends on voluntary consumption of food by chick.
• In ovo feeding enables broilers to reach market size several days faster than conventional methods

Our Innovation

Unique in ovo feeding method provides a liquid nutrient supplement of carbohydrates, amino acids, proteins, and other nutraceuticals to chicken embryo three days before hatching.

Key Features

• Facilitates neonatal development
• Increased hatchling weight, post-hatch survival, meat yield
• Improved tolerance to stress, digestion and nutrient absorption capacity
• Improved immune response to enteric (intestinal) antigens

Development Milestones

• Seeking cooperation with feed additives company for production and marketing

The Opportunity

• Company producing these additives has the ability to offer its customers a food additive that will enable them to increase the quality and time to market and thus, profitability, of their chicks.