Broiler-Type Eggs Set Up 1 Percent

Mar 30, 2011

Commercial hatcheries in the 19 State weekly program set 208 million eggs in
incubators during the week ending March 19, 2011. This was up 1 percent from
the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier. Average hatchability for
chicks hatched during the week was 84 percent. Average hatchability is
calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks
earlier.

Broiler-Type Chicks Placed Up Slightly

Broiler growers in the 19 State weekly program placed 170 million chicks for
meat production during the week ending March 19, 2011. Placements were up
slightly from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from
January 2, 2011 through March 19, 2011 were 1.85 billion, up 1 percent from
the same period a year earlier.

Video: 2026 T.K. Cheung Lecture in Animal Science - Dan Weary

T.K. Cheung Lecture in Animal Science: "Using science to assess and improve the welfare of dairy cattle"

Dan Weary is a Professor at the University of British Columbia. Dan did his BSc and MSc at McGill and Doctorate at Oxford before co-founding UBC’s Animal Welfare Program where he now co-directs this active research group. His research focuses on understanding the perspectives of animals and applying these insights to develop methods of assessing animal welfare and improving the lives of animals. His work has helped drive changes in practices (including the adoption of higher milk rations for calves and pain management for disbudding) and housing methods (including the adoption of social housing for pre-weaned calves). He also studies cow comfort and lameness, social interactions among cows, and interactions between cows, human handlers and technologies like automated millking systems that are increasingly used on farms. His presentation will outline key questions in cattle welfare, highlight recent UBC research addressing them, and showcase innovative methods for improving the lives of cattle and their caretakers.