| Course ID: | POPH 7220E. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Incubation Theory, Hatchery Practices, and Poultry Health |
Course
Description: | This is an on-line distance learning course intended to educate
veterinarians regarding hatchery practices and poultry health. |
| Oasis Title: | HATCHERY PRACTICES |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | The objective of the course is to educate poultry veterinarians
regarding hatchery management. Egg handling and incubation
dramatically affect the health and vitality of chicks and
poultry and understanding proper husbandry will allow the
veterinarian to differentiate diseases from husbandry
malpractice. At the conclusion of the course, veterinarians are
expected to be proficient in hatchery management of commercial
poultry operations. |
| Topical Outline: | Course concepts include egg collection, pre-incubation, on-farm
and hatchery egg coolers, setting, transfer, in ovo vaccination,
hatch, and pull of chicks/poults.
1. Types of incubation equipment
2. Differences in management of equipment that affects
hatchability
3. Chick quality as affected by equipment from breeder hen to
delivery |