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Reaching top performance in egg production and maintaining good eggshell quality throughout the entire production cycle creates challenges for breeders. Broiler breeders that consistently feed an optimum diet are surpassing their goals, with improvements in eggshell membrane and shell structures, leading to less cracked eggs, improving egg utilization, and increasing the number of hatching eggs. A strong early start with the 
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:
- How can breeder nutrition influence the quality of 1ODC birds?
- How can pullet nutrition influence the life cycle of production for breeders?
- How early is broiler mineral nutrition key to support skeleton development, what influence does it have on broiler performance?
- Explore the challenges modern breeders face while trying to maintain their goals.
This webinar is sponsored by Zinpro and presented by Feed Strategy, WATTPoultry, and WATT Global Media.
Speaker Info:
Dr. Cibele Torres earned her Veterinary M.D. and M.S. in Animal Sciences from Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and her Ph.D. in Poultry Science from the University of Alberta, Canada. As a poultry nutritionist, Dr. Torres leads Zinpro’s poultry research programs and field evaluations across Europe and provides technical support to Europe, the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA), South Africa, and Russia.
Dr. Henry van den Brand is an associate professor at Wageningen University, the Netherlands, particularly working on early life experiences in poultry. His research includes breeder nutrition, egg storage, incubation conditions and early nutrition of chickens. He wrote over 150 scientific publications in this field.
Dr. Peter Plumstead completed his B.Sc. Agric (Hons) degree from Pretoria University, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Nutrition and Poultry Science from North Carolina State University. Dr. Plumstead has a diverse range of experience, both as a research Scientist as well as in applied aspects of Poultry Nutrition and Management. He is currently co-supervisor of 6 current graduate students with core research projects including evaluating effects of limestone on calcium and phosphorus digestibility, phytase efficacy, and phosphorus excretion; strategies to reduce leg problems and BCO in broilers, and antibiotic-free nutrition research.