The Poultry Podcast Show - #20 - Broiler and breeder nutrition and management: strategies for optimal production

The purpose of broiler and breeder nutrition and management is to ensure that the birds receive adequate nutrition and care as to support optimal growth and production. It can include selecting appropriate feeds, formulating diets, implementing feeding and watering systems, and monitoring the health and welfare of the birds. In order to perform those processes, statistical and computational techniques are used in data analysis to extract insights and inform decision-making. Indeed, data analytics in broiler and breeder production can optimize nutrition and management practices, monitor performance, and identify patterns, and that’s what Dr. Oviedo-Rondon discusses in this episode. He talks about broiler and breeder production, how to enhance it (primarily through nutrition), and the advent of data analytics to support those improvements in the poultry industry.

What you’ll learn:

1. Topics on the nutrition of breeders or pull management

2. Fertility issues and feathering

3. Everyday feeding of pullets

4. Grading

5. Key points on pullet rearing

6. Research on broilers and data analytics

7. The future of data analytics in the poultry industry

8. New research on poultry nutrition and health

Meet the guest

Dr. Edgar Orlando Oviedo-Rondon

Experience

○ Current: Professor in the Prestage Poultry Science Department, North Carolina State University

Background

○ Ph.D., Poultry Science - Nutrition (University of Arkansas)

○ M.Sc., Animal Nutrition and Production (Universidade Estadual de Maringá)

Connect with our guest on Social Media: LinkedIn