Methods using carbon dioxide and oxygen to improve characteristics of poultry
OwnerSameer H. Israni, Balazs Hunekinventors
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods of reducing incidence of disorders such as Woody Breast in poultry, by incubating pre-hatching eggs in an atmosphere enriched in carbon dioxide, preferably combined with administration to the post-hatching birds of water comprising oxygen-containing nanobubbles.
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A method of reducing or eliminating the incidence of woody breast in poultry that has hatched from a fertilized unhatched poultry egg, comprising, before the poultry has hatched from the egg, incubating the egg for an incubation period of 18 to 21 consecutive days in a gaseous atmosphere which is in contact with the egg, and during that time, feeding carbon dioxide from a source outside the egg into the gaseous atmosphere as necessary so that for at least one period of time of at least 12 hours the carbon dioxide concentration in the gaseous atmosphere which is in contact with the egg is 7,500 ppm to 20,000 ppm.
A method of reducing or eliminating the incidence of woody breast in poultry that has hatched from a fertilized unhatched poultry egg, comprising, before the poultry has hatched from the egg, incubating the egg for an incubation period of 18 to 21 consecutive days in a gaseous atmosphere which is in contact with the egg, and during that time, feeding carbon dioxide from a source outside the egg into the gaseous atmosphere as necessary so that for at least one period of time of at least 12 hours the carbon dioxide concentration in the gaseous atmosphere which is in contact with the egg is 7,500 ppm to 20,000 ppm,
- and then
- administering enterally to the poultry water comprising in the water nanobubbles which comprise oxygen.
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