Abstract
Chicken embryonic development takes three weeks before hatching. The post-hatching period is marked by a critical transition in nutrient sources from the endogenous liquid yolk to exogenous solid feed underscoring the importance of early gastrointestinal tract (GIT). This seminar explores innovative strategies to address these challenges, including intergenerational nutrition, maternal conditioning, and in ovo functional applications, focusing on essential oils (EOs) and strategies to enhance timely nutrient mobilization from albumen and yolk. In summary, this review highlights pre-hatching strategies to improve post-hatch robustness in chickens, offering critical insights into future research directions
Professor Eugeni Roura
Eugeni Roura is a veterinary nutritionist with research interests in digestive physiology, chemosensory science (including taste and smell) and transgenerational nutrition in chickens, pigs, and humans. After a 16-year professional career in industry, he joined UQ in 2010 where he leads a team active in the interface between basic and translational research aiming at societal applications. He has graduated 21 PhD students and published more than 100 peer-reviewed publications. He is the president of the WPSA (Australia), member of the National Committee for Nutrition (Australian Academy of Sciences), and Director of the AgriFutures Chicken-Meat Consortium.
Professor Eugeni Roura, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Agriculture and Food Innovation E: e.roura@uq.edu.au
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Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation hosts science seminars across the disciplines of animal, horticulture, crop, food and nutritional sciences.
With a range of speakers from Australia and abroad, the series explores how high-impact science will significantly improve the competitiveness and sustainability of the tropical and sub-tropical food, fibre and agribusiness sectors.
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