June 12, 2015
Successful Hubbard technical forum held in VIV Asia
Hubbard has concluded a successful technical forum for key customers during the recent VIV Asia in Thailand. The event attracted an international crowd of close to 100 people who received in-depth knowledge shared by Hubbard experts.
The technical forum was opened by Olivier Rochard, the managing director of Hubbard, who focused on the company's theme, 'Less Feed, More Meat'.
Presentations on breeder level included accumulated bodyweight and breeder maturity by Dr Eric Bonjour, lighting techniques to boost peak production and persistency by Kabir Ehsanul, and the use of scratch grain and grit to improve intestinal health by Alastair Lewin.
Dr Costas Constantinou addressed respiratory challenges in broilers and Jacky Michard shared his practical experiences of broiler performance in Asia using different energy and amino acid levels. Claude Toudic expounded an important topic concerning emerging meat quality defects in broilers.
The importance of ensuring water quality was highlighted by Dr Olivier Leon while hatchery specialist, Stephane Hémon, went into details about water loss management and chick quality. Yann Thoueille, the global director of QA/QC, gave his view on operational management of traceability to the audience.
