Aya Zaid Fahim from Department of Animal production successfully defended her M.Sc. work with the title (The effect of thermal stimulation during the incubation process of hatching eggs on improving the qualitative characteristics of breast muscle in broiler chickens.)
- The researcher found that the use of thermal stimulation reduced the likelihood of wooden breast syndrome by lowering the indicators of its occurrence. Furthermore, wooden breast syndrome does not appear until after 42 days, and there is no significant relationship between wooden breast syndrome and the increase in body weight in the thermal stimulation groups.
- The researcher recommended the use of thermal stimulation during incubation to increase the quantity of meat produced from broiler chickens. To address the imbalance in the muscles of modern broiler chickens, the researcher suggested applying thermal stimulation for 12 hours a day, with a temperature increase of 1.7 degrees on days 10 and 13 of hatching.