Recent developments in random sample tests for poultry in the united kingdom 英文参考文献.docVIP

g, National Poultry Test Ltd. Milford Test Ground Enton Godahnin Surrey (Great Bvitain) _ reports on the six random samples tests conducted by National Poultry Tests Ltd. and discusses the change of emphasis from a Breeder supported test where entry fees were char- ged and chicks were supplied free to a test which was entirely financed by the Company from its commercial activities and from the sale of a Technical Bulletin called Poultry Testing. paper reports on the way in which chicks for tes’ting were obtained through third parties without the knowledge of the breeders, and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of ob- taining chicks for testing by this method as opposed to the sampling of chicks in hatcheries from several different sources. Also discussed are the difficulties in providing specific’ environments and management condi- tions for individual strains of bird in accordance with breeders recommendations and the impor- tance of carrying out random sample tests under standard,conditions. In the seven years since National Poultry Tests was formed six random sample egg pro- duction tests have been started. The first four havebeen completed and the fifth and sixth are currently in production. It is of interest to quickly look at the number of entries and number of different stocks whichhave beenincluded in each of these tests. Table I lists the number of entries, the number of different commercial stocks in each test and these are divided into white and tinted layers and the brown egg layers. The right hand colum of table i shows the number of pullets housedper entrytogether with the replicate size and number. Entry in the first four tests was on a voluntary basis. The poultry breeders supplied the hatching eggs or day old chicks and these were random sampled by independent officials of the Ministry of Agriculture, advisory service. The breeders in addition paid an entry fee. This entry fee went towards the cost of the testing operation. 7 r