Molting Management

Molting Management is a controlled physiological intervention strategy within layer production that regulates the timing and duration of induced molting in commercial laying hens to optimize subsequent egg-laying performance and flock health.

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4.7K

Citations

312

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2017–2026

Parents

Layer Production

Children

Bird Health MonitoringBody Weight Loss ManagementBone Integrity After MoltingCorticosterone Response To MoltingDuration Of MoltingEgg Production RecoveryEgg Quality RecoveryEnzyme-based Molting DietsGut Health During MoltingHormonal Regulation Of Molting

Publications

121

Physiological Changes in Caged Layers During a Forced Molt

J. Brake, P. Thaxton · Poultry Science · 1979 · 160 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Animal Sciences, Physiology +12

Production of repeated gonadal, fat, and molt cycles within one year in the junco and white‐crowned sparrow by manipulation of day length

Albert Wolfson · Journal of Experimental Zoology · 1954 · 145 citations

Life Sciences, Ecology, Zoology +12

Effect of induced molting in laying hens on production and immune parameters

M.A. Alodan, MM Mashaly · Poultry Science · 1999 · 141 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Animal Sciences, Poultry Science +13

Historical and current molting practices in the U.S. table egg industry

D.S. Bell · Poultry Science · 2003 · 140 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Poultry Science +16

Effect of Induced Molting on the Susceptibility of White Leghorn Hens to a Salmonella enteritidis Infection

P.S. Holt · Avian Diseases · 1993 · 118 citations

Agriculture, Microbiology, Poultry Science +10

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Authors

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Steven C. Ricke
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, United States
10 publications · 427 citations
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L.F. Kubena
Agricultural Research Service, United States
9 publications · 412 citations
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J. Brake
North Carolina State University, United States
7 publications · 469 citations
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D. J. Nisbet
Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center, United States
7 publications · 289 citations
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P. Thaxton
North Carolina State University, United States
6 publications · 360 citations
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Poultry Science
45 publications · 2.1K citations
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The Journal of Applied Poultry Research
8 publications · 236 citations
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Ornithological Applications
7 publications · 439 citations
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Journal of Wildlife Management
4 publications · 71 citations
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The Auk
3 publications · 76 citations
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