R&D Solutions for Turkey

The turkey is a large bird in the genus Meleagris, native to North America, with high nutritional and economic value. As a company specializing in animal health and animal-related research and development, BioVenic is committed to leveraging our advanced technology platform and extensive experience to provide turkey breeding and genetic research services, turkey health and drug development services, and turkey nutrition and feed development services to our customers. We look forward to collaborating with you to advance the turkey industry.

The Value and Challenges of the Turkey Industry

Turkeys play an important role in poultry meat production in the United States and Canada and are the central part of Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations in the United States. Turkeys are attracting attention because of their large size, rapid growth, disease resistance, and high lean meat percentage. In addition, turkey meat is tender and highly nutritious, rich in protein, iron, zinc, phosphorus, potassium, and B vitamins, while being low in fat and cholesterol. Therefore, turkey is respected by American nutritionists as a high-protein, low-fat super-nutrition food. The current challenge for turkey breeding is to identify new phenotypes and genotypes for changing breeding goals to meet future consumers. Nowadays, the advances in modern biotechnology, such as molecular genetics, bioinformatics, and genetic engineering, have increased the possibilities for turkey breeding and have greatly improved the efficiency of turkey breeding.

Breeding Goals of Turkey

Turkey breeding requires significant time and economic expenses. The use of modern molecular breeding techniques facilitates the targeted breeding of turkeys and reduces the time and investment required for breeding. The development of a comprehensive turkey breeding program requires a combination of information on phenotypic and genetic parameters for production and health traits, as well as increased attention to turkey animal welfare.

Economic Considerations

In terms of economics, we aim to get more economic return for less input. Economic considerations for turkey breeding objectives include meat yield, meat quality, carcass components, egg quality, egg production rate, growth performance, feed conversion rate, and hatchability.

Animal Health Considerations

We assist in breeding turkey species with greater resistance to disease through modern molecular breeding techniques to reduce antibiotic use in farming and improve the animal welfare of turkeys.

Sustainable Considerations

The key point is to reduce resource waste and environmental pollution and to promote the sustainable and harmonious development of turkey farming, the environment, and society.

Other Considerations

In addition, our breeding objectives address the challenges of genetic diversity and genomic stability. We are committed to leveraging our expertise and advanced technologies in animal breeding to help our customers develop healthy, high-yielding turkey breeds.

Our Services

BioVenic is a pioneering company in the field of animal-related research. Over the years, we have successfully built advanced technology platforms that have driven progress in the fields of animal breeding, nutrition, and health. Our dedicated scientists will provide you with efficient solutions to help you advance your research in turkey-related fields. The services we provide include but are not limited to:

Want to Learn More?

BioVenic has a team of scientists and specialists with extensive experience and outstanding achievements in animal-related research. We have a long-standing commitment to helping our customers solve all their problems in the fields of turkey breeding and genetics, veterinary drugs, and feed development. If you are interested in our services, please contact us and tell us more about your project.

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