ENHANCEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT OF OVIPAROUS SPECIES BY IN OVO FEEDING

摘要

The development of oviparous species such as birds after hatch is enhanced by feeding a subject prior to hatch. The subject is fed with a nutrient composition and/or an enteric modulator. A preferred nutrient composition contains at least one protein, peptide, amino acid or carbohydrate; a preferred enteric modulator is hydroxymethylbutyrate. Feeding may be accomplished by administering the nutrient composition and/or enteric modulator into the amnion where it is then orally ingested by the subject.