Beijing News (Reporter Wang Siyang) On January 2, the Beijing News reporter learned from Sunner Development that the white-feathered broiler breed "Shengze 901" independently selected and bred by Sunner Development has been promoted for more than 3 years, and has promoted more than 25 million sets of parent breeders, with a domestic market share of more than 20%.
According to the data, "Shengze 901" is one of the first three white-feathered broiler breeds with independent intellectual property rights in China, and will be listed as the leading breed in the country by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in 2023.
According to Sunner Development, the United States, the main introduction of China's ancestral breeders, has frequent highly pathogenic avian influenza, which has exacerbated the sharp fluctuations in China's white-feathered broiler industry. On the one hand, the company has built a multiplication system, with an annual supply capacity of 20 million sets of parent breeders. On the one hand, it invests more than 100 million yuan in breeding and scientific research every year, and cooperates with well-known agricultural universities in China to optimize the comprehensive performance of the "Shengze 901" supporting system and reduce the feed-to-meat ratio. Over the past three years, "Shengze 901" has promoted more than 25 million sets of parent breeders, with a domestic market share of more than 20%.
Li Jinghui, deputy secretary-general of the China Animal Husbandry Association and secretary-general of the White Feather Broiler Branch, said that there is no shortage of high-quality domestic chicken seedlings in China, and the new combination of "Shengze 901plus" newly cultivated by Sunner has reached the international leading level in four indicators: feed to meat ratio, egg production rate, growth rate and disease resistance. Each set of breeders produces more than 175 qualified eggs, and the average weight of broilers reaches 2 at 37 days of age under flat rearing conditions5kg, which can help breeding enterprises to minimize the cost of epidemic prevention.
Edited by Zhu Fenglan.
Proofreading by Li Lijun.