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A national sci-tech presentation and symposium in the field of poultry took place from September 16 to 18 under the sponsorship of the Korean Poultry Association of the Central Committee of the General Federation of Science and Technology of Korea.

Present there were officials, scientists and technicians from more than 20 units including Kim Il Sung University, Pyongyang University of Agriculture, the Poultry Feed Institute under the Academy of Poultry Science and the Sopho Chicken Farm.

Presented to the sci-tech presentation were dozens of papers dealing with the successes achieved in improving nutrition to suit the physiological features of the poultry, breeding and introducing good breeds, producing protein feed, using feed additives and modernizing the feed processing equipment.

The symposium discussed ways for raising the quality of meat and eggs by applying phytosine and improving the survival and fattening rate of the poultry.