POULTRY 
The C.H.I.C.K® Program
The C.H.I.C.K Program is the best-in-class hatchery vaccination service provided exclusively by Ceva specialists around the world to its customers and partners.
Thanks to quality-approved people, equipment, and processes, the Ceva Hatchery Immunization Control Keys’s program, known by everyone in the industry as the C.H.I.C.K Program aims at having 100% consistently well-vaccinated birds.
BECAUSE EVERY CHICK COUNTS
The C.H.I.C.K ® Program is implemented by qualified national teams of hatchery specialists in over a thousand hatcheries worldwide.
They provide training to hatchery operators and successfully install the most basic to the most sophisticated hatchery technology equipment.
After installations, a continuous improvement plan is set up and monitored together with the hatchery management.
Our services for hatchery vaccination
In the C.H.I.C.K Program, we make available a full set of procedures (SOP’s) to train and evaluate hatchery staff on the best practices for every stage in the hatchery vaccination process.
From storage of vaccines, vaccine mixing procedures, and administration quality through to equipment care, all steps are carefully covered for successful vaccination.
Vaccine Preparation
Vaccine Preparation
Dedicated procedures for proper mixing of any type of vaccines.
Dosing Accuracy
Dosing accuracy
Ensuring one full dose of vaccine is applied to every chick
Administration Quality
Administration quality
Random visual inspection of chicks to identify
vaccination failures.
Operational Control
Operational Control
Monitoring the proper setting, operation and cleaning of equipment
Equipment Care
Equipment Care
Ensuring proper installation and preventive maintenance.
Process Sanitation
Process Sanitation
Regular testing to maximize hygiene conditions.
Embryo Age Diagnosis
Embryo Age Diagnosis
Key diagnosis to determine the right in-ovo injection timing for each flock.
Injection Technique
Injection Technique
Quality of injection assessments through the blue dye technique.
Vaccine Dosage
Vaccine Dosage
Controlling that one full dose of vaccine is applied to every embryonated egg.
Egg Quality
Egg Quality
Monitoring the quality of the eggshells at storage before injection.
Hatchability and Chick Quality
Hatchability and Chick Quality
Key hatchery service to verify in-ovo process performance meets expectations.
The C.H.I.C.K® is a worldwide Quality Program
In 2016, Ceva achieved a first significant milestone for the animal health industry when the successful implementation of this service program received independent Quality Recognition from the Bureau Veritas Group, an international testing, certification, and inspection company.
Thanks to our unique Quality Code of Practice, the C.H.I.C.K Program services are based on four commitments to our customers:
>2,000
Hatchery operators worldwide trained per year
65%
of hatcheries in the world audited
>2,100
Units of vaccination equipment serviced globally per year
>8,000
Hatchery audits per year globally
200
Vaccination Services specialists
>1,200
Hatcheries visited