A morphometric method of sexing white layer Eggs
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2013
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Facta-Fundacio Arnco Ciencia Technologia Avicolas
Abstract
The present study was carried out to determine the sex of the fertilized white layer eggs with using morphological measurements. A total of 300 Super Nick White Layer (54 wks of age) eggs were incubated and sexed in the end of incubation period. Before incubation egg length, width and weight were measured. The egg volume and shape index were estimated with using these measurements for each egg. The effect of egg weight and replicate number was not significant on the sex of the hatching chick (p > 0.05). The effects of egg shape index (p = 0.001), egg length (p = 0.0018), egg width (p < 0.01) and volume (p = 0.004) of the egg had significant effect on the sex of hatching chick. According to the results of the current study, morphological measurements of the pre-incubated egg might be an indicator of sex of the hatching chick. The shape index and egg volume were more informative for the likelihood of the sex of hatching chick. According to the positive results of the current study, it is possible to incubate more female chicks with using the morphological measurements of egg. This may increase the incubation capacity and decrease the number male chicks that are killed at layer hatcheries.
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Agriculture, Morphometric measurements, Pre-incubation, Sexing, Layer, Red-winged blackbirds, Offspring sex, Seasonal-variation, Ratio, Size, Dimorphism, Sequence, Weight, Allocation, Embryo
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Dikmen, B. Y. vd. (2013). "A morphometric method of sexing white layer Eggs". Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science, 15(3), 203-210.