Effects of egg weight on chick and organ development, growth and slaughter traits in pekin ducks
dc.contributor.buuauthor | Sözcü, Arda | |
dc.contributor.buuauthor | Ipek, Aydın | |
dc.contributor.department | Veteriner Fakültesi | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-13T11:54:57Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-04-13T11:54:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-08-11 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study was carried out to determine the effects of increased egg weight of pekin ducks on organ development, chick quality, growth traits, slaughter and carcass yield. A total of 405 one day old Pekin ducklings that have been hatched from light, medium and heavy hatching eggs, were used in the experiment. Egg weight were classified as “light” (<75 g), “medium” (76-82 g) and “heavy” (>83 g) by weighing with ±0.1 precision one by one. The chick hatching weight and leg length were found to be the highest in chicks hatched from heavy eggs, with values of 47.4 g and 227.8 mm compared to the chicks hatched from light and medium eggs (P<0.05). At 42 d of age, the body weight of ducks hatched from heavy eggs was 3195.0 g, compared to the ducks hatched from light and medium eggs (2879.6 and 2897.9 g, P=0.001). Any significant differences observed for feed conversion rate and mortality among the experimental groups (P>0.05). Slaughter weight, carcass weight were also the highest for ducks hatched from heavy eggs (P=0.004). In conclusion, increased egg weight affected chick hatching weight and growing performance in Pekin ducks. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Sözcü, A. ve Ipek, A. (2017). "Effects of egg weight on chick and organ development, growth and slaughter traits in pekin ducks". Journal of Biological and Environmental Sciences, 11(32), 87-92. | tr_TR |
dc.identifier.endpage | 92 | tr_TR |
dc.identifier.issn | 1307-9530 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1308-2019 | |
dc.identifier.issue | 32 | tr_TR |
dc.identifier.startpage | 87 | tr_TR |
dc.identifier.uri | http://jbes.uludag.edu.tr/PDFDOSYALAR/32/mak04.pdf | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11452/19613 | |
dc.identifier.volume | 11 | tr_TR |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Uludağ Üniversitesi | tr_TR |
dc.relation.journal | Journal of Biological and Environmental Sciences | tr_TR |
dc.relation.publicationcategory | Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi | tr_TR |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_US |
dc.subject | Pekin duck | tr_TR |
dc.subject | Slaughter characteristics | en_US |
dc.subject | Egg weight | en_US |
dc.subject | Chick hatching weight | en_US |
dc.subject | Growth traits | en_US |
dc.title | Effects of egg weight on chick and organ development, growth and slaughter traits in pekin ducks | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
local.contributor.department | Veteriner Fakültesi | tr_TR |