Idade da matriz e período de armazenamento de ovos incubáveis no rendimento de incubação e desempenho inicial de poedeiras comerciais / Breeder hen ages and the storage period of the eggs over the incubation efficiency and starter performance

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

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Two experiments have been carried out to evaluate the effect of the breeder hen ages and of the storage period of the eggs over the incubation efficiency and initial performance of laying hens. In the first experimental phase, 7224 Dekalb eggs with 32 and 57 weeks old, were incubated with three, five and seven days of storage. The treatments were defined according to the breeder hens ages and their period of storage of eggs, summing up to six treatments with fourteen repetitions of treatment each. The statistical outline was random and the tray height was a covariable. The efficiency of the incubation, the eggs loss of weight during storage, the quality of incubated eggs and the absolute weight of the yolk sac in relation to the weight of the chicken was evaluated. On the second experimental phase, 600 chickens from the six treatments of the first experimental phase were used. The poultry were bred up to the 28th day of life in common batteries. The statistical outline was totally random, and the height of the batteries was a covariable, with five repetitions of twelve birds in each treatment. The starter performance of chicks (up to 28 days of life) was evaluated. The results were submitted to variance analysis and to verify the importance of differences between the average of treatments, the Tukey test was used, with a probability of 5%. The breeder hens of 57 weeks produce heavier eggs with a larger quantity of albumen and yolk. The old breeder hens eggs had a lower quality of albumen when stored for seven days. The loss of weight of the eggs during storage and removal was higher according to the aging of the breeder hen. Eggs produced by the young breeder hens had a higher hatching rate; however, no matter the age of the breeder hen, there was a decrease of the hatching rate of fertile eggs whenever the storage period was increased. The breeder hens with 57 weeks produced heavier chicks and lower chick/egg weight coefficient. The higher ratio yolk sac/chick weight was obtained by the eggs produced by the old breeder hens. There was a lower weight loss of chicks from young breeder hens during the removal of incubatory trays to the grange. The storage period did not interfere in the birds performance and birds from old matrixes presented worse uniformity, higher final weight and bigger food allowance

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producao animal armazenamento, rendimento de incubação, matriz leve, desempenho inicial, poedeiras comerciais storage, incubation efficiency, breeder hen, starter performance, laying hens

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