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INFLUENCE OF THERMAL MANIPULATION DURING EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT ON HATCHABILITY TRAITS AND SECONDARY SEX RATIO OF BROILER CHICKS

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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The current study was conducted to investigate the influence of thermal manipulation (TM) during embryogenesis on hatchability traits, secondary sex ratio and hatchling weights of broiler chicks. A total of 1200 fertile eggs obtained from Cobb-500 breeder broilers parent stock were used in this study. The eggs were randomly distributed into 4 experimental groups. Incubation conditions from day 1 to day 18 were 37.5°C and 52% relative humidity for control group (TM0). while incubation temperature of the thermally treated groups during 13-15 days of incubation was increased to 39ºC for 2 hours in the second group (TM2), 4 hours in the third group (TM4) and 6 hours in the fourth group (TM6). At hatch, the hatchability traits and embryonic mortality (EM) were calculated; all hatched chicks were sorted, sexed and individually weighed. The obtained results showed that, Thermal manipulation did not adversely affect hatchability and embryonic mortality rate, but there was a positive significant effect on the normality of hatched chicks. However there were non-significant differences in the secondary sex ratio of hatched chicks. Thermal treatment did not significantly effect on body weight of hatching chicks.

DOI

10.21608/epsj.2019.67488

Keywords

thermal manipulation, embryogenesis, hatching parameters, broiler chicks

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Ayat

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El-zeniny

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Ramadan

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Animal Production Department, National Research Center, Giza, Egypt

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ayat_ramadan2008@yahoo.com

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Giza

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First Name

Ahmed

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El-Kaiaty

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M.

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2Anim.Prod. Dep., Fac. of Agric., Cairo Univ., Giza, Egypt,

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elkaiaty@gmail.com

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First Name

Hewida

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El-Allawy

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M. H.

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1Anim. Prod. Dep., Nation.Res. Centre, Giza, Egypt,

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dr_hewida@hotmail.com

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First Name

Hosam

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Safaa

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M.

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2Anim.Prod. Dep., Fac. of Agric., Cairo Univ., Giza, Egypt,

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hosam.safaa@gmail.com

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Gamal

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Kamel

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M.

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2Anim.Prod. Dep., Fac. of Agric., Cairo Univ., Giza, Egypt,

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gamoka7@gmail.com

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Alaa

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Alm El-Din

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K.

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3Anim. Prod. Res. Inst., Agric. Res. Centre, Minis. of Agric., Giza, Egypt

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First Name

Nafisa

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Abd El-Azeem

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A.

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1Anim. Prod. Dep., Nation.Res. Centre, Giza, Egypt

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Volume

39

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4

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9595

Issue Date

2019-12-01

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2019-10-13

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2019-12-31

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825

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833

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1110-5623

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2090-0570

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493

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Egyptian Poultry Science Journal

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INFLUENCE OF THERMAL MANIPULATION DURING EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT ON HATCHABILITY TRAITS AND SECONDARY SEX RATIO OF BROILER CHICKS

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22 Jan 2023