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The Effect of Mating Ratio on Guinea Fowl Reproductive Performance

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Veterinary surgery and Gynaecology (Animal surgery, Anaesthesiology and Radiology, and Gynaecology and Obstetrics).

Abstract

A study was conducted to investigate the effect of mating ratio on Guinea fowl reproductive performance. A total of 420 Guinea fowls of the pearl variety were randomly selected from growers housed on the farm. The selected birds were sexed and assigned to three treatment groups according to a mating ratio of 1:4, 1:6 and 1: 10 respectively, with a maximum of 120 female Guinea fowls in each group. Eggs were collected daily from the laying birds by treatment groups, graded and stored for a maximum of seven days at room temperature. The selected eggs were fumigated and incubated using an automated Petersime incubator. Percent fertility, hatchability and embryonic mortality were measured after 28 days of incubation. The fertility rate (%) was 84 ± 3.4, 78 ± 3.9 and 75 ±5.1 in Guinea fowls with mating ratios 1:4, 1:6 and 1:10, respectively. The fertile hatchability and total hatchability rates (%) were 66 ± 3.3, 55 ±3.7, 59 ± 28, 47 ± 24 and 51 ± 35, 39 ±28 respectively in Guinea fowls with mating ratios 1:4, 1:6 and 1:10 As mating ratio increased from to 1:4, 1:6 and 1:10, embryonic mortality rates (%) were 34 ±3.3, 41 ± 28 and 49 ± 35, while percentage viable keets were 98 ± 0.72, 96 ± 2.5 and 96 ± 2.0. Mating ratios did not significantly affect reproductive performance. The mating ratio of one male Guinea fowl to four males was optimal for reproduction.

DOI

10.21608/svu.2022.100898.1156

Keywords

Keywords: Guinea fowl, fertility, Hatchability, embryonic mortality

Authors

First Name

Joseph

Last Name

Atawalna

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Affiliation

School of Veterinary Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Email

atawalnajoe@yahoo.co.uk

City

Kumasi

Orcid

0000-0003-2431-5974

First Name

Richard

Last Name

Agbehadzi

MiddleName

K

Affiliation

Department of Animal Science Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Kumasi, Ghana

Email

rk.agbehadzi@outlook.com

City

Kumasi

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First Name

Daniel

Last Name

Essel

MiddleName

Cobbinah Junior

Affiliation

School of Veterinary Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Email

esselcobbinah@gmail.com

City

Kumasi

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First Name

Patrick

Last Name

Mensah

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Affiliation

Ashanti Regional Veterinary Laboratory Veterinary Services Directorate Kumasi, Ghana

Email

amponsahpatrick@rocketmail.com

City

Kumasi

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Volume

5

Article Issue

1

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29813

Issue Date

2022-03-01

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2021-10-13

Publish Date

2022-03-01

Page Start

24

Page End

30

Print ISSN

2535-1826

Online ISSN

2535-1877

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Research article

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712

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SVU-International Journal of Veterinary Sciences

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https://svu.journals.ekb.eg/

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22 Jan 2023