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Impact of Partial Uropygialection at Different Ages on Carcass Criteria and Some Blood Parameters for Broilers

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Poultry Production

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of partial uropygialectomy (PU) on carcass criteria and some blood parameters of broilers (ross-308). Two hundred, day-old, broilers were randomly distributed into five experimental groups of 40 chicks in four replicates, 10 chicks each. First group used as control (without PU) while, PU was applied on chicks in the 2nd (T1), 3rd (T2), 4th (T3) and 5th (T4) groups at 14, 17, 21 and 24 days of age, respectively. On the last day of the experiment carcass characteristics and some blood parameters were studied. Results indicated that the partial uropygialectomy did not have significant effects on percentages of dressed carcass, breast, thigh, drumsticks, back, wings and spleen. The highest abdominal fat% (P<0.05) was recorded for T1 group. Chemical composition of meat was not significantly affected by PU at different ages. Studied blood parameters were not significantly affected by PU, except plasma albumin level which significantly (P<0.05) increased in T3, and cholesterol level which was significantly higher in T4 compared with other groups. From the results of this study, it could be concluded that partial uropygialectomy at 14 days of age for broiler chickens achieved the highest performance and carcass traits.

DOI

10.21608/ajas.2023.159811.1173

Keywords

Broilers, Uropygialectomy, blood parameters, carcass traits

Authors

First Name

Mohamed El-Sagheer

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Poultry Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

Email

sagheer68@aun.edu.eg

City

Assiut

Orcid

0000-0002-7730-709X

First Name

Hatem

Last Name

El-Hammady

MiddleName

Y.

Affiliation

Poultry Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

Email

elhammady40@yahoo.com

City

assiut

Orcid

-

First Name

Mohamed Metwally

Last Name

Ahmed

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Poultry Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

Email

metwally7658@yahoo.com

City

assiut

Orcid

-

First Name

Mohamed Farghly

Last Name

Alm-Eldin

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Poultry Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

Email

farghly20002000@yahoo.com

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-

Orcid

-

First Name

Nourhan

Last Name

Helmy

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Poultry Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

Email

nourhan@aun.edu.eg

City

Assiut

Orcid

0000-0002-2989-4410

Volume

54

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

42282

Issue Date

2023-07-01

Receive Date

2022-09-06

Publish Date

2023-07-01

Page Start

170

Page End

178

Print ISSN

1110-0486

Online ISSN

2356-9840

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62

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Publication Title

Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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https://ajas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Impact of Partial Uropygialection at Different Ages on Carcass Criteria and Some Blood Parameters for Broilers

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Created At

23 Dec 2024