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The Impact of Layer Strains Genotype on Egg Quality and Eggshell Ultrastructural

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Animal Reproduction & Artificial Insemination

Abstract

The objective of this research was to investigate the influence of chicken genotype on various eggshell traits, egg quality, and ultrastructure during the egg production phase. Five established chicken strains, Fayoumi black, Fayoumi red, Fayoumi white, naked neck (Na) white, and Na red, as compared with commercial layer brown chickens were examined in this study. A total of 60 eggs from each genotype were used to determine egg quality and eggshell ultrastructural. The results of this study indicated that the genotype had a significant impact on various parameters including egg weight, egg length, egg width, shape index, albumen height, albumen weight, albumen percentage, yolk height, yolk diameter, yolk index, yolk weight, yolk percentage, yolk albumen ratio, wet shell weight, dry shell weight, and shell percentage. Specifically, the naked neck strain eggshell exhibited distinct ultrastructure defects such as late fusion, poor confluence, and different striations compared to the Fayoumi strain and commercial eggshell. On the other hand, the Fayoumi eggshell showed favorable ultrastructure features like early fusion and cuffing compared to the Na strain eggshell. These findings suggest that genetic differences among layer strains can significantly impact egg quality. Therefore, it is important to consider genotype when evaluating eggshell traits, egg quality, and ultrastructure. By understanding these genetic variances, improvements can be made to the overall performance and quality of eggs in egg production systems.

DOI

10.21608/ejvs.2024.268039.1830

Keywords

Albumen yolk, Eggshell traits, egg quality, Layer genotype, Shape index, Ultrastructure

Authors

First Name

Esteftah

Last Name

El-Komy

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Animal Production Department, Agricultural and Biological Research Institute, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt

Email

emelkomy@gmail.com

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Orcid

0000-0002-4342-8811

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Abdelsalam

MiddleName

Mosaad

Affiliation

Animal Production Department, Agricultural and Biological Research Institute, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt

Email

amossad50@gmail.com

City

Giza

Orcid

0009-0008-4825-3353

First Name

Gomaa

Last Name

Ramadan

MiddleName

Said

Affiliation

Animal Production Department, Agricultural and Biological Research Institute, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt

Email

gomaasaid87@gmail.com

City

Giza

Orcid

0000-0002-3798-9612

First Name

Amal

Last Name

Abdel-Halim

MiddleName

A

Affiliation

Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, 12613 Giza, Egypt

Email

amalelshemy33@agr.cu.edu.eg

City

Giza

Orcid

0000-0003-4211-9221

Volume

55

Article Issue

6

Related Issue

45998

Issue Date

2024-11-01

Receive Date

2024-02-05

Publish Date

2024-11-01

Page Start

1,751

Page End

1,763

Print ISSN

1110-0222

Online ISSN

2357-089X

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140

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Veterinary Sciences

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https://ejvs.journals.ekb.eg/

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The Impact of Layer Strains Genotype on Egg Quality and Eggshell Ultrastructural

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Created At

23 Dec 2024