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Effect of L-carnitine and high incubation temperature on pre and post hatch performance of Fayoumi chicks

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Animal and Poultry Production

Abstract

This study was carried out to evaluate the pre and post hatching performance of Fayoumi chicks produced from eggs exposed to high incubation temperature and sprayed with L-Carnitine. A total number of 600 eggs were used and randomly distributed into four groups, each group consisted of three replicates of 50 eggs. The first group served as control without any treatment (C), the second (T1) was exposed to high incubation temperature (40o) for 3 hours daily, the 3rd and 4th groups (T2 and T3, respectively) were exposed to high temperature (40o) for 3 hours at 6th, 7th and 8th of incubation period, and sprayed with L-Carnitine at levels 25 and 50ml /Liter, respectively. Hatchability traits, live body weight (LBW), body weight gain (BWG), feed consumption (FC), feed conversion ratio (FCR) and carcass traits of chicks hatched in all treated group were studied during the period from 0 to 12 weeks of age. Results revealed that LBW, BWG, FC and FCR were significantly (P<0.05) improved in T2 and T3 groups. Chicks in T2 group had the higher (P<0.05) relative weights of liver, gizzard and spleen. From these results, it could be concluded that spraying of L-carnitine at level 25 ml/L after exposure to high incubation temperature (40o) during the 6th, 7th and 8th days of incubation for three hours daily from 12 pm to 3 pm markedly improved chick performance post hatching compared with other groups.

DOI

10.21608/aasj.2022.144570.1122

Keywords

L-carnitine, incubation, Temperature, Fayoumi chicks

Authors

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Abdel-Gaber

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D.

Affiliation

Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt

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damrahmed845@gmail.com

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N.

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Essa

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M.

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Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt

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nadi@yahoo.com

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First Name

M.

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Hassan

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S.

Affiliation

Animal Production Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Ministry of Agriculture, Egypt

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magdyhassan2@yahoo.com

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First Name

M.

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Abd-Allah

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Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt

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muhtaram.abdallah@gmail.com

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https://orcid.org/00

Volume

5

Article Issue

2

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42542

Issue Date

2022-08-01

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2022-05-02

Publish Date

2022-08-01

Page Start

34

Page End

43

Print ISSN

2535-1680

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2535-1699

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764

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Archives of Agriculture Sciences Journal

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https://aasj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Effect of L-carnitine and high incubation temperature on pre and post hatch performance of Fayoumi chicks

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30 Dec 2024