The Effect of Hatching Egg Disinfection on Egg Weight, Hatching Traits, and Chick Quality in Pekin Ducks
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https://doi.org/10.65888/icraft.3.1.21Keywords:
Ducks, Disinfection, Eggs, Egg Weight Loss, Hatchability, IncubationAbstract
This study investigated the effect of egg disinfection before incubation on egg weight, hatching traits, and chick quality in pekin ducks. The egg weight loss (Ew-L) between embryonic day (ED) 0-25 was 9.31±0.42% and 8.70±0.24% in groups A and B, respectively (P=0.333). The hatchability of fertile eggs (HFE) was 51.65±5.22% in Group A and 55.77±5.22% in Group B (P=0.633), while the embryonic mortality (EM) was 51.29±6.71% and 44.23±6.71% in Groups A and B, respectively (P=0.535). The chick weight at hatch (CWH) was 47.69±0.90 g in Group A and 47.99±1.07 g in Group B (P=0.833), while the chick yield (CY) was 63.26±1.35% in Group A and 64.65±0.78% in Group B (P=0.467). The chick length was significantly higher in Group B than in Group A (P=0.050). The current study suggests that the disinfection of soiled hatching eggs of ducks could improve hatchability, chick length, chick weight, and chick yield at hatch and reduce embryonic mortality without any negative effect on egg weight loss.
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