Performance and welfare of different genetic groups of laying hen

Performance and welfare of different genetic groups of laying hen

The objective was to evaluate the performance, egg quality, thermoregulation, body morphology and behavior of different categories of laying poultry. Two treatments with two genetic groups were used, 50 birds of the Hisex Brown strain and 50 birds of the Black Avifran chicken breed with 55 weeks, di...

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Published in:Acta scientiarum. Animal sciences Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 42904 - e42904
Main Authors: Valentim, Jean Kaique, Lima, Heder José D 'Ávila, Bittencourt, Tatiana Marques, Barros, Fernanda Keller Queiroz, Costa Braga, Jefferson Darlan da, Antunes, Hellen Cristina Ferreira
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Portuguese
Published: Maringa Editora da Universidade Estadual de Maringá - EDUEM 2019
Editora da Universidade Estadual de Maringá (Eduem)
Subjects:
Albumen
Birds
Black Hens
Body temperature
Chickens
Color
Eggs
Feed conversion
Gravity
Hisex Brown
lineage
Morphology
Poultry
poultry breed
Poultry production
Specific gravity
Thermoregulation
VETERINARY SCIENCES
Weight
Yolk
lineage
poultry breed
Black Hens
Hisex Brown
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Summary:The objective was to evaluate the performance, egg quality, thermoregulation, body morphology and behavior of different categories of laying poultry. Two treatments with two genetic groups were used, 50 birds of the Hisex Brown strain and 50 birds of the Black Avifran chicken breed with 55 weeks, distributed in a completely randomized design with 10 replicates and 5 birds in each experimental unit. The variables egg weight, weight and percentage of albumen, yolk and shell, marketable eggs, specific gravity, color b *, egg / poultry production day-1 were not different (p > 0.05) between the two groups. Feed conversion by egg mass and dozen eggs, yolk color, L color, diameter, height, shell color presented a difference (p < 0.05), being higher values for the Black Avifran breed. The Black Chicken Avifran had higher body temperature; however, its performance and the quality of its eggs did not change. Black Chicken Avifran presented higher values in relation to body morphology, and better results in relation to the animal performance, therefore, it was more efficient, since it obtained a lower consumption and production equal to the lineage Hisex Brown, when created in the Cage – Free system.
ISSN:1806-2636
1807-8672
1807-8672
DOI:10.4025/actascianimsci.v41i1.42904