Effects of Age in Lay and Egg Size on Fertility and Hatchability of Chicken Eggs

dc.bibliographicCitation.endpage83en
dc.bibliographicCitation.issueno 1en
dc.bibliographicCitation.stpage79en
dc.bibliographicCitation.titleEast African Agricultural and Forestry Journalen
dc.bibliographicCitation.volume59en
dc.contributor.authorAsuquo, B. O.null
dc.contributor.authorOkon, B.null
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-30T12:36:12Znull
dc.date.available2015-06-30T12:36:12Znull
dc.date.issued1993en
dc.description.abstractFerility and hatchability are major parameters of reproductive performance which are most sensitive to environmental and genetic influences (Stromberg. 1975). Factors affecting these two indices of hatchery profitability include plane of nutrition, conditions and length of storage of eggs, strain, egg' quality and mating ratio (Landauer. 1967; North, 1981; Pascal, 1981; Stahl et aI., 1986: Peedbles and Brake, 1987). Conflicting observations have been made on the effect of age of birds in lay and egg size on fertility and hatchability. Oluyel1\i and Roberts (1979) fOlDl.d no significant effect of egg size on hatchability but Williamson and Payne (1978) found that small and large eggs were significantly poorer in hatchability than medium size eggs. Egg size differential within the intermediate range did not affect hatchability (Landauer. 1967).en
dc.description.notesDepartment of Animal Science, University of Calabar, Nigeria.en
dc.identifier.citationEast African Agricultural and Forestry Journal, 59 (no 1), p. 79-83en
dc.identifier.issn0012-8325*
dc.identifier.urihttp://localhost:8080/dspace/handle/0/1459null
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/en
dc.subject.agrovocAgeen
dc.subject.agrovocEggsen
dc.subject.agrovocHatchabilityen
dc.subject.agrovocChickensen
dc.titleEffects of Age in Lay and Egg Size on Fertility and Hatchability of Chicken Eggsen
dc.typeJournal Contribution*
dc.type.refereedRefereeden
dc.type.specifiedArticleen

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