The Effect of Intra- Spiking on the Fertility of Broiler Breeders

Guecbilmez M., ELİBOL O.

JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES-TARIM BILIMLERI DERGISI, cilt.13, sa.3, ss.265-268, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1501/tarimbil_0000000545
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES-TARIM BILIMLERI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.265-268
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Broiler, breeder, fertility, intra-spiking
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, males from the same age and located in same farm are exchanged beetween the houses (intra-spiking) to determine the the effects of fertility in broiler breeders. This study was carried out with a commercial flock kept in two houses with two completely seperated pens in a broiler breeder farm. While the all males in one of the pens in each house were allocated as control group, 50% of males in other pen of house 1 was exchanged with 45% of males in other pen of house 2, at 54 weeks of age. The average fertility and hatchability were significantly higher in intra-spiking group than control and the differences between groups were 3.66 % and 4.23 % respectively between 54(th) and 59(th) week of age. By the way male mortality was significantly lower in control group (P<0.05) during this period.