EFFECT OF IN OVO INJECTION WITH NUTRITIVE SOLUTIONS ON THE 18 th DAY OF INCUBATION AND EARLY FEEDING ON SOME PRODUCTIVE CHARACTRISTICS OF BROLER CHICKENS

Al-Hassani,; D.H,; N, A.; Al-Asadi,

	EFFECT OF IN OVO INJECTION WITH NUTRITIVE SOLUTIONS ON THE 18 th DAY OF INCUBATION AND EARLY FEEDING ON SOME PRODUCTIVE CHARACTRISTICS OF BROLER CHICKENS
iraqi poultry sciences journal
Article 1, Volume 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 102-114
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Abstract
One thousand and fifty fertile eggs of broiler breeder Hubbard Classic were incubated in automatic incubator. On 18th day of incubation eggs were divided into seven treatment groups. eggs of each group were injected with 0.3 ml, 1% concentration into aminotic sac of the following solutions: Glucose, ascorbic acid, lysine, methionine, mixture of glucose, ascorbic acid, lysine and methionine, sterile distilled water (positive control) and no injected group (negative control). Hatched chicks of each groups were divided into two equal subgroups, first one was fed in the hatchery, whereas the second was fed in the farm. Birds were reared till 8 weeks in floor house inside pens, as well as all comfort conditions were available. Results showed a significant superiority of early feeding compared with farm feeding in live body weights and weight gains in 4 and 8 weeks, feed consumption in 8 week and improved feed conversion ratio in 4 week whereas method of feeding (early and farm) had no effect on dressing and mortality percentages. Glucose and ascorbic acid treatment groups surpassed other treatments in, live body weight, weight gain, feed consumption, feed conversion ratio, dressing and mortality percentages. It can be concluded that chick embryos injection on 18 day of incubation with nutrients specially glucose and ascorbic acid improved broiler performance in this study .

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