Study of the external and internal egg traits for four poultry species reared in IRAQ | ||
| Jornal of Al-Muthanna for Agricultural Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 6, Issue 1, April 2018, Pages 22-25 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ibrahim F. Al-Zamili; Ali H. Khalil; Saad A.S. Al-Aridhi; | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The present study aimed to compare the egg quality traits of four poultry species; duck, laying hens, Guinea fowl and local Iraqi chickens. Trait in study was the egg weight, the percentage of egg shell, yolk and Albumin, and yolk index, albumin high, shell thickness and weight of yolk and albumin. The results of the present study showed a significant increase (P≤0.05) in egg weight, shell weight, shell thickness, shell weight, yolk weight, yolk and yolk size of the duck eggs compared to other species, a significant increase (P≤0.05) in the percentage of albumin weight in domestic chicken eggs, no significant differences were observed in both the yolk and the white weight index between different groups of birds. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Duck; Laying hen; Guinea fowl; local Iraqi chickens; egg traits | ||
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