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Effect of egg shape index on hatching performance and gender

Yumurta şekil indeksinin kuluçka performansı ve cinsiyet üzerine etkisi

Günnur Peşmen(AFYON KOCATEPE ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0002-9164-6629
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2025-01-29
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Therefore, it is important for hatching eggs to have a shape index between 72-76% (normal shape) for successful hatching.

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Objective & Hypothesis:In this study, the effects of shape index on chick length, gender, fertility rate, hatchability and hatching power in hatching eggs were investigated.
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In this study, the effects of shape index on chick length, gender, fertility rate, hatchability and hatching power in hatching eggs were investigated. The data of the study consisted of 1008 broiler hatching eggs. The data were analyzed using chi-square in the SPSS package program. As a result of the study, the best results in hatchability, embryonic deaths and fertility rates were obtained from the group where the shape index was between 72-76%. Therefore, it is important for hatching eggs to have a shape index between 72-76% (normal shape) for successful hatching.

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Bu çalışmada kuluçkalık yumurtalarında şekil indeksinin, civciv uzunluğu, cinsiyet, döllülük oranı, kuluçka randımanı, çıkış gücü üzerine etkileri incelenmiştir. Çalışmanın verilerini 1008 adet kuluçkalık broyler yumurtası oluşturmuştur. Veriler SPSS paket programında ki-kare kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Çalışma sonucunda çıkış gücü, embriyonik ölümler, döllülük oranında en iyi sonuçlar şekil indeksinin %72-76 arasında olduğu gruptan elde edilmiştir. Dolayısıyla kuluçkalık yumurtalarda şekil indeksinin %72-76 arasında (normal şekilli) olması başarılı bir kuluçka için önemlidir.

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Peşmen, G. (2025). Effect of egg shape index on hatching performance and gender. Türk Tarım ve Doğa Bilimleri Dergisi, Volume: 12 Issue: 1. https://doi.org/10.30910/turkjans.1581699

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