Growth and survival rate of ostrich chicks in Uşak province

Abstract

This sıııdy was conducıed in order to invesıigate the growth, surv,v,,1 raıe and phenotypıc CllITL'liııi,ın, hctweeıı ıhe hudy weıght and ,oıııe hody mcasııremenıs from 3 ıo 12 weeb of age of osırich chieks (Sımıhin uııııe/Iı\1 whıelı wne hJ"()lI~lıl LO" ı'"rm 'Il ı.;~,ık pro\'ll1ce rrom Belgium al 16 days af lIge. A total or 7] osırıch chicks lIged 17 days were mcd ın ılıı, ,ıud\". '1\"" dıeı, wCle ı"ed throııghout the experimenı: fırsıly. a prcstaner di Cl containing 20.00"j(- cI'llde proıeın and 2.85() kcıl/kg ()i ,'vlE lıoın 17 ıo 58 day' ol ,ıgc. second!y. LIslaner dıel conlaining iS.OO'yt. enıde protein aııd 2.ROO kc,ı1/kg ME froııı 50 clays ıo thc cnd ur ıhe sıııliy 1')0 d"ys of "ge). Indi\idııal body weights and circııınfcrencc of che.st, ıhe length, cırcumfereııce aııd thıckııe" or nKI"liırsl!' \\ c'ıereeorded wcck!y froııı 3 ıo 12 wecks of age. The growth curves of hirds were evaluaıcd hy the (,ompcrtz eqıı~ıtı(}n. \11:,,, ıı hody \\eıgıhs. the aınoıınt of coııcentraıe kcd eonsıımcd pcr i kg weight gain and surviv,,1 ratios wcrc foııncl lo be 3441). 7:'iSII. i IIS20 g. i ii. 2.'1. 5.07 'lIld 90.'1 I, 80.04 1I1ld 84.93'Yc. aı 4. 8 aııd 12 \Vecb ol agc, rcspeeıively. In this stııdy. ııı"xıınııın \\eı~hı g~1ı1lw~" oh.'n"ccl aı 6 "nd 7 weeks of age and mortality related to Icg and loc clısııırbaııce was rccorded as S'()] per cellt All pmııi"c' "ııCı ";!lllrICalıl Ipdl.lll)11 phenotypıc cmrel"ıion esıİmated betwecn hody weight ,ınd hody ıııeasıırements. As "resıılı. iı w"' c'(ıılllı:ıkcl ıh,ıt lh"k prmıııce unıld he suıı~ıblc for grov>'\h of chich aged O.] ınonths.