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Egg quality traits of local hill fowl and commercial layer stock

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Title Egg quality traits of local hill fowl and commercial layer stock
 
Creator KAUR, NAVNEET
KUMAR, SHIVE
SINGH, BALVIR
TANWAR, V K
SINGH, BRIJESH
KUMAR, ASHOK
PANT, DEVESH
 
Subject Egg quality; Local hill fowl
 
Description Egg quality is an important factor, which affects consumer preference and economic returns from laying birds. The present study was undertaken to assess the egg quality characteristics of 2 strains of local hill fowl, viz. feathered shank, clean shanks with bunch of feathers on head and commercial layer birds. Fifty eggs from each strain were studied to estimate the egg quality traits. The average egg weight, shape index, albumin index, yolk index and haugh unit in feathered shank local hill fowl, clean shanks with bunch of feathers on head and commercial layer birds were 51.332±0.652, 55.363±0.748 and 54.072±O.432 g; 73.297±O.683, 76.936±O.382 and 76.071±O.289; O.08411±O.00372, O.07885±0.00415 and 0.09123±O.00476, O.44496±O.00630, O.41995±O.00782 and 0.34728±O.00613; 79.820±0.972, 77.80±1.18 and 71.70±O.296; respectively. The local hill fowl contains higher albumin volume and yolk weight, which indicate availability of more protein and fat per egg as compared to the commercial layer eggs and hence indicate better quality eggs of local hill fowl than eggs of commercial layer stock. Sufficient variability in most of the egg quality traits was observed in both the strains of hill fowl, hence required further study in their egg quality traits. 
 
Publisher Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture
 
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Date 2011-03-10
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/4768
 
Source The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences; Vol 78, No 6 (2008)
0367-8318
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/4768/1961
 
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