Ismail, F., Sherif, K., Rizk, Y., Hassan, M. (2019). Effect of Spirulina and Canthaxanthin Injection into Hatching Eggs on Hatchability Traits and Subsequent Growth Performance of Chicks. Journal of Animal and Poultry Production, 10(7), 197-202. doi: 10.21608/jappmu.2019.53486
F. S. A. Ismail; Kh. El. Sherif; Y. S. Rizk; Montaha E. M. Hassan. "Effect of Spirulina and Canthaxanthin Injection into Hatching Eggs on Hatchability Traits and Subsequent Growth Performance of Chicks". Journal of Animal and Poultry Production, 10, 7, 2019, 197-202. doi: 10.21608/jappmu.2019.53486
Ismail, F., Sherif, K., Rizk, Y., Hassan, M. (2019). 'Effect of Spirulina and Canthaxanthin Injection into Hatching Eggs on Hatchability Traits and Subsequent Growth Performance of Chicks', Journal of Animal and Poultry Production, 10(7), pp. 197-202. doi: 10.21608/jappmu.2019.53486
Ismail, F., Sherif, K., Rizk, Y., Hassan, M. Effect of Spirulina and Canthaxanthin Injection into Hatching Eggs on Hatchability Traits and Subsequent Growth Performance of Chicks. Journal of Animal and Poultry Production, 2019; 10(7): 197-202. doi: 10.21608/jappmu.2019.53486
Effect of Spirulina and Canthaxanthin Injection into Hatching Eggs on Hatchability Traits and Subsequent Growth Performance of Chicks
1Poultry Prod. Dep., Fac. of Agric. Mansoura Univ.
2APRI, Agric. Res. Cen., Min. of Agric. Dokki, Giza
Abstract
This work aimed to analyze the result of in-ovo injection at the 14th day of hatching period on hatchability, embryonic mortality (%) and subsequent growth performance additionally physiological status for hatched chicks. A 540 hatching Sinai eggs were collected, weighted (52 ± 1 g), distributed into 6 groups and incubated. At the 14th day of incubation, all eggs were candled then total fertile eggs of each group spliced into equal 3 replicates. Experimental groups were organized as follow: negative control (NC) without injection while the other groups were injected with sterile distilled water alone as a positive control (PC), spirulina (SP) with 2.5 and 5.0 mg/egg, canthaxanthin (CX) with 0.025 and 0.050 mg/egg, respectively. Results indicated that the highest value of hatchability (%) of fertile eggs was achieved by injected eggs with 0.050 mg CX/egg followed by in-ovo injection with 2.5 mg SP/egg in comparison with the PC and NC groups. In-ovo injection with 0.050 mg CX/egg resulted in a heavier chick body weight at 8 days after hatch and relative heart weight than other treatments and the control groups. Chicks produced from the eggs injected with 0.050 mg CX / egg recorded a significant improvement in BW at 28 days of age and subsequent BWG than other injected groups and NC during 0-28 days of age. The highest value of the survival ratio percentage was recorded for chicks produced from injected eggs with 2.5 mg SP/ egg. Total protein, globulin and HDL recorded higher (P≤0.01) values in chick's serum by injected hatching eggs with 0.025 and 0.050 mg CX/egg in comparison with NC group, however, total cholesterol and LDL recorded the lower value. It was concluded that, in-ovo injection Sinai hen's eggs with spirulina and canthaxanthin could be used to improve hatchability and decrease embryonic mortality (%) and enhance subsequent growth performance additionally physiological situation of hatched chicks.