A model to describe and predict post-peak changes in broiler hatchability

Journal of Applied Poultry Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-89

  Creel, Linda H ^a   Maurice, Denzil ^a   Bridges, W C ^a   Grimes, L W ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Broiler breeder; Hatchability; Strain

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0032363407     PISSN: 10566171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/japr/7.1.85     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Etches, R.J., 1996. Ovary and monitoring reproductive success. Pages 125-166 and 298-307 in: Reproduction in Poultry, CAB International, Wallingford, Oxford, UK.
2. Landauer, W., 1961. The Hatchability of Chicken Eggs as Influenced by Environment and Heredity. Monograph 1, University of Connecticut-Agricultural Experiment Station, Storrs, CT.
3. Kirk, S., G.C. Emmans, R. McDonald, and D. Arnot, 1980. Factors affecting the hatchability of eggs from broiler breeders. Br. Poultry Sci. 21:37-53.
4. Fasenko, G.M., R.T. Hardin, F.E. Robinson, and J.L. Wilson, 1992. Relationship of hen age and egg sequence position with fertility, hatchability, viability, and preincubation embryonic development in broiler breeders. Poultry Sci. 71:1374-1383.
5. Robinson, F.E., J.L. Wilson, M.W. Yu, G.M. Fasenko, and R.T. Hardin, 1993. The relationship between body weight and reproductive efficiency in meat-type chickens. Poultry Sci. 72:912-922.
6. Mauldin, J.M., 1989. An Analysis of Reproductive Efficiency in Georgia Hatcheries. General Report #113, Poultry Science Department, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
7. Brake, J.T., 1994. Relationship of Storage Time, Storage Conditions, and Egg Characteristics to Broiler Hatchability. Technical Report, Poultry Science Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
8. Draper, N.R. and H. Smith, 1981. Applied Regression Analysis. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY.
9. 2 = [84.2 - 1.6 (58 - 48.6)]1 = 69.2% The predicted hatchability at 46 wk of age is 87.0% and at 58 wk of age is 69.2%.
10. Harper, J.A. and G.H. Arscott, 1969. Seasonal decline in fertility of turkey eggs. Poultry Sci. 48:2109-2113.
11. Robinson, F.E., R.T. Hardin, and A.R. Robblee, 1990. Reproductive senescence in domestic fowl: Effects on egg production, sequence length and inter-sequence pause length. Br. Poultry Sci. 31:871-879.
12. Robinson, F.E., R.T. Hardin, N.A. Robinson, and B.J. Williams, 1991. The influence of egg sequence position on fertility, embryo viability, and embryo weight in broiler breeders. Poultry Sci. 70:760-765.
13. Bacon, W.L. and K.E. Nestor, 1979. Reproductive traits of first eggs of clutches vs. other clutch positions in turkeys. Poultry Sci. 58:257-258.