Browse > Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.5713/ajas.2008.70695

Effects of Egg Storage Material and Storage Period on Hatchability in Japanese Quail  

Lacin, E. (Department of Animal Husbandry, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ataturk University)
Coban, O. (Department of Animal Husbandry, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ataturk University)
Sabuncuoglu, N. (Department of Animal Husbandry, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ataturk University)
Publication Information
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences / v.21, no.8, 2008 , pp. 1183-1188 More about this Journal
Abstract
The present study aimed to determine the effects of different storage materials and storage period on some hatchability traits of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) eggs. A total of 32 male and 102 female quail (twelve weeks of ages) were housed in multiple-bird cages. Eggs laid were divided into three groups with respect to the period of storage (I = 1st, 2nd and 3rd days, II = 6th, 7th and 8th days, III = 12th, 13th and 14th days) prior to incubation. A total of 816 eggs was stored in 3 different storage environments during each storage period (B = no use of any storage material, P = use of perlite, H = use of hay) and kept in environmental conditions, where the temperature was $21^{\circ}C$ and relative humidity was 75%, prior to incubation. Statistical analyses were performed after the exclusion of values pertaining to non-fertile eggs (190 eggs) from the data set. The fertility rate of the eggs in the experiment was 76.7%. In the present study, the influence of storage material and different storage periods on egg weight loss were found to be statistically significant (p<0.01). Upon the comparison of hatchability of fertile eggs values, the influence of storage material was determined to be significant (p<0.05), and the influence of storage period was demonstrated to be significant (p<0.01). The storage materials used were determined not to have any influence on early and late embryonic death rates. Perlite was concluded to be safe for use in the storage of hatching eggs. The extension of the storage period (more than 8 days) resulted in decreased hatchability values of fertile eggs in each group.
Keywords
Laying Quail; Storage Period; Perlite; Hatchability;
Citations & Related Records
Times Cited By KSCI : 1  (Citation Analysis)
Times Cited By Web Of Science : 0  (Related Records In Web of Science)
Times Cited By SCOPUS : 1
연도 인용수 순위
1 Fasenko, G. M., V. L. Christensen, M. J. Wineland and N. Petittej. 2001. Examining the effects of prestorage incubation of turkey breeder eggs on embriyonic development and hatchability of eggs stored four or fourteen days. Poult. Sci. 80:132-138.   DOI
2 Decuypere, E., K. Tona, V. Brugeman and F. Bamelis. 2001. The day-old chick: A crucial hinge between breeders and broilers. World Poult. Sci. J. 57(2):127-128.   DOI   ScienceOn
3 Petek, M. 2006. Effect of feeding time on laying and reproductive performance of pharaoh quail (Coturnix coturnix Pharaoh) housed in different cage systems. Asian-Aust. J. Anim. Sci. 19:67-71.   과학기술학회마을
4 Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences 1996. SPSS for Windows Relase 10.01 Inc., Chicago
5 Chestermen, C. W. 1975. Industrial minerals and rocks, 4th Ed., AIME and Pet. Eng., New York, p. 927-934.
6 Dawes, C. M. 1975. Acid-base relationships within the avian egg. Biolog. Rev. 50:351-371.
7 Britton, W. M. 1973. Vitelline membrane chemical composition in natural and induced yolk mottling. Poult. Sci. 52:459-464.   DOI
8 Case, C. L., B. R. Funke and G. J. Tortora. 1989. Microcrobiology. In "An Introduction. The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Co., Inc., p. 173" Redwood City, CA.
9 Brake, J. T. 1989. Hatchability of abnormal broiler breeder eggs. Poultry Misset 5:24-25.
10 Brake, J., T. J. Walsch, C. E. Benton, J. R. In Petitte, R. Meijerhof and G. Panavalva. 1997. Egg handling and storage. Poult. Sci. 76:144-151.   DOI
11 Aydogan, M. 1998. Game birds. Turk Veteriner Hekimleri Dergisi 8(5):43-45.
12 Bloom, S., D. E. Muscarella, M. Y. Lee and M. Rachlinski. 1998. Cell death in the avian blastoderm: resisstance to stres induced apoptosis and expression of antiapoptotic genes. Cell Death and Differentiation 5:529-538.   DOI   ScienceOn
13 Arad, Z., U. Eylath, M. Ginsburg and H. Eyal-Giladi. 1989. Changes in uterine fluid composition and acid-base status during shell formation in the chicken. Am. J. Physiol. 257(2):732-737.
14 Harben, P. W. and R. L. Bates. 1990. Industrial minerals-Geolgy and world deposits: Surrey, UK, Metal Bulletin Plc. 184-189.
15 Pedroso, A. A., M. B. Cafe, N. S. M. Leandro, J. H. Stringhini and L. S. Chaves. 2006. Embrinary develpment and hatchability of quail eggs stored for different periods and incubated at different humidity and temperatures levels. R. Bras. Zootec. 35(6):2344-2349.   DOI
16 Hurnik, G. I., B. S. Reinhart and J. F. Hurnik. 1978. Relationship between albumen quality and hatchability in fresh and stored eggs. Poult. Sci. 57:854-857.   DOI
17 Fasenko, G. M., F. E. Robinson, R. T. Hardin and J. L. Wilson. 1992. Variability in preincubation embryonic development in domestic fowl. 2. Effects of duration of egg store period. Poult. Sci. 71(12):2129-2132.   DOI   ScienceOn
18 Shafey, T. M. and H. Al-Mohsen. 2002. Embryonic growth, hatching time and hatchability performance of meat breeder eggs incubated under continuous green light. Asian-Aust. J. Anim. Sci. 15:1702-1707.   과학기술학회마을   DOI
19 Narahari, D., K. A. Mujeer and K. A. Rajini. 2002. Pre-oviposition factors influencing the fertility and hatchabilitiy in Japanese Quail. Indian J. Anim. Sci. 72(9):756-761.
20 North, M. O. and D. B. Bell. 1990. Commerical chicken production mannual 4th ed. Avi Book, New York, NY.
21 Meijerhof, R. 1992. Pre-incubation holding of hatching eggs. World's Poult. Sci. 48:57-68.   DOI
22 Kocak, C. and S. Ozkan. 2000. Bildircin, Sulun ve Keklik Yetistiriciligi. 1. Basim. Yardimci ders kitabi. Ege Univ. Ziraat Fakultesi Ofset Atolyesi. Izmir.
23 Mayes, F. J. and M. A. Takeballi. 1984. Storage of eggs of fowl (Gallus Domesticus) before incubation. A review. World's Poult. Sci. 40(2):131-140.   DOI
24 Walsh, T. J., R. E. Rizk and J. Brake. 1995. Effect of storage for 7 or 14 days at two temperatures in the presence or absence of carbon dioxide on albumen characteristics, weight loss and early embryonic mortality of broiler hatching eggs. Poult. Sci. 74:1403-1410.   DOI
25 Altan, O., I. Oguz and P. Settar. 1995. Japon bildircinlarda yumurta agirligi ile ozgul agirligin kulucka ozelliklerine etkileri. Turk J. Agric. Foresty 19(4):219-222.
26 Altan, O., A. Altan, H. Bayraktar and A. Demircioglu. 2002. Effect of short-term on hatchability and total incubation period of breeder hatching eggs. Tr. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 26:447-452.
27 Alkan, M., M. Karadas, M. Dogan and O. Demirbas. 2005. Adsorption of CTAB onto perlite samples from aqueous solutions. J. Colloid and Interface Sci. 291:309-318.   DOI   ScienceOn
28 Woodard, A. E. and A. Morzenti. 1975. Effect of turning and age of egg on hatchability in the pheasant, chukar, and Japanese quail. Poult. Sci. 54(5):1708-1711.   DOI   ScienceOn
29 Uddin, M. S., D. C. Paul and Q. M. E. Huque. 1994. Effect of egg weight and pre-incubation holding periods on hatchability of Japanese quail eggs in different seasons. Asian-Aust. J. Anim. Sci. 7:499-503.   DOI
30 Talebali, H. and A. Farzinpour. 2006. Effect of different levels of perlite on performance of broiler chicks. Int. J. Poult. Sci. 5(5):432-435.   DOI
31 Saylam, S. K. 1999. Japon bildircinlarinda yumurta agirliginin ve depolama suresinin yumurta agirlik kaybina ve kulucka ozelliklerine etkileri. Tr. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 23:367-372.
32 Seker, I., S. Kul, M. Bayraktar, F. Ekmen and O. Yildirim. 2004. Japon bildircinlarinda (Coturnix coturnix japonica) kuluckalik yumurtalarin ana yasi ve depolama suresinin kulucka sonuclarina etkisi. Uludag Univ. J. Fac. Vet. Med. 23(1-2-3):59-64.
33 Seker, I., S. Kul and M. Bayraktar. 2005. Effects of storage period and egg weight of Japanese quail eggs on hatching results. Arch. Tierz. Dummerstorf 48(5):518-526.
34 Stern, C. D. 1991. The sub-embryonic fluid of the domestic fowl and its relationship to the early development of the embryo. In "Avien Incubation (Ed. S. G. Tullet). pp. 81-90" London, UK.