Determination of Semen Characteristics and Their Effect on Hatching in White Layer Sire Lines

Year 2018, Volume: 15 Issue: 2, 40 - 46, 25.12.2018

Hüseyin Göger Şahnur Erdoğan Demirtaş Şermin Yurtoğulları

Abstract

This study was carried out on four fast-feathering white layer pure lines
(Black, Blue, Brown and Maroon lines) which have been produced by pedigreed
since 1995 at Poultry Research Institute (Ankara, Turkey). At the institute,
fast feathering cockerels and slow feathering hens are mated for white layer
hybrid production. The aim of the study was to determine the line with the best
performance according to the hatching traits and to use it as sire line for
hybrid production. For this purpose, sperm characteristics, seminal and blood
plasma testosterone and 17β-oestradiol hormone levels, fertility and
hatchability of eggs from four lines were determined. A total of 117 cockerels,
1019 hens and 16310 eggs were used in this three-year study. Significant
genotype effects were observed on ejaculate volume, egg fertility, hatchability
and semen and blood plasma testosterone concentrations (p<0.05).
Hatchability of the Blue and Brown lines was higher than that of the Black and
Maroon lines (p<0.05). Heritability coefficients of fertility (sire + dam)
were estimated for the Black, Blue, Brown and Maroon lines, with the values
reaching 0.29 ± 0.18, 0.59 ± 0.18, 0.11 ± 0.07 and 0.11 ± 0.06, respectively.

Keywords

Fertility, Hatchability, Pure line, White Layer

Beyaz Yumurtacı Baba Hatlarında Sperma Özelliklerinin ve Bu Özelliklerin Kuluçka Sonuçlarına Etkisinin Belirlenmesi

Abstract

Bu çalışma 1995 yılından beri Tavukçuluk Araştırma
Enstitüsü’nde (Ankara, Türkiye) pedigrili olarak yetiştirilen ve hızlı tüylenme
özelliği gösteren beyaz yumurtacı dört hat (Black, Blue, Brown ve Maroon
hatları) üzerinde yapılmıştır. Enstitüde hızlı tüylenen horozlar ile yavaş
tüylenen tavuklar çiftleştirilerek, beyaz yumurtacı hibrit genotipler
üretilmektedir. Çalışmanın amacı, kuluçka sonuçlarına göre en iyi hattın
belirlenmesi ve bunun hibrit üretiminde baba hattı olarak kullanılmasıdır. Bu
amaçla dört hatta semen özellikleri, seminal ve kan plazma testosteron ve
17β-östradiol hormon düzeyleri ile yumurtalarda döllülük ve kuluçka randımanı
belirlenmiştir. Üç yıl devam eden bu çalışmada toplam 117 horoz, 1019 tavuk ve
16310 yumurta kullanılmıştır. Genotipin; ejakülat hacmi, yumurta döllülük
oranı, kuluçka randımanı ile semen ve kan plazma testosteron konsantrasyonları
üzerine etkisinin istatistiki olarak önemli olduğu gözlenmiştir (p<0.05).
Blue ve Brown hatlarında kuluçka randımanı, Black ve Maroon hatlarına göre daha
yüksek olmuştur (p<0.05). Döllülüğün kalıtım derecesi (baba + ana) Black,
Blue, Brown ve Maroon hatları için sırasıyla 0.29 ± 0.18, 0.59 ± 0.18, 0.11 ±
0.07 ve 0.11 ± 0.06 olarak tahmin edilmiştir.

Keywords

Döllülük oranı, Kuluçka randımanı, Sperma özellikleri

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