It is well established that in many avian species, prenatal maternal resource allocation varies both between and within clutches and may affect offspring fitness. Differential allocation of maternal resources, in terms of egg weight and yolk composition, may therefore allow the female to adjust brood reduction and to fine-tune reproductive investment in accordance with the expected fitness retu...

The yolk precursor protein vitellogenin was isolated from plasma of estrogen-treated Xenopus laevis males, and the yolk platelet proteins, lipovitellin and phosvitin, were isolated from oocytes of females previously stimulated with human chorionic gonadoptropin. The molecular weights of the polypeptide chains of vitellogenin and lipovitellin were determined by electrophoresis on sodium dodecyl ...

________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract This study was performed to investigate the effects of different oils in the diets of laying quail on their performance, egg quality, serum lipids and fatty acid composition of egg yolk. One hundred and ninety two 12-wk old Japanese quail were allocated to eight groups with two replicates containing 12 qua...

AIM The aim was to study the effect of supplementation of lysine producing microbes (LPM) as an in vivo source of lysine on performance and egg quality characters of post-peak layers. MATERIALS AND METHODS BIS (1992) specified diets (except crude protein [CP] and lysine) were prepared using either soybean meal (SBM) or groundnut extractions (GNE) or sunflower extractions (SFE) with 16 and 15%...

the present study was carried out to investigate the replacement of soybean meal by different levels of canola meal (either with or without canola meal undergoing heat processing). two hundred forty commercial layer hens (lsl strain) at 54th week of age, selected based on the same egg production percentage and body weight. the experimental design was a crd, in a factorial arrangement of 4 repli...

The experiment aimed to study the effect of post-hatch early held feeding times starter supplemented with egg yolk and white on growth performance, viscera development and immune response in broiler chickens. The working hypothesis was based on the fact that better development of the gastrointestinal tract and immunity system in the first week of the chicks' life affects positively the growth p...

this experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of various levels of cichorium intybus andcopper on performance and egg yolk cholesterol. total of 324 layer hens (hy-line w-36) were used in arandomized complete blocks with nine treatments, three replications of 12 birds in each from 38 to 50weeks of age. experimental diets include control, four levels of copper (150, 200, 250 and 300 m...

This study was conducted at the College of Agriculture – University Anbar, Iraq. From 16 January to 5 February 2022, this aimed investigate effect injected egg hatching different sialic acid times in growth and embryonic development. Four hundred eggs types (Ross 308) were with concentrations 0 days (before placing incubator), 7 14 incubation. Eggs divided into four groups (100 each) as follows...

The present study was conducted to determine egg production traits and egg quality characteristics in black and brown lines of Japanese quail. A total of 500 quails comprising 400 females and 100 males obtained from two breeding centers were raised according to the standard procedure for Japanese quail. They were grouped in according to their plumage colours. Age at first egg-laying has been re...

Nitric oxide (NO) serves as a neurotransmitter in the nonadrenergic and non-cholinergic (NANC) inhibitory pathway of the gastrointestinal tract. Several findings have demonstrated the presence of NO-synthase containing nerve fibers and neurons in the wall of the gall bladder and biliary pathways of several mammals including man and NO serves as a modulator in the control of the contractions of ...