A total 2400 hatching eggs were obtained from Japanese quails breeders ranged from 100 to 150 days of age used to analyze the effect of shell color on fertility, hatchability, embryonic mortality and malposition as well as internal and external egg quality. Results revealed that shell color had significant effect on fertility and scientific hatchability while it doesn't affect commercial hatcha...

The study was carried out to determine the effects of the parental age and egg weight of Japanese quail on the weight of one day old chick, fertility and hatchability of incubated eggs. Three hundred and sixty Japanese quail eggs were obtained from 22 and 36 weeks old quails. The eggs were weighed and grouped into 2 categories: Light (7.5-9.5g) and Heavy (9.6 – 12g). The weight of the chicks we...

a two-year laboratory study on the biology (including self-fertilization) of bulinus truncatus, the intermediate host of schistosoma haematobium, s. bovis and paramphistomum microbotrium in iran, has revealed information on the longevity, reproduction, hatchability rate, hatching time during various months of the year, and growth and mortality rates of this snail. it was found that the reproduc...

soya bean meal was not adequate as the only source of protein in poultry feeds.! The hatchability of eggs produced by hens fed these diets was low; whereas this defect could be remedied by feeding meat scraps. Later it was found that a supplement of dried cow manure was effective in increasing the egg production and the hatchability of the eggs from hens fed on such a restricted diet.2 Whitson,...

The effects of in ovo feeding of carbohydrates on hatchability, BW, yolk sac weights (YSW), pectoral muscle weights (PMW), liver and pectoral muscle glycogen concentration, serum glucose level, and hepatic glucose-6-phosphatase activity of domestic pigeons, hatched from eggs laid by a 40-wk-old breeder flock, were investigated. At 14.5 of incubation, fertile eggs were injected with 200 μL of 1....

Sanitation of hatching eggs is an important area of research due to the need for an effective, economical, and safe method of egg sanitation. Improved hatching egg sanitation is an important part of an overall pathogen reduction program within integrated poultry operations. This must be accomplished without disturbing the cuticle of the egg, which can decrease hatchability. The ability of ultra...

Heat treatment of food-processing facilities involves using elevated temperatures (50-60 degrees C for 24-36 h) for management of stored-product insects. Heat treatment is a viable alternative to the fumigant methyl bromide, which is phased out in the United States as of 2005 because of its adverse effects on the stratospheric ozone. Very little is known about responses of the cigarette beetle,...

Drosophila is a suitable model organism to test phytochemicals. The objective of our study was to explore the potential of Achyranthes aspera on reproductive fitness of Drosophila melanogaster using larval and adult feeding methods. The decrease in the fecundity, fertility, developmental time, ovarioles number, hatchability and viability was observed in adult feeding than larval feeding methods...