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Year: 2002 | Volume: 2 | Issue: 9 | Page No.: 605-607
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2002.605.607
Study on Reproductive Parameters of Barred Plymouth Rock, White Leghorn, Rhode Island Red and White Rock Breed of Cock
M.S. Islam, M.A.R. Howlider , M.S. Uddin , F. Kabir and J. Alam

Abstract: The aim of this experiment was to compare hatchability traits of four different breeds. A total of 3087 eggs were collected in 3 batches following artificial insemination from individually caged hen. For different breeds of cock; barred plymouth rock, white leghorn, rhode island red and white rock were compared. Fertility was highest in WLH (95.08%), intermediate in WR (92.57%) and lowest and similar in BPR (88.97%) and RIR (88.16%). Breed had little effect on fertile eggs (P>0.05). However, hatchability on total eggs was highest (P<0.05) and similar in WLH (85.99%) and WR (85.46%), lowest in BPR (81.36%) and RIR (80.21%). Breed had no significant (P>0.05) effect on dead in germ and dead in shell. Among 4 genotypes RIR (98.56%) and WLH (97.90%) were the highest (P<0.05) and similar normal chicks hatched, intermediate in BPR (97.73%) and lowest in WR (96.27%). The percentage of abnormal chicks was observed highest in WR (3.73%), intermediate in BPR (2.27%) and lowest in RIR (1.44) and WLH (1.43). Breed had little effect on chick weight at hatching. Percent chick weight was found highest in BPR (67.24%), intermediate in RIR (65.96%) and lowest and similar in WR (65.47%) and WLH (65.17%). Batch had no significant effect among different hatchability traits.

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M.S. Islam, M.A.R. Howlider , M.S. Uddin , F. Kabir and J. Alam , 2002. Study on Reproductive Parameters of Barred Plymouth Rock, White Leghorn, Rhode Island Red and White Rock Breed of Cock. Journal of Biological Sciences, 2: 605-607.

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