Effects of mating sex ratios on production performance in Indian peafowl were investigated at PunjabWildlife Research Institute, Gatwala Faisalabad. Research was conducted from May through August 2007 toexplore the most productive mating sex ratio. The sex ratios have a significant effect on egg production.Maximum mean eggs (1.63) were produced by the sex ratio 1:2 while maximum egg fertility (...

Feeding quail chicks diets containing soybeans fermented with two cultures of Aspergilli (A. oryzae N.R.R.L. 451 and A. oryzae N.R.R.L. 506) resulted in significantly superior weight gains (p less than 0.05) through a 4-week growth period and confirmed previous observations made with identical cultures in broiler studies. Subsequent hen-day egg production and egg size were changed little by die...

Semen extenders are liquid diluents that buffer sperm cells and preserve their fertilizing potentials. The commercial carbonated drink (CD) as an extender was evaluated on semen characteristics, fertility hatchability in Yoruba ecotype chickens (YECs). fructose of the CD 1.52?0.05 mg/ml. Under conditions 370Celsius, 5% 10% were added to egg yolk citrate solution make 100%. obtained from ten mat...

Abstrak. Ayam ALOBRA merupakan hasil persilangan antara ayam lokal dengan brahma yang dikembangkan di Laboratorium Lapangan Peternakan (LLP) Fakultas Pertanian Universitas Syiah Kuala. Rendahnya produktivitas serta kualitas DOC dihasilkan masih belum optimal menjadi permasalahan utama dalam pemeliharaan ALOBRA, sehingga perlu adanya upaya untuk meningkatkan performa reproduksi dan menunjang pot...

The quality of eggs and the hatching traits of two slow-growing lines – La Belle (LB) and Bresse Gauloise (BB) reared under conventional or alternative system with pasture access were compared. The birds of both lines in the study were at the age of 27-37 weeks. Two-way ANOVA was used to assess the effect of the rearing system as well as the line on the quality characteristics of the eggs and h...