Effects of egg storage time on spread of hatch, chick quality, and chick juvenile growth

Tona, K.; Bamelis, Flip; Ketelaere, Bart De; Bruggeman, Veerle; Moraes, Vera Maria Barbosa de; Buyse, Johan; Onagbesan, Okanlawon; Decuypere, Eddy

doi:10.1093/ps/82.5.736

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“…Hatching time and morphologic and histologic measurements The delay in hatching from eggs stored for longer periods supports the findings of Tona et al (2003). As observed in previous studies (Decuypere et al, 2001;van de Ven et al, 2013;Yalcin et al, 2013), there was a decrease in chick weight at the end of the hatch window that coincided with the increase in dry matter content of chicks showing longer hatch windows resulting in significant BW loss.…”

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“…However, hatcheries may need longer storage duration depending on the supply of hatching egg and market demand for chicks. It is a well-known fact that longer egg storage reduces hatchability, impairs embryo development (Uddin and Hamidu, 2014), leads to higher embryonic mortalities by activating apoptotic cell death mechanisms and leads to reduced chick quality (Meijerhof et al, 1994;Christensen et al, 2001;Tona et al, 2003;Yalcin and Siegel, 2003;Reijrink et al, 2009;Hamidu et al, 2011). Longer egg storage duration results in a longer incubation time (Christensen et al, 2002).…”

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“…Thus, mixing eggs from different storage period affects the hatch spread, which is referred to 12 to 48 h of hatch window (Decuypere et al, 2001;Careghi et al, 2005). It was reported that 80% of the chicks from eggs stored for 3 days hatched before 490 h of incubation, whereas this number was obtained at 500 h of incubation for chicks from eggs stored for 18 days (Tona et al, 2003). Even under standardized egg storage conditions 30 h of hatch spread is still common (van de Ven et al, 2011).…”

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“…This leads to a delayed access to first feed for early hatched chicks (Decuypere et al, 2001;Decuypere and Bruggeman, 2007). In other words, early hatched chicks remain without nutrients and water for a longer time, which results in a reduction in chick weight, yolk weight (Tona et al, 2003;Yalcin et al, 2013) and depresses intestine mucosal development for several days post-hatch (Uni et al, 1998).…”

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Egg storage duration and hatch window affect gene expression of nutrient transporters and intestine morphological parameters of early hatched broiler chicks

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In recent years, researchers have given emphasis on the differences in physiological parameters between early and late hatched chicks within a hatch window. Considering the importance of intestine development in newly hatched chicks, however, changes in gene expression of nutrient transporters in the jejunum of early hatched chicks within a hatch window have not been studied yet. This study was conducted to determine the effects of egg storage duration before incubation and hatch window on intestinal development and expression of PepT1 (H + -dependent peptide transporter) and SGLT1 (sodium-glucose co-transporter) genes in the jejunum of early hatched broiler chicks within a 30 h of hatch window. A total of 1218 eggs obtained from 38-week-old Ross 308 broiler breeder flocks were stored for 3 (ES3) or 14 days (ES14) and incubated at the same conditions. Eggs were checked between 475 and 480 h of incubation and 40 chicks from each egg storage duration were weighed; chick length and rectal temperature were measured. The chicks were sampled to evaluate morphological parameters and PepT1 and SGLT1 expression. The remaining chicks that hatched between 475 and 480 h were placed back in the incubator and the same measurements were conducted with those chicks at the end of hatch window at 510 h of incubation. Chick length, chick dry matter content, rectal temperature and weight of small intestine segments increased, whereas chick weight decreased during the hatch window. The increase in the jejunum length and villus width and area during the hatch window were higher for ES3 than ES14 chicks. PepT1 expression was higher for ES3 chicks compared with ES14. There was a 10.2 and 17.6-fold increase in PepT1 and SGLT1 expression of ES3 chicks at the end of hatch window, whereas it was only 2.3 and 3.3-fold, respectively, for ES14 chicks. These results suggested that egg storage duration affected development of early hatched chicks during 30 h of hatch window. It can be concluded that the ES14 chicks would be less efficiently adapted to absorption process for carbohydrates and protein than those from ES3 at the end of the hatch window.

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“…On the 21st day of the incubation, the quality of the hatched chicks was evaluated by two operators, and their hatching weights were recorded. In determining the quality of the chicks, a protocol formed by Tona et al (2003) was used, and the criteria of this protocol are presented in Table 1. In addition, the hatchability (%) was calculated by dividing the number of healthy chicks by the number of fertilised eggs.…”

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Effects of thermal manipulations during embryogenesis of broiler chickens on developmental stability, hatchability and chick quality

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Stress based on high temperature and humidity reduces the production performance of fast-growing broilers and causes high mortality. Temperatures higher than optimum have been applied to broilers in the embryonic period in order to overcome thermal stress. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of exposure to two long-term high-thermal environments on the developmental stability of embryonic growth, hatchability and chick quality. For this purpose, 600 broiler eggs were incubated. Treatments consisted of eggs incubated at 37.8°C at 55% relative humidity throughout (control), heated to 39.6°C at 60% relative humidity for 6 h daily from 0 to 8th day, and heated to 39.6°C at 60% relative humidity for 6 h daily from the 10 to 18th day. Embryo weights and lengths of face, wing, femur, tibia and metatarsus were measured daily between the 10th and 21st day of the experiment. Daily relative asymmetry values of bilateral traits were estimated. The hatchability, the weight of the 1-day-old chicks and chick quality were determined. In conclusion, no negative effects of the treatments of the long-term high-thermal environment in the early and late stages of incubation for epigenetic adaptation were determined on the embryo morphology, development stability and weight of the chick. Moreover, regressed hatchability of embryos that were exposed to a long-term high-thermal environment was detected. Especially between the 10 and 18th day, the thermal manipulation considerably reduced the quality of the chicks. Acclimation treatments of high temperature on the eggs from cross-breeding flocks should not be made long term; instead, short-term treatments should be made by determining the stage that generates epigenetic adaptation.Keywords: epigenetic adaptation, heat stress, broiler, relative asymmetry, chick quality ImplicationsThe current study was performed to determine the effects of thermal manipulation on the developmental stability of the embryo, hatchability and chick quality. Negative effects of treatments of a long-term high-thermal environment in incubation were not determined on the embryo characteristics, but this treatment negatively affected both hatchability and chick quality. IntroductionAs a result of the long-term genetic improvement studies, the performance of broiler chickens has reached the current position (Baéza et al., 2012;Shaddel Telli et al., 2012). However, this development has led to an increase in sensitivity of the broilers to environmental factors, and has led to the weakening of their adaptability to adverse conditions (Uni and Yahav, 2010). The main environmental factors that cause loss of productivity and high mortality rates in poultry is heat stress, which is caused by high environmental temperature and humidity (Terim Kapakin et al., 2013). The feed consumption decreases in birds that are exposed to heat stress, and yield losses are experienced accordingly (Yalçin et al., 1997). In order to fight against heat stress, resistant genotypes should be developed through breeding, or the ...

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Broiler production challenges in the tropics: A review

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Oke

Houndonougbo

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Veterinary Medicine & Sci

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There has been an unprecedented increase in global animal production, especially in subtropical and tropical areas in the last two decades (Renaudeau et al., 2012). The increase in the demand for food is due to a rise in human population (Godfray et al., 2010). Due to its potential role to provide food and livelihood securities (Paswan et al., 2014), poultry production, especially broiler production, are expected to meet the critical shortage in animal protein needed by Africa (Hatab et al., 2019).There has been growing concerns on the impacts of climate change on livestock production. For example, in West Africa, the expected increase in average temperature by 2°C-6°C by the year 2100 (Sylla et al., 2016) portends a serious challenge to sustainable broiler production. Due to the climatic challenge, heat stress events are expected to become more frequent in livestock species (Rahimi et al., 2020). A study by Tawfeek et al. (2014) showed that high ambient temperature adversely affected the performance of broiler chickens under high ambient temperature. However, the authors indicated that supplementation of antioxidants ameliorated the effects of thermal stress on the birds. Therefore, the diets of the birds are required to be adjusted to the climatic conditions (Attia & Hassan, 2017;Nir, 1992;Suganya et al., 2015) and also to the prevailing economic status of the countries where they are produced.The fast rate of development of the poultry production in tropical countries has also engendered a situation of overdependence on

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Effects of egg storage time on spread of hatch, chick quality, and chick juvenile growth

Cited by 298 publications

References 18 publications

Egg storage duration and hatch window affect gene expression of nutrient transporters and intestine morphological parameters of early hatched broiler chicks

Egg storage duration and hatch window affect gene expression of nutrient transporters and intestine morphological parameters of early hatched broiler chicks

Effects of thermal manipulations during embryogenesis of broiler chickens on developmental stability, hatchability and chick quality

Broiler production challenges in the tropics: A review

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