National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The study was carried out to investigate the effect of hatching egg fumigation and nest box management on egg hygiene and chick quality. Eggs collected from two randomly selected farms were fumigated in the farm itself. Egg shell impression was made on selective agar plates before and after fumigation to study the shell microbial load from nest box. After that the eggs were hatched following standard incubation protocol and chick quality was evaluated based on chick length, body weight, vent temperature, chick yield, yolk free body mass and chick grading. The results showed that proper nest box management resulted in reduced microbial load on the egg shell and improved chick quality.
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