ORIGINAL PAPER
Characteristics of reproductive traits and egg traits
of crossbred geese with Graylag ancestry
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Department of Poultry Breeding, University of Technology and Agriculture,
Mazowiecka 28, 85-084 Bydgoszcz, Poland
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Department of Poultry Breeding, National Research Institute of Animal Production,
Dworzyska 1, 62-035 Kórnik, Poland
Publication date: 2005-08-04
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A. Mazanowski
Department of Poultry Breeding, University of Technology and Agriculture,
Mazowiecka 28, 85-084 Bydgoszcz, Poland
J. Anim. Feed Sci. 2005;14(3):549-560
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ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to evaluate the reproductive traits and physical traits of the eggs of
three-breed crosses of geese - White Kołuda (WK) × Slovakian (Sl) × Graylag (Gr) - in terms of
the direction of crossing of the parents, and to determine differences in the chemical composition
of eggs at the beginning and at the end of the reproductive period. The highest egg production (37
eggs), egg weight (192.4 g) and body weight (males 7491 g, females 6507 g) were characteristic
of the crossbreds Sl’GrWK. The eggs of these geese had high density and a high yolk index, as
well as a higher Haugh unit value, compared to those of geese from the other groups. The mutually
crossed hybrids WKGr´Sl, which had the lowest body weight (males 5804 g, females 5763 g), had
the highest egg fertility (77.3%) and hatchability of goslings from set (67.1%) and fertilized eggs
(86.9%). In addition, they had the highest Haugh unit value and the greatest number of pores in the
shell. The egg yolks of WKGr´Sl crossbreds contained the highest amount of ash at the end of egg
production and the highest amount of water in albumen at the beginning of egg production. During
the egg production period, water and ash content increased, and the fat content of the egg yolks of
the geese decreased regardless of the direction of crossing of the parents. A statistically significant
interaction (time × groups) occurred only for percentage of ash in yolk. During the same period, the
levels of water, protein and ash increased in the albumen of the eggs, but time × groups interactions
were only found for water and ash percentage.
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