The Effect of Hatching System and Egg Weight on Production Traits in Turkish Geese: Growth Performance, Slaughter and Meat Quality Traits

This study was aimed to determine the effect of hatching system (house and machine) and egg weight (heavy and light) on growth performance and meat quality traits in geese. The study was carried out for 12 weeks with a total of 220 Turkish native geese. The geese were individually weighed every 2 we...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mehmet Akif Boz, Ahmet Uçar, Kadir Erensoy, Musa Sarıca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hasan Eleroğlu 2022-06-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/view/4885
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1850185713044160512
author Mehmet Akif Boz
Ahmet Uçar
Kadir Erensoy
Musa Sarıca
author_facet Mehmet Akif Boz
Ahmet Uçar
Kadir Erensoy
Musa Sarıca
author_sort Mehmet Akif Boz
collection DOAJ
description This study was aimed to determine the effect of hatching system (house and machine) and egg weight (heavy and light) on growth performance and meat quality traits in geese. The study was carried out for 12 weeks with a total of 220 Turkish native geese. The geese were individually weighed every 2 weeks during the study, on these same weeks feed conversion ratio (FCR) was measured. Hot and cold dressed, blood, head, foot, edible internal organs (heart, liver, gizzard), abdominal fat, neck, back, breast, thigh and wing percentages were determined. Also cooking loss, drip loss, color and pH were determined as meat quality traits. There was no significant difference between the egg weight groups in terms of BW. However, the geese produced in the house hatching system showed more BW from 6 to 12 weeks of age onwards compared to the machine system. There was no significant difference between the groups in terms of FCR by 8 weeks. Both 10 and 12 weeks FCR were determined as the worst house heavy, while the best house light groups. Hot and cold carcass percentages in geese hatched from heavy were higher rates than light eggs. The percentage of wings differed significantly among geese produced from different egg weight groups. Breast meat cooking loss was found higher rates in heavy eggs than light eggs, while thigh meat cooking loss was found higher rates in the house than machine system. The results of this study show that geese hatched in the house system had more BW at the slaughter age compared to machine system geese. In addition, geese produced from heavy eggs showed a higher hot and cold dressed percentages than geese produced from light eggs.
format Article
id doaj-art-3e2e1697f1fb4caeb68bd2fe0801bf19
institution OA Journals
issn 2148-127X
language English
publishDate 2022-06-01
publisher Hasan Eleroğlu
record_format Article
series Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology
spelling doaj-art-3e2e1697f1fb4caeb68bd2fe0801bf192025-08-20T02:16:39ZengHasan EleroğluTurkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology2148-127X2022-06-011061039104610.24925/turjaf.v10i6.1039-1046.48852498The Effect of Hatching System and Egg Weight on Production Traits in Turkish Geese: Growth Performance, Slaughter and Meat Quality TraitsMehmet Akif Boz0Ahmet Uçar1Kadir Erensoy2Musa Sarıca3Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Yozgat Bozok University, 66100 YozgatDepartment of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University, 06100 AnkaraDepartment of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ondokuz Mayıs University, 55139 SamsunDepartment of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ondokuz Mayıs University, 55139 SamsunThis study was aimed to determine the effect of hatching system (house and machine) and egg weight (heavy and light) on growth performance and meat quality traits in geese. The study was carried out for 12 weeks with a total of 220 Turkish native geese. The geese were individually weighed every 2 weeks during the study, on these same weeks feed conversion ratio (FCR) was measured. Hot and cold dressed, blood, head, foot, edible internal organs (heart, liver, gizzard), abdominal fat, neck, back, breast, thigh and wing percentages were determined. Also cooking loss, drip loss, color and pH were determined as meat quality traits. There was no significant difference between the egg weight groups in terms of BW. However, the geese produced in the house hatching system showed more BW from 6 to 12 weeks of age onwards compared to the machine system. There was no significant difference between the groups in terms of FCR by 8 weeks. Both 10 and 12 weeks FCR were determined as the worst house heavy, while the best house light groups. Hot and cold carcass percentages in geese hatched from heavy were higher rates than light eggs. The percentage of wings differed significantly among geese produced from different egg weight groups. Breast meat cooking loss was found higher rates in heavy eggs than light eggs, while thigh meat cooking loss was found higher rates in the house than machine system. The results of this study show that geese hatched in the house system had more BW at the slaughter age compared to machine system geese. In addition, geese produced from heavy eggs showed a higher hot and cold dressed percentages than geese produced from light eggs.http://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/view/4885hatching systemegg weightgrowth performanceslaughter weightmeat quality
spellingShingle Mehmet Akif Boz
Ahmet Uçar
Kadir Erensoy
Musa Sarıca
The Effect of Hatching System and Egg Weight on Production Traits in Turkish Geese: Growth Performance, Slaughter and Meat Quality Traits
Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology
hatching system
egg weight
growth performance
slaughter weight
meat quality
title The Effect of Hatching System and Egg Weight on Production Traits in Turkish Geese: Growth Performance, Slaughter and Meat Quality Traits
title_full The Effect of Hatching System and Egg Weight on Production Traits in Turkish Geese: Growth Performance, Slaughter and Meat Quality Traits
title_fullStr The Effect of Hatching System and Egg Weight on Production Traits in Turkish Geese: Growth Performance, Slaughter and Meat Quality Traits
title_full_unstemmed The Effect of Hatching System and Egg Weight on Production Traits in Turkish Geese: Growth Performance, Slaughter and Meat Quality Traits
title_short The Effect of Hatching System and Egg Weight on Production Traits in Turkish Geese: Growth Performance, Slaughter and Meat Quality Traits
title_sort effect of hatching system and egg weight on production traits in turkish geese growth performance slaughter and meat quality traits
topic hatching system
egg weight
growth performance
slaughter weight
meat quality
url http://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/view/4885
work_keys_str_mv AT mehmetakifboz theeffectofhatchingsystemandeggweightonproductiontraitsinturkishgeesegrowthperformanceslaughterandmeatqualitytraits
AT ahmetucar theeffectofhatchingsystemandeggweightonproductiontraitsinturkishgeesegrowthperformanceslaughterandmeatqualitytraits
AT kadirerensoy theeffectofhatchingsystemandeggweightonproductiontraitsinturkishgeesegrowthperformanceslaughterandmeatqualitytraits
AT musasarıca theeffectofhatchingsystemandeggweightonproductiontraitsinturkishgeesegrowthperformanceslaughterandmeatqualitytraits
AT mehmetakifboz effectofhatchingsystemandeggweightonproductiontraitsinturkishgeesegrowthperformanceslaughterandmeatqualitytraits
AT ahmetucar effectofhatchingsystemandeggweightonproductiontraitsinturkishgeesegrowthperformanceslaughterandmeatqualitytraits
AT kadirerensoy effectofhatchingsystemandeggweightonproductiontraitsinturkishgeesegrowthperformanceslaughterandmeatqualitytraits
AT musasarıca effectofhatchingsystemandeggweightonproductiontraitsinturkishgeesegrowthperformanceslaughterandmeatqualitytraits