JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE
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DOI: 10.31248/JASVM
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Egg quality traits of Nigerian unimproved (Indigenous) and improved (Noiler) chickens as influenced by storage periods
https://doi.org/10.31248/JASVM2025.541 | Article Number: 8B9AF6236 | Vol.10 (2) - April 2025
Received Date: 28 January 2025 | Accepted Date: 07 April 2025 | Published Date: 30 April 2025
Authors: Yahaya, B.* , Iliyasu, M. S. and Abdu, I.
Keywords: variability., Duration external, progenitor, internal
Nigerian chickens have recently been classified as unimproved and improved due to indigenous selection or crossing them with exotics. This study was conducted at Bauchi State College of Agriculture, Bauchi, to evaluate the influence of storage periods and genotypes on egg quality traits of unimproved (Indigenous) and improved (Noiler) chickens. One hundred and twenty chickens from each genotype were bought from local farmers within the Bauchi Local Government Area of Bauchi State and kept semi-intensively. Sixty eggs were collected from each genotype and divided into varied storage periods (Day 0, Day 3, Day 6, and Day 9), containing fifteen eggs. The external and internal egg quality traits were measured based on the respective periods. The data obtained were analysed using analysis of variance (ANOVA). The results show that both external and internal egg quality traits were significantly (p<0.05) influenced by storage periods, except egg width, eggshell index, yolk weight, and albumen length for the improved genotype, while only yolk length for the unimproved genotype. It is concluded that changes in storage periods significantly influence egg quality traits and eggs of both unimproved and improved Nigerian chicken genotypes. Eggs of the improved chicken genotype can be stored up to Day 9 based on the Haugh unit, as the higher the Haugh unit, the better quality of the egg.
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