Study the Effect of Spraying Hatching Eggs with Nano Plant Extracts on Embryonic Growth Rate, Hatching Percentage and Hatched Chick Weights
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This study was conducted in the animal field of the University of Karbala/ College of Agriculture from 12/20/2022 to 11/1/2023 to know the effect of spraying hatching eggs with nano extract of Moringa seeds and nano extract of pomegranate peels on hatching characteristics and chick weight, where the eggs were weighed and weighed 56.45 ± 3 grams, and then the eggs were randomly distributed into four treatments, with 60 eggs per treatment and three replicates, and the experimental treatments were divided into T1: Control treatment.T2: Spraying with distilled water.T3: Spraying with nano extract of Moringa at a concentration of 5 ml/ 100 ml/ water.T4: Treatment of spraying nano extract of pomegranate peels 5 ml/ 100 ml/ water.Then the eggs were transferred after spraying treatment, the eggs were transferred to the incubator and after the hatching process.The results indicated a significant improvement (P ≥ 0.05) in the hatching percentage with a significant decrease (P ≥ 0.05) in the number of embryo deaths in fertilized eggs T2, T3 and T4, A significant decrease (P ≥ 0.05) in the percentage of live chicks and incomplete hatching in T2 (T3 and T4) during the total incubation period for all treatments compared to treatment T1.It was also noted that all spray treatments were significantly higher (P ≥ 0.05) in the relative weight of hatched chicks with a highly significant improvement (P ≥ 0.01) in all treatments in the phenotypic characteristics of hatched chicks when compared to treatment T1.
Authors: Ali B. Jebur, Haifa Ali Awahd, H.Q. Baqer
Institution: University of Kerbala
Language: English
Subfield: Animal Science and Zoology
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: diamond
Funder: University of Kerbala
OpenAlex ID: W4415260431