Spraying Hatching Eggs with Clove Essential Oil Does Not Compromise the Quality of Embryos and One-Day-Old Chicks or Broiler Performance
The objective of this study was to evaluate whether sanitizing hatching eggs with clove essential oil in the preincubation phase affects broiler performance and influences the hatch window and quality of embryos and one-day-old chicks. Hatching eggs (<i>n</i> = 1280; mean weight = 58.64...
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doaj-01fd833e56704a3f97f4504617c972302021-07-23T13:27:35ZengMDPI AGAnimals2076-26152021-07-01112045204510.3390/ani11072045Spraying Hatching Eggs with Clove Essential Oil Does Not Compromise the Quality of Embryos and One-Day-Old Chicks or Broiler PerformanceGabriel da Silva Oliveira0Sheila Tavares Nascimento1Vinícius Machado dos Santos2Bruno Stéfano Lima Dallago3Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine (FAV), University of Brasília, Brasília 70.910-900, BrazilFaculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine (FAV), University of Brasília, Brasília 70.910-900, BrazilLaboratory of Poultry Science, Campus Planaltina—Federal Institute of Brasília, Brasília 73.380-900, BrazilFaculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine (FAV), University of Brasília, Brasília 70.910-900, BrazilThe objective of this study was to evaluate whether sanitizing hatching eggs with clove essential oil in the preincubation phase affects broiler performance and influences the hatch window and quality of embryos and one-day-old chicks. Hatching eggs (<i>n</i> = 1280; mean weight = 58.64 ± 0.49 g) from a batch of 37-week-old broiler breeder hens of the CPK (Pesadão Vermelho) lineage were randomly distributed into four treatments in the preincubation phase. The treatments consisted of three different sanitization procedures (spraying with grain alcohol, spraying with clove essential oil, and fumigation with paraformaldehyde) and a control treatment (nonsanitized). The lengths of the embryos and one-day-old chicks (one of the parameters used to assess bird quality) were not significantly different among the treatments, with means of 15.30 ± 1.41 and 18.37 ± 0.76 mm, respectively. Body weight, body weight gain, feed consumption, and feed conversion rate in different rearing periods did not differ significantly among the treatments. However, there was a significant difference in the percentage of survivability during the initial period (1 to 28 days) among the treatments. In conclusion, clove essential oil treatment did not negatively affect the quality of embryos and one-day-old chicks or the performance of broilers.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/7/2045broilerschick qualityclove essential oilembryo developmenthatching eggs |
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Gabriel da Silva Oliveira Sheila Tavares Nascimento Vinícius Machado dos Santos Bruno Stéfano Lima Dallago Spraying Hatching Eggs with Clove Essential Oil Does Not Compromise the Quality of Embryos and One-Day-Old Chicks or Broiler Performance Animals broilers chick quality clove essential oil embryo development hatching eggs |
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Gabriel da Silva Oliveira Sheila Tavares Nascimento Vinícius Machado dos Santos Bruno Stéfano Lima Dallago |
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Spraying Hatching Eggs with Clove Essential Oil Does Not Compromise the Quality of Embryos and One-Day-Old Chicks or Broiler Performance |
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Spraying Hatching Eggs with Clove Essential Oil Does Not Compromise the Quality of Embryos and One-Day-Old Chicks or Broiler Performance |
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Spraying Hatching Eggs with Clove Essential Oil Does Not Compromise the Quality of Embryos and One-Day-Old Chicks or Broiler Performance |
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Spraying Hatching Eggs with Clove Essential Oil Does Not Compromise the Quality of Embryos and One-Day-Old Chicks or Broiler Performance |
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Spraying Hatching Eggs with Clove Essential Oil Does Not Compromise the Quality of Embryos and One-Day-Old Chicks or Broiler Performance |
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spraying hatching eggs with clove essential oil does not compromise the quality of embryos and one-day-old chicks or broiler performance |
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The objective of this study was to evaluate whether sanitizing hatching eggs with clove essential oil in the preincubation phase affects broiler performance and influences the hatch window and quality of embryos and one-day-old chicks. Hatching eggs (<i>n</i> = 1280; mean weight = 58.64 ± 0.49 g) from a batch of 37-week-old broiler breeder hens of the CPK (Pesadão Vermelho) lineage were randomly distributed into four treatments in the preincubation phase. The treatments consisted of three different sanitization procedures (spraying with grain alcohol, spraying with clove essential oil, and fumigation with paraformaldehyde) and a control treatment (nonsanitized). The lengths of the embryos and one-day-old chicks (one of the parameters used to assess bird quality) were not significantly different among the treatments, with means of 15.30 ± 1.41 and 18.37 ± 0.76 mm, respectively. Body weight, body weight gain, feed consumption, and feed conversion rate in different rearing periods did not differ significantly among the treatments. However, there was a significant difference in the percentage of survivability during the initial period (1 to 28 days) among the treatments. In conclusion, clove essential oil treatment did not negatively affect the quality of embryos and one-day-old chicks or the performance of broilers. |
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