Animal Husbandry and Feed Science ›› 2016, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (10): 10-10.doi: 10.12160/j.issn.1672-5190.2016.10.004

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Determination and Correlation Analysis on Traits of Egg Quality of Lhasa White Chicken

FENG Jing, MA Xue-ying, WANG Yan, ZANG Lei, PENG Da (Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ,Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences, Lhasa 850009, China)   

  • Online:2016-10-20 Published:2016-10-20

Abstract: The aim of the present study was to assess the physical traits associated with egg quality of Lhasa White Chicken.A total of 30 fresh eggs produced by 43-week-old Lhasa White Chicken were chosen and used to determine the traits associated with egg quality,and the correlation between the traits was statistically analyzed.The results showed that eggshell weight was significantly and positively correlated with eggshell color(P〈0.05);eggshell strength was significantly and positively correlated with egg weight(P〈0.05);albumen weight was significantly and positively correlated with eggshell color(P〈0.05) and eggshell weight(P〈0.01) but was significantly and negatively correlated with eggshell ratio(P〈0.05);albumen ratio was significantly and negatively correlated with eggshell ratio(P〈0.05) but was significantly and positively correlated with albumen weight(P〈0.01);yolk weight was significantly and positively correlated with eggshell weight(P〈0.01) and albumen weight(P 0.01) but was significantly and negatively correlated with eggshell ratio(P〈0.05) and albumen ratio(P〈0.01);yolk ratio was significantly and positively correlated with egg shape index(P〈0.01) and yolk weight(P〈0.01) but was significantly and negatively correlated with eggshell weight(P 0.01),albumen weight(P 0.01) and albumen ratio(P 0.01);yolk color was significantly and negatively correlated with eggshell strength(P〈0.05);Haugh unit was significantly and negatively correlated with eggshell color(P〈0.05) but was significantly and positively correlated with albumen height(P〈0.01);eggshell thickness was significantly and positively correlated with eggshell strength(P〈0.01);flesh and blood spots was significantly and positively correlated with eggshell strength(P〈0.01) and eggshell thickness(P〈0.05) but was significantly and negatively correlated with Haugh unit(P〈0.05).Correlations were also observed among the other traits but there were no significant differences.This study provides a theoretical basis for the future selection of Lhasa white chicken.

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