In the first study, storage of eggs for 14 versus 4 days reduced embryo survival and hatchability. Three prestorage, preincubation warming times did advance embryonic development, but did not influence hatchability of fertile eggs. In the second study, examination of the perivit…
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Studies were conducted to examine the relationship of hen age, fertility and embryonic mortality (EM) in turkeys. Hatch residue was examined from turkey flocks at two ages. One flock was in its first two weeks of egg production and the second flock had been in production for at …
The objectives of the research described in this dissertation were: (1) to develop an assay for determining pancreatic lipase activity in young turkeys by using a glycerol trioleate (GTO) emulsion as substrate and compare it with an assay that utilized a glycerol tributyrate (GT…
High oleic acid corn (HOAC) has been genetically selected for a greater content of oleic acid (OA) that, if used in animal feeds, could improve meat quality. The objectives of this study were to determine the effect of feeding dietary HOAC to turkeys on the carcass fatty acid pr…