PMID- 30690527
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190705
LR  - 20200220
IS  - 1525-3171 (Electronic)
IS  - 0032-5791 (Linking)
VI  - 98
IP  - 6
DP  - 2019 Jun 1
TI  - Economic contribution of local hatchery performance in the poultry value chain in 
      Ghana.
PG  - 2399-2404
LID - 10.3382/ps/pez020 [doi]
AB  - This research evaluates the effectiveness of local hatcheries in producing 
      quality broiler day-old chicks in Ghana. A total of 600 Cobb 500 unsexed day-old 
      broiler chicks obtained from 3 local hatcheries were raised for 6 wk with 
      recommended starter and finisher diets from a registered source. The parameters 
      measured included feed intake, body weights, body weight gain, feed conversion 
      ratio, percent mortality, and haemagglutination inhibition test against Newcastle 
      Disease virus and Infectious Bursal Disease virus (IBDv) during the first 2 wk. 
      At the end of the study, 2 birds from each hatchery were selected and slaughtered 
      to assess carcass parameters and primal parts including shank, neck, and head. 
      Data were analyzed using the GLM Procedure of SAS 9.4 at P < 0.05 and LS means 
      separated by the PDIFF of SAS. Results indicated that with the exception of the 
      initial weight of the chicks, all other parameters were not different between the 
      3 hatcheries. The maternal antibody titre against IBDv was higher for all chicks 
      but the response to Newcastle Disease virus and IBDv was relatively low in 1 
      hatchery. It could be concluded that the sources of chicks influenced initial 
      chick weight but not the post-hatch performance. There is concern about the 
      maternal antibodies levels of the chicks, which could be due to lack of 
      appropriate and efficient vaccination of chicks.
CI  - (c) 2019 Poultry Science Association Inc.
FAU - Agbehadzi, R K
AU  - Agbehadzi RK
AD  - Department of Animal Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
FAU - Hamidu, J A
AU  - Hamidu JA
AD  - Department of Animal Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
FAU - Adomako, K
AU  - Adomako K
AD  - Department of Animal Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
FAU - Enu, R
AU  - Enu R
AD  - Ghana Poultry Project, ACDI/VOCA Ghana.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Poult Sci
JT  - Poultry science
JID - 0401150
SB  - IM
MH  - Animal Husbandry/*economics
MH  - Animals
MH  - Birnaviridae Infections/epidemiology/veterinary/virology
MH  - *Body Weight
MH  - Chickens/growth & development/*physiology
MH  - *Eating
MH  - Ghana/epidemiology
MH  - Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests/*veterinary
MH  - Infectious bursal disease virus/physiology
MH  - Newcastle Disease/epidemiology/virology
MH  - Newcastle disease virus/physiology
MH  - Poultry Diseases/*epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Seroepidemiologic Studies
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - antibody
OT  - broiler
OT  - carcass characteristics
OT  - growth performance
OT  - local hatchery
EDAT- 2019/01/29 06:00
MHDA- 2019/07/06 06:00
CRDT- 2019/01/29 06:00
PHST- 2018/09/27 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/01/07 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/01/29 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/07/06 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2019/01/29 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S0032-5791(19)30132-4 [pii]
AID - 10.3382/ps/pez020 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Poult Sci. 2019 Jun 1;98(6):2399-2404. doi: 10.3382/ps/pez020.