Study on egg productivity of Muscovy ducks (Cairina Moschata).II.Morphological characteristic
2000
Nikolova, M. | Gerzilov, V. (Vissh Selskostopanski Institut, Plovdiv (Bulgaria))
A study was carried out on the morphological peculiarities of eggs of Muscovy ducks in the course of three consequtive reproductive years.The averge weight of the eggs in the first, second and third reproductive years was respectively - 70.56+-0.18 g, 79.29+-0.08 g and 80.29+-0.67 g.They were most elongated at age three and most rounded at age two.The relative content of yolk was lowest in the eggs of ducks at age one and highest in those of ducks at age three; of albumen - just the opposite.
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