The Effect of Housing System and Gender on Relative Brain Weight, Body Temperature, Hematological Traits, and Bone Quality in Muscovy Ducks
The study was conducted during the summer season (June–August 2020). Two hundred sixty-four 5-week-old sexed Muscovy ducklings were randomly divided into four equal experimental groups by housing system and by gender. Each group had three replicates (22 birds/replicate) in a randomized design experi...
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| author | Ondřej Krunt Adam Kraus Lukáš Zita Karolína Machová Eva Chmelíková Stanislav Petrásek Petr Novák |
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| description | The study was conducted during the summer season (June–August 2020). Two hundred sixty-four 5-week-old sexed Muscovy ducklings were randomly divided into four equal experimental groups by housing system and by gender. Each group had three replicates (22 birds/replicate) in a randomized design experiment. Regarding the hematological traits, the volume of leukocytes was higher in the D group (by 0.34 × 10<sup>9</sup>/L; <i>p</i> < 0.05) than in the S group. Furthermore, body temperature was found to be higher in ducks (by 0.84 °C; <i>p</i> < 0.05) and in the D group (by 0.5 °C; <i>p</i> < 0.05) in comparison with drakes and birds from the S group. Considering relative brain weight, drakes had higher values than ducks (by 0.56 g; <i>p</i> < 0.05), and birds from the S group also manifested higher values (by 0.78 g; <i>p</i> < 0.05). In terms of bone quality, there were no differences in studied parameters of tibia and femur bones regarding housing systems. The results provide valuable evidence of differences in the fattening of intensively bred Muscovy ducks within the housing system but also regarding gender. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-79b464eff9c942f998d145448cf80aed2023-11-23T15:48:42ZengMDPI AGAnimals2076-26152022-02-0112337010.3390/ani12030370The Effect of Housing System and Gender on Relative Brain Weight, Body Temperature, Hematological Traits, and Bone Quality in Muscovy DucksOndřej Krunt0Adam Kraus1Lukáš Zita2Karolína Machová3Eva Chmelíková4Stanislav Petrásek5Petr Novák6Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, 165 00 Prague, Czech RepublicDepartment of Animal Science, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, 165 00 Prague, Czech RepublicDepartment of Animal Science, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, 165 00 Prague, Czech RepublicDepartment of Genetics and Breeding, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech RepublicDepartment of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech RepublicDepartment of Agricultural Machines, Faculty of Engineering, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech RepublicDepartment of Agricultural Machines, Faculty of Engineering, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech RepublicThe study was conducted during the summer season (June–August 2020). Two hundred sixty-four 5-week-old sexed Muscovy ducklings were randomly divided into four equal experimental groups by housing system and by gender. Each group had three replicates (22 birds/replicate) in a randomized design experiment. Regarding the hematological traits, the volume of leukocytes was higher in the D group (by 0.34 × 10<sup>9</sup>/L; <i>p</i> < 0.05) than in the S group. Furthermore, body temperature was found to be higher in ducks (by 0.84 °C; <i>p</i> < 0.05) and in the D group (by 0.5 °C; <i>p</i> < 0.05) in comparison with drakes and birds from the S group. Considering relative brain weight, drakes had higher values than ducks (by 0.56 g; <i>p</i> < 0.05), and birds from the S group also manifested higher values (by 0.78 g; <i>p</i> < 0.05). In terms of bone quality, there were no differences in studied parameters of tibia and femur bones regarding housing systems. The results provide valuable evidence of differences in the fattening of intensively bred Muscovy ducks within the housing system but also regarding gender.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/3/370alternative housingbody temperaturebone qualityrelative brain weight |
| spellingShingle | Ondřej Krunt Adam Kraus Lukáš Zita Karolína Machová Eva Chmelíková Stanislav Petrásek Petr Novák The Effect of Housing System and Gender on Relative Brain Weight, Body Temperature, Hematological Traits, and Bone Quality in Muscovy Ducks Animals alternative housing body temperature bone quality relative brain weight |
| title | The Effect of Housing System and Gender on Relative Brain Weight, Body Temperature, Hematological Traits, and Bone Quality in Muscovy Ducks |
| title_full | The Effect of Housing System and Gender on Relative Brain Weight, Body Temperature, Hematological Traits, and Bone Quality in Muscovy Ducks |
| title_fullStr | The Effect of Housing System and Gender on Relative Brain Weight, Body Temperature, Hematological Traits, and Bone Quality in Muscovy Ducks |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of Housing System and Gender on Relative Brain Weight, Body Temperature, Hematological Traits, and Bone Quality in Muscovy Ducks |
| title_short | The Effect of Housing System and Gender on Relative Brain Weight, Body Temperature, Hematological Traits, and Bone Quality in Muscovy Ducks |
| title_sort | effect of housing system and gender on relative brain weight body temperature hematological traits and bone quality in muscovy ducks |
| topic | alternative housing body temperature bone quality relative brain weight |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/3/370 |
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