Vet World Vol.14 April-2021 Article-4
Research Article
Veterinary World, 14(4): 841-846
https://doi.org/10.14202/vetworld.2021.841-846
Effect of hydroponic green herbage on the productive qualities of parent flock geese
2. Laboratory for Genomic Research and Animal Breeding, Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "Ural Federal Agrarian Scientific Research Centre, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences," Yekaterinburg, Russia.
3. Department of Morphology, Pathology, Pharmacy and Non-Communicable Diseases, Federal State Budgetary Education Institution of Higher Education "Bashkir State Agrarian University," Ufa, Russia.
Background and Aim: Green food is the natural diet for livestock and poultry. Therefore, production of green food in sufficient quantities to meet the current demand has emerged as an urgent problem today. The use of natural laylands results in green food shortage, which, in turn, necessitates the application of various methods of artificial production of green herbage. One of these methods is hydroponic cultivation of green grass as animal feed. Hence, this study was conducted to investigate the productive and reproductive qualities of geese of the parent herd.
Materials and Methods: Complex scientific analysis was conducted to explore the effect of hydroponic green herbage used at various dosages (20%, 25%, 30%, and 35% of total diet weight) on the realization of the reproductive qualities of parent flock geese. The methodological framework of this research is the efforts of various foreign and domestic scientists on the topic under study. This research was conducted using generally accepted methods (i.e., experiment, comparison, analysis, and generalization), along with special methods (zootechnical, physiological, biological, hematological, morphological, statistical, and economic).
Results: The optimal dosage of hydroponic green herbage for geese diet was established, which constituted 25-30% of the total diet weight and increased the poultry population survival rate by 2.0%, egg production rate by 3.8%, and the hatching egg yield by 4.9%. The carotenoid content in egg yolk ranged from 1.62 to 3.50 μg. The content of Vitamins A and B2 was higher by 3.19 and 2.32 μg, respectively, compared to that in the control. The production profitability level increased by 9.6%.
Conclusion: By introducing 25-30% of hydroponic greens from the weight of the diet, it is possible to increase the safety of livestock by 2%, the yield of hatching eggs by 4.9%, egg production by 1.46-1.11 μg. Keywords: economic efficiency, green food, hydroponics, parent flock geese, productive qualities, sprouted green herbage.
Keywords: economic efficiency, green food, hydroponics, parent flock geese, productive qualities, sprouted green herbage.
How to cite this article: Khaziev D, Gadiev R, Yusupova C, Kazanina M, Kopylova S (2021) Effect of hydroponic green herbage on the productive qualities of parent flock geese, Veterinary World, 14(4): 841-846.
Received: 27-10-2020 Accepted: 18-02-2021 Published online: 08-04-2021
Corresponding author: Danis Khaziev E-mail: khaziev_danis@rambler.ru
DOI: 10.14202/vetworld.2021.841-846
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