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Abo Ghanima MM, El-Edel MA, Ashour EA, et al. The Influences of Various Housing Systems on Growth, Carcass Traits, Meat Quality, Immunity and Oxidative Stress of Meat-Type Ducks. Animals (Basel). 2020;10(3)doi: 10.3390/ani10030410.
Abo Ghanima, M. M., El-Edel, M. A., Ashour, E. A., Abd El-Hack, M. E., Othman, S. I., Alwaili, M. A., Allam, A. A., Khafaga, A. F., & Abd El-Aziz, A. H. (2020). The Influences of Various Housing Systems on Growth, Carcass Traits, Meat Quality, Immunity and Oxidative Stress of Meat-Type Ducks. Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 10(3), . https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10030410
Abo Ghanima, Mahmoud M, et al. "The Influences of Various Housing Systems on Growth, Carcass Traits, Meat Quality, Immunity and Oxidative Stress of Meat-Type Ducks." Animals : an open access journal from MDPI vol. 10,3 (2020). doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10030410
Abo Ghanima MM, El-Edel MA, Ashour EA, Abd El-Hack ME, Othman SI, Alwaili MA, Allam AA, Khafaga AF, Abd El-Aziz AH. The Influences of Various Housing Systems on Growth, Carcass Traits, Meat Quality, Immunity and Oxidative Stress of Meat-Type Ducks. Animals (Basel). 2020 Mar 02;10(3). doi: 10.3390/ani10030410. PMID: 32121623; PMCID: PMC7143679.
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Animals (Basel). 2020 Mar 02;10(3). doi: 10.3390/ani10030410.

The Influences of Various Housing Systems on Growth, Carcass Traits, Meat Quality, Immunity and Oxidative Stress of Meat-Type Ducks.

Animals : an open access journal from MDPI

Mahmoud M Abo Ghanima, Mohamed A El-Edel, Elwy A Ashour, Mohamed E Abd El-Hack, Sarah I Othman, Maha A Alwaili, Ahmed A Allam, Asmaa F Khafaga, Ayman H Abd El-Aziz

Affiliations

  1. Animal Husbandry and Animal Wealth Development Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Damanhour 22511, Egypt.
  2. Poultry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt.
  3. Biology Department, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11671, BO. Box 24428, Saudi Arabia.
  4. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Beni-suef University, Beni-suef 65211, Egypt.
  5. Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Edfina 22758, Egypt.

PMID: 32121623 PMCID: PMC7143679 DOI: 10.3390/ani10030410

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the effect of different housing systems on Pekin ducks. A total of 300-day old Pekin ducklings were randomly divided into four experimental groups; the first housed in a closed house (CH), the second in closed house with open yard (HY), the third group in closed house with swimming pool (CHSP) and the fourth in a closed house with swimming pool and yard (HYSP). Results indicated that the HYSP and CHSP produced higher body weight comparing to the other groups. However, the HYSP gave the highest body weight followed by CHSP then HY and CH. The same trend was observed regarding weight gain and feed-conversion ratio (FCR). Moreover, HYSP, HY and CHSP showed higher dressing percentage, breast muscles and thighs and lower abdominal fat than the CH group. Serum protein was significantly higher in HYSP and HY than that of the closed house. While, lipids, cholesterol and triacylglycerol were significantly lower in groups housed in HY than that of CH. Meat cholesterol and triacylglycerol reduced in groups reared in HY. Housing ducklings in yards and using swimming pools significantly improved the general immunity (phagocytic index and activity and differential leucocytes count), and also improved the oxidative stress parameters. In conclusion, results confirmed that housing ducks in a house supplied with yard and swimming pool can improve its productivity, carcass traits, meat quality, blood lipid profile, immunity and antioxidative status.

Keywords: Pekin ducks; housing system; meat cholesterol; meat triacylglycerol; oxidative stress

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