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Influence of high environmental temperature on egg production and shell quality: a review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2010

A.O. OGUNTUNJI  and
O.M. ALABI
A.O. OGUNTUNJI*
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science and Fisheries Management, Bowen University, PMB 284, Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria
O.M. ALABI
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science and Fisheries Management, Bowen University, PMB 284, Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria
*
Corresponding author: abelmendel@yahoo.co.in
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Abstract

In spite of the large amounts of money invested in research, breeding, and the improvement of commercial egg-type strains, high environmental temperature (HET) has been identified as a major non-genetic constraint limiting expression of their full genetic potential. This environmental stressor has been implicated in adverse marked effects on egg production and eggshell quality of hens. Reports have conclusively indicated that poor performance (i.e. drop in egg production and poor eggshell quality) of layers reared in thermally-stressed environments could be adduced to a complex interplay of low feed intake, malfunctioning of the endocrine system, acid-base imbalance and poor physiological functioning of organs and mechanisms connected with the entire egg production process, via follicular recruitment and growth, ovulation, egg formation, shell formation, egg development, oviposition and oviposition interval.

Keywords

complex interplayendocrine systemegg-type poultryfeed intakeovulationstrainstressorthermally-stressedclimates
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Review Article
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 66 , Issue 4 , December 2010 , pp. 739 - 750
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Copyright © World's Poultry Science Association 2010

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