Effects of age, sex, feather colour, body measurements and body weight on down and feather yield in native Turkish geese

Çalışmada yerli kazların yumuşak ve sert tüy verimlerinin tespiti ve bu verimler üzerine etki eden faktörlerinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaç dâhilinde 145 adet yerli kaz kullanılmıştır. On ve oniki haftalık kazlar kendi içlerinde renklerine göre 4 gruba ayrılmıştır. Kazlara takılan kanat numaraları sayesinde bireysel ölçüm ve tartım düzenli bir şekilde yapılmıştır ve 10 haftalık kazlar 12 haftalıklardan daha ağır sert tüy verirken, 12 haftalık kazlar 10 haftalıklardan daha fazla yumuşak tüy vermiştir (P < 0,01). Yumuşak tüy veriminde belirlendiği gibi yaşlı kazlar genç kazlara göre daha fazla toplam tüy verimine ulaşmıştır (P < 0,001). Bunun yanında erkek kazların da dişilere göre daha fazla sert ve yumuşak tüy ürettikleri belirlenmiştir (P < 0,05). Önemli farklılıklar tüy renginde de ortaya çıkmış (P < 0,05) ve siyah kazlar sert tüy veriminde önde iken sarı kazlar en fazla yumuşak tüyü üretmiş, beyaz kazlar ise incelenen her ürün için en düşük düzeyde kalmışlardır. En kuvvetli korelasyonlar toplam tüy verimi ile göğüs çevresi (0,75) arasında bulunurken, canlı ağırlık ile diğer özellikler arasında orta düzeyde korelasyonlar tespit edilmiştir (0,36-0,62). Bu çalışmada incelenen konu Türkiye’de yaygın bir çalışma alanı bulamadığından dolayı, elde edilen veriler yerli kazların tanımlanmasında kullanılabilecek niteliğe sahiptir.

Yerli kazlarda yumuşak ve sert tüy verimi üzerine yaş, cinsiyet, tüy rengi, vücut ölçüleri ve vücut ağırlığının etkileri

The aim of this study was to calculate the feather and down production by native Turkish geese and to investigate the effects on these traits. In total 145 native Turkish geese were used in the experiment. The birds were divided into 4 groups according to their feather colour at 10 and 12 weeks of ages. They were individually weighed and measured with the help of wing tags. Geese at 10 weeks had heavier feathers than those at 12 weeks, while geese at 12 weeks produced more down (P < 0.01). As detected in down weight, the older group has a greater amount of total feathers than the younger group (P < 0.001). Male geese produced significantly heavier feathers and down than females (P < 0.05). While black geese produced the heaviest feathers, yellow geese produced the heaviest down (P < 0.05). White geese generated the lightest weights of the products. The strongest correlation was found between total feather yield and chest girth (0.75). Reasonable correlations were detected between liveweight and other traits (0.36-0.62). This is not a widely studied subject in Turkey; therefore, the data obtained can be used for the identification of native Turkish geese.

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