ORIGINAL PAPER
INFLUENCE OF HATCHING EGGS STORAGE PERIOD UPON THE INCUBATION PARAMETERS IN JAPANESE QUAILS ВЛИЯНИЕ НА СРОКА НА СЪХРАНЕНИЕ НА РАЗПЛОДНИТЕ ЯЙЦА ВЪРХУ ИНКУБАЦИОННИТЕ ПОКАЗАТЕЛИ ПРИ ЯПОНСКИ ПЪДПЪДЪЦИ Atanas GENCHEV Trakia University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Poultry Science, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, e-mail:
[email protected] ABSTRACT The purpose of the present study was to establish the effect of the prolonged storage of Japanese quail hatching eggs upon the incubation performance and the quality of hatched quail chicks. The duration of egg storage prior to their incubation had a weak negative effect on the weight loss from incubation day 0 to day 15. Eggs stored for 1-3 days exhibited a statistically significantly higher weight loss than eggs stored for 8-11 days prior to incubation (P
